New York Debates Natural Gas Rules
From UPI
Concerns about the extraction of shale natural gas in New York state suggests the government may miss a regulations deadline, a commissioner said.
The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation in 2011 released recommendations surrounding shale gas operations in the state. Those recommendations could open about 85 percent of the Marcellus shale play in New York to development but keep operators away from key watersheds and aquifers.
A budget hearing in New York put Environmental Conservation Commissioner Joe Martens at the center of a debate over hydraulic fracturing in the state.
