What is fracking? You may have heard about the effects this oil and gas extraction technique have on the environment, but its impacts extend far beyond that. Between 2007 and 2016, oil production in ...

A natural gas drilling rig in Wyoming. The EPA says that fracking may have resulted in groundwater contamination in that state.National Geographic / Getty Images News If you report on the ...

Tracking commentary and opinion from around Central New York, the state and nation: Wednesday's Topic: Stanley N. Hack, of Jamesville, writes about how hydrofracking far outweighs any possible ...

NEW YORK, June 30 (Reuters) - New York state would throw open its share of one of the world's richest natural gas deposits to drilling under recommendations made by its environmental agency, creating ...

The conference, Hydrofracking: Exploring the Legal Issues in the Context of Politics, Science and the Economy, was held March 28-29, 2011, sponsored by the University at Buffalo School of Law and The ...

New York State is attempting to come to grips with "hydrofracking," a process in which massive amounts of water are pumped into shale deposits deep underground to crack the shale and release trapped ...

GREENPORT — Permitting hydraulic fracturing in New York would be an economic boon for communities on the Southern Tier, a speaker told an audience of about 15 people Thursday at Congregation Anshe ...

STATE CAPITOL — As the state Senate advances legislation to ban hydrofracking with carbon dioxide, Republican state senators are calling for cost benefit analysis of the state’s climate policies and ...

I am writing in response to Ms. Dwyer's July 22 letter "Hydrofracking is a local threat." I, too, would like to encourage people to educate themselves about fracking and seriously consider its health ...

Okay. So, last year, Governor Cuomo and his Albany crew had no idea what the hell to do about this whole hydrofracking controversy. To frack or not to frack? That was the question holding up state ...