Fracking

Governor Hochul is on a mission to kick fossil fuels to the curb and introduce New Yorkers to heat pumps.

The Delaware River Basin Commission says it will vote on a permanent fracking ban at a public meeting over ZOOM on February 25.

More than 500 residents of the Southern Tier protested the governor’s decision to ban fracking in New York State, Monday night in Binghamton. Landowners are unhappy with the ban believing fracking will improve the area’s economy. Although the decision has been made, The Joint Landowners Coalition said they will be looking to federal politicians and others to help them decide what do do after the e

New York State’s court of appeals will hear arguments in the case of an anti-hydrofracking law passed two years ago in the towns of Middlefield in Otsego County and Dryden in Tompkins County.

St. Andrew's Episcopal Church will hold an information presentation about natural gas drilling at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday.

The State Appellate Division, 3rd Department has turned aside an appeal from Norse Energy Corp., challenging the town of Dryden’s use of its zoning laws to ban fracking.

Governor Andrew Cuomo has been holding off on a final decision about the future of hydrofracking for natural gas in the state. But the question has already sparked two appeals court battles.

A new poll released Wednesday found opposition to natural gas drilling in the Marcellus Shale is growing in New York. This comes as Governor Andrew Cuomo’s administration weighs whether to allow shale-gas drilling in the state.

The State Assembly voted Wednesday for a two year moratorium on high volume hydrofracking in New York State.

Over 150 local union laborers rallied in Binghamton with one message last week: ‘It’s time for new jobs; it’s time for new economic growth; it’s time for safe natural gas drilling."