More than a decade after fracking was effectively banned in New York State, a federal lawsuit is looking to overturn that ban ...

The suit argues that the state’s ban on fracking is unconstitutional because it deprives land owners of productive use of their property, amounting to an ...

NEW YORK, Nov 30 (Reuters) - The final hearings on proposals to lift a ban on natural gas drilling in New York state will take place on Wednesday in what promises to be a heated debate on the pros and ...

New York is making its poorest residents pay for a political fantasy. The Cuomo administration banned shale fracking in 2014, bowing to the noise of "fracktivists." Hochul kept the ban and doubled ...

ALBANY – Handing environmentalists a breakthrough victory, New York plans to prohibit fracking for natural gas because of what regulators say are its unexplored health risks and dubious economic ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — Natural gas drilling ...

New York state’s highest court ruled Monday that cities and towns have the power to ban fracking, a decision that comes as local governments across the nation are increasingly trying to use zoning ...

Hydraulic fracturing to drill for oil and natural gas has not caused widespread harm to drinking water in the United States, the Environmental Protection Agency said Thursday. But a draft report ...

New York's fracking ban creates energy poverty for 2.7 million residents while Pennsylvania neighbors profit from natural gas drilling. Read Full Article » ...