Watch the presser here. Assemblymember Anna Kelles said, “New York State wisely prohibited high-volume hydraulic fracturing in 2020, and now we must extend that commitment to ban the use of ...

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Image Courtesy of Al Granberg & ProPublica It goes by a number of names - 'hydraulic fracturing', 'shale gas extraction', 'hydrofracturing' or 'hydrofracking. Not to forget the name beloved of ...

Albany, NY – Following the Assembly’s passage of the legislation (A8866/ S8357) last week to ban drilling and fracking for natural gas and oil using carbon dioxide (CO2), the NYS Senate passed the ...

A new method of hydraulic fracturing to drill for natural gas in the Marcellus Shale is one-third of the way toward being banned in New York state. The state Assembly approved legislation (A.8866) ...

A group of environmental advocates was joined by singer/songwriter Natalie Merchant at the Capitol in Albany to call on the legislature to amend the current fracking ban law. About 100 advocates ...

According to Phillips, the process revolves around extracting methane gas stored in shales in the Southern Tier. "Right now, the Marcellus shale has pores filled with methane," said Phillips.

Carbon dioxide is used in enhanced oil recovery projects in other states, but DEC is unfamiliar with using it in primary production of natural gas from shale formations,” Seggos wrote. Tags NYSPRE ...

If carbon dioxide is used to stimulate shale gas production instead of hydraulic fracturing, then the carbon dioxide remains in the subterranean pore space instead of water.

Shale is crucial to the U.S. economy, ... Today it is energy-independent with, S&P Global estimates, more than 70% of its oil and more than 80% of its natural gas produced through fracking.

Environmental impact of fracking. Almost immediately after the shale gas boom began in about 2008, reports of fracking in Pennsylvania had residents witnessing dramatic well blowouts and reporting ...