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Yoko Ono, in Albany, Raises Her Voice Against Hydraulic Fracturing
Posted by New York Times: Danny Hakim on January 11th, 2013
New York Times: For months they have been descending on Albany: farmers, environmentalists, latter-day hippies and placard-bearing parents. But on Friday, the forces against hydraulic fracturing, a method for drilling for natural gas, brought to Albany a face and a voice familiar to the world: Yoko Ono. Ms. Ono — along with her son, Sean Lennon, who came with her — has a personal connection to the issue. She and her husband, John Lennon, bought a farm in the Catskills, and she and Sean want to prevent the drilling,...
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With New Delays, a Growing Sense That Gov. Andrew Cuomo Will Not Approve Gas Drilling
Posted by New York Times: Danny Hakim on October 1st, 2012
New York Times: 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...
Cuomo Plan Would Limit Gas Drilling to a Few Counties in New York
Posted by New York Times: Danny Hakim on June 13th, 2012
New York Times: Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo’s administration is pursuing a plan to limit the controversial drilling method known as hydraulic fracturing to portions of several struggling New York counties along the border with Pennsylvania, and to permit it only in communities that express support for the technology. The plan, described by a senior official at the State Department of Environmental Conservation and others with knowledge of the administration’s strategy, would limit drilling to the deepest areas of the...