New York Times: In the heated debate over fracking in New York, it is often forgotten that conventional natural gas drilling has been taking place in the state for decades.
Chemung County, a place I write about in Wednesday`s Times, has been a leader in gas production in the state and is now poised to become a leader in exploration of the Marcellus Shale. Drilling awaits the approval of new state rules governing horizontal drilling combined with high-volume hydraulic fracturing, or fracking – a controversial......
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In Drilling Safety Debate, Hydrofracking’s Not the Only Target
Posted by Washington Post: Juliet Eilperin on December 28th, 2011
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