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Tracy Carluccio deputy director of the Delaware Riverkeeper Network, recently wrote an opinion piece for the Albany Times Union calling on Gov. Andrew Cuomo not to allow hydraulic fracturing, or “fracking,” in New York.

Cuomo appears poised to approve fracking on a limited scale along the border with Pennsylvania, where the practice is allowed. Fracking involved injecting millions of gallons of chemically treated water underground in order to break up ...

According to a story in the Seattle Post Intelligencer, opponents of the natural gas extraction method known as hydraulic fracturing, or “fracking,” gathered in Albany to pressure Gov. Andrew Cuomo not to allow it in the state of New York.

The rally included a coalition of groups opposed to the practice, who marched along the Hudson River for a rally culminating at the state Capitol. Activists scheduled to speak included ...

New York state is poised to legalize the natural gas extraction method known as hydraulic fracturing, or “fracking,” making it the “latest flashpoint” in the controversy surrounding the method, CBS reports.

Fracking involves injecting millions of gallons of sand, water and potentially toxic chemicals deep underground, breaking up underground shale deposits and freeing natural gas for collection. It’s controversial because of concerns that the toxic chemicals might pollute the groundwater ...

A recent study suggests a connection between the natural gas extraction method known as hydraulic fracturing, or “fracking,” and earthquakes, according to the Huffington Post.

The Huffington Post reports that researchers used temporary seismographs to detect earthquakes of magnitude 1.5 or higher over a two-year period in a geologic area of Texas called the Barnett Shale.

Study author Cliff Frohlich identified 68 earthquakes in the study area, which was more than ...