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 ...

Natural gas has been hiding in New York's share of the Marcellus shale -- anywhere from 1,000 feet to about a mile and a half into the ground -- for several hundred million years. It will be there ...

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 ...

An environmental activist and award-winning author will discuss hydrofracking as it relates to her most recent book when she visits SUNY Cortland on Tuesday, March 27. Sandra Steingraber will speak ...

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, ...

This is your first of three free stories this month. Become a free or sustaining member to read unlimited articles, webinars and ebooks. In the current debate regarding hydrofracking, the method of ...

CANASTOTA - Attorney David Slottje is making his way across the state speaking to residents of rural towns and villages about their options when deciding how to handle hydrofracking. Slottje addressed ...

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Drilling for natural gas by hydrofracturing, or "fracking," has proven potential to contaminate groundwater or even cause earthquakes. Now, a Cornell University professor has published a study ...