Fortunately, permission was revoked just over a week later after
outcry from environmentalists and archaeologists.
Public comment on a proposal to allow new facilities to be built in New York ended in November, and drew significant
outcry from environmentalists, who connect such facilities to fracking even though state officials said the two are not related.
Lawmakers and natural gas supporters worry that
outcries from environmentalists, led by the influential Natural Resources Defense Council, could led to a regulatory crackdown on methane, a potent greenhouse gas, this fall.