New York State has become the first US state with considerable natural gas reserves to ban the controversial extraction technique known as fracking.
On Wednesday the administration of Governor Andrew M. Cuomo moved forward with plans ban fracking across the state, citing excessive environmental and health concerns. “I cannot support high volume hydraulic fracturing in the great state of New York,” said Howard Zucker, the acting commissioner of health. New York is the second state to ban fracking,…
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