The fracking industry was counting on New York to set the
environmental standard for the other states to follow.
Now, not so much...
NY Times
DANNY HAKIM
Published: September 30, 2012
Shift by Cuomo on Gas Drilling Prompts Both Anger and Praise
Quote:
ALBANY — A few months after Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo was poised
to approve hydraulic fracturing in several struggling New York counties,
his administration is reversing course and starting the regulatory process over,
garnering praise from environmental groups and stirring anger among
industry executives and upstate landowners.
Ten days ago, after nearly four years of review by state regulators,
the governor bowed to entreaties from environmentalists to conduct another study,
this one an examination of potential impacts on public health.
Neither the governor nor other state officials have given
any indication of how long the study might take.
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