Fracking ban

Upstate New York towns are fed up with unfair treatment and are hoping to take their precious minerals across the border.

During the past 5 years I’ve researched the economic impacts of fracking, what I’ve found is that most people assume fracking creates thousands of good jobs

New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo is getting heaped with praise by environmentalists and scorn by business interests for a planned state ban on hydraulic fracturing for natural gas, even as he insists the decision wasn’t his.

Wednesday’s decision by the Cuomo administration to ban fracking in New York has struck a nerve among upstate landowners, particularly those in the southern tier.