(April 2, 2012) The Preservation League of New York State has deemed vast swaths of the Southern Tier and Western New York as endangered, with the swaths corresponding to the areas under which lie the Marcellus and Utica shales–the geologic […]
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Six new hotels in Chemung County in the works to serve PA fr…
(Mach 13, 2012) To accommodate the demands of a crush of natural gas industry employees across the border in northern Pennsylvania, Chemung County is moving no less than six new franchise hotels through its development pipeline. This is an astonishing […]
continue readingSecond court upholds local fracking ban
(February 27, 2012) Another momentous court decision has been laid down, this time regarding the Otsego County Town of Middlefield, which was sued by a local landowner claiming that the municipality did not have the authority to ban hydraulic fracturing […]
continue readingJudge upholds Town of Dryden’s ban on hydrofracking
(February 22, 2012) A major decision on New York State’s home rule powers was made today as a state judge upheld the Tompkins County Town of Dryden’s ban on hydraulic fracturing for natural gas. The enormous question as to whether […]
continue readingGas companies eye new natural gas pipeline, would traverse S…
(February 20, 2012) Natural gas companies, looking at a need for addition gas transmission infrastructure in the northeast, may soon propose a new pipeline that would run through New York’s Southern Tier, from northeastern Pennsylvania to the Albany area. Read […]
continue readingGovernments, advocates, gas industry eyeing legal challenges…
(December 26, 2011) At the time of this writing, 54 local governments across New York have placed a moratorium on or completely banned hydraulic fracturing for natural gas. Two legal challenges of these prohibitions from the natural gas industry will […]
continue readingChemung County studies, prepares meticulously for fracking
(December 26,2011) While the state is deliberating the extent to which the controversial gas drilling known as hydraulic fracturing will be allowed, Chemung County is getting ready. Some of their ideas include requiring gas companies to pay for road repairs […]
continue readingState Senator Nozzolio calls on DEC to ban hydro-fracking in…
While the majority of his party favors natural gas drilling in New York, State Senator Michael Nozzolio has called on the New York Department of Environmental Conservation to ban hydraulic fracturing for natural gas in all Finger Lakes watersheds. Filmmaker […]
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