Cuomo Will Seek to Lift Ban on Hydraulic Fracturing
The Cuomo administration is expected to lift what has been, in effect, a
moratorium on hydraulic fracturing, a controversial technology used to extract
natural gas from shale, people briefed on the administration’s discussions said.
Administration officials are discussing maintaining a ban on the process inside
New York City’s sprawling upstate watershed, as well as a watershed used by the
city of Syracuse, according to people briefed on the plan. But by allowing the
process in other parts of the state, Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo would open up New York
to one of the fastest-growing — critics would say reckless — areas of the energy
industry.
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