Sentences with phrase «local drilling bans»

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Due to the inherent danger of un-natural gas drilling and the potentially massive impact on our local rural communities, we are calling on Gubernatorial candidate Andrew Cuomo to support a complete ban on drilling in low permeable stone deposits in New York State.

In a decision released last week, the highest court in New York ruled that local governments can ban drilling within their borders.

Some US cities including New York and Pittsburg are trying to halt local drilling for shale gas, with Philadelphia calling for at least a temporary ban on new wells in the watershed that serves the city.