NYS has taken some significant environmental steps forward, thanks to the Cuomo administration permanently banning hydrofracking, and the distribution and use of Styrofoam. In a press release issued ...

It's before dawn at the town's only stoplight, and the first of what will be hundreds of heavy trucks that day already are rumbling by. Mayor John Wilson is busy at the Shell gas station, where he ...

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 ...

With the deadline for the end of the legislative session fast approaching, the New York State Assembly voted to suspend drilling natural gas, a process known as hydrofracking, for three years while ...

Tracking commentary and opinion from around Central New York, the state and nation: Wednesday's Topic: Linda Steffen, of Canastota, writes about asking elected officials to protect our water supply ...

ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) -- New York environmental regulators have formally issued proposed regulations for hydraulic fracturing of natural gas wells in the lucrative Marcellus Shale region of southern New ...

About two dozen protesters were outside Cuomo's office calling on him to ban hydrofracking. The process uses water and chemicals to extract natural gas from the earth. "The risk of contamination, ...

Representatives of faculty and student groups at SUNY Cortland will offer a teach-in on the subject of a newer form of natural gas drilling that is likely coming to Upstate New York, on Wednesday, Nov ...