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Will New York governor meet self-imposed fracking deadline?
Posted by Star-Gazette: None Given on December 7th, 2014
Star Gazette: Gov. Andrew Cuomo surprised supporters and critics alike in October, when he casually mentioned during a debate that the state's long-awaited report on the health impacts of hydraulic fracturing is "due at the end of the year."
With just weeks remaining in 2014, the state Department of Health reiterated Friday that it anticipates finishing up the report -- which has been in the works since 2012 and will determine the fate of large-scale fracking in New York -- by month's end.
Still, advocates...
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ExxonMobil Spent $2 Million on Pro-Fracking Ad Campaign
Posted by Star-Gazette: None Given on April 1st, 2013
Star-Gazette: Oil giant Exxon Mobil Corp. spent $2 million on a pro-drilling advertising campaign en route to becoming New York’s second-highest spender on lobbying last year, according to a report Thursday from the state’s ethics board.
Exxon Mobil spent $2.1 million total on its New York lobbying in 2012, second only to the $4.2 million spent by a coalition of business interests known as the Committee to Save New York, the Joint Commission on Public Ethics found.
State records show the company sent $2...