Sentences with phrase «facto state ban»

Win some, (partially, maybe) lose some: As New Jersey bans fracking, the political signs are pointing to New York governor Andrew Cuomo lifting the existing de facto state ban on fracking.

Not exact matches

The state Appellate Division's Third Department has upheld a lower court ruling denying an East Rochester man's request that the state annul the de facto ban on the natural gas drilling technique known as hydrofracking

Cuomo earned international headlines and significant credit with progressives and environmentalists when he banned fracking — a decision that was supported by public polling by the time he made it, more than six years after the state issued a de facto moratorium as it weighed the pros and cons (and polling), and that made New York the first state with a major shale gas deposit to enact a ban.

The state has had a de facto ban on the new construction of liquefied natural gas storage facilities for about 40 years, after a Staten Island facility exploded and killed 40 people.

The state had a de facto ban in place as it studied the process, which involves extracting oil and gas from deep underground by pumping water, sand and chemicals at high pressures deep underground.

The state now has a de facto ban on fracking as Cuomo's administration continues to study its health effects.

Disclosure requirements, such as Washington state's groundbreaking law, can serve as a de facto ban, she said.