Dr. Sandra Steingraber wants carbon dioxide fracking ban
The practice uses carbon dioxide rather than water to extract shale gas.
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The practice uses carbon dioxide rather than water to extract shale gas.
ALBANY — The region’s state legislators voted against a bill last week that would expand New York’s existing fracking ban by blocking natural gas drilling companies from using an extraction
Fracking was first prohibited in New York a decade ago.
A Texas entrepreneur has proposed an end run around the state’s ban on hydraulic fracturing by using carbon dioxide instead of water to extract methane from shale formations. New York’s anti-fracking coalition has coalesced to make sure the project fails.
Firm planning drilling spree in Southern Tier goes silent as lawmakers seek to ban use of CO2 in quest for gas Steuben County