Sentences with phrase «permit hydro fracking»

Numerous sources and published reports have said that the Cuomo Administration may permit hydro fracking in some communities in New York's Southern Tier where the majority of residents want natural gas drilling.

DEC Commissioner Joe Martens estimates the agency has received 40,000 comments in the public comment period which just ended on January 11th on a draft environmental impact study to permit hydro fracking on some private lands in New York State.

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The New York Public Interest Research Group studied 59 municipalities that have voted to permit hydro - fracking in the past few years, if New York State eventually approves the process.

There's been increasing signs that the state might more slowly phase in the permitting of new gas wells, with preference going to communities or regions of the state that are more receptive to hydro fracking.

For months, the Cuomo Administration has been signaling that it might permit the gas drilling process known as hydro fracking in a few areas in the Marcellus Shale region where the majority of people in communities want the gas drilling process to begin.

Cuomo's environmental commissioner says he will in the coming weeks finalize an environmental impact statement, that's been delayed for years, that concludes that hydro fracking will not be permitted in New York State.

The comments give weight to the scenario of permitting a limited number of wells at first, confined to communities who have expressed a desire to begin hydro fracking.