horizontal drilling
By Lissa Harris on Sunday, Dec. 12, 2010 - 10:07 am
New York State's environmental advocates aren't getting everything they wanted for Christmas, but they did just get a nice present from Governor David Paterson yesterday: an executive order banning all horizontal drilling with hydrofracking in the state... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Saturday, Dec. 11, 2010 - 9:41 am
Gov. David Paterson has until Monday to either sign or veto the gas drilling moratorium bill passed by the Legislature. (We wrote earlier, based on information in a story by the Elmira Star-Gazette, that the deadline was today. But the Times-Union reports... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Tuesday, Dec. 7, 2010 - 12:53 pm
Since its passage by the New York State Assembly last week, a bill that would impose a moratorium on hydrofracking for natural gas until May has been sitting on Gov. David Paterson's desk, awaiting his signature. Paterson has til Saturday to decide... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Saturday, Dec. 4, 2010 - 7:26 pm
In Roscoe tomorrow: Flyfishers, filmmakers, and other folks are meeting at Roscoe Central School to watch Gasland and talk about fracking. The event starts at noon, and is open to the public. From an announcement posted on our local-business news channel... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Friday, Dec. 3, 2010 - 1:39 pm
Photo of 12/2 meeting to discuss gas drilling risks held at the Davenport Firehouse, courtesy of Mike Wilkie.
This week, residents of Otsego and Delaware counties got an earful on the risks associated with a rush on horizontal gas drilling in the region.... Read more
