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New York State First to Ban Fracking
2015-07-01 02:27:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Environment News Service: A statewide ban on high-volume hydraulic fracturing, or fracking, was made official across New York State on Monday, nearly a year after communities won the right to ban oil and gas development locally. This action concluded New York Department of Environmental Conservation`s comprehensive, seven-year review and officially prohibits fracking anywhere in the state. Joe Martens, head of the Department of Environmental Conservation, DEC, said in a statement, "After years of exhaustive research...
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