Nearly a decade after New York passed its controversial fracking ban, the debate over resource extraction in the state has returned.
A Texas-based company’s proposal to use carbon dioxide to extract oil and gas gets around the hydraulic fracking ban.
From the New York Public News Network, WSKG’s Rebecca Redelmeier has more on the reaction from landowners and legislators…and how this moment echoes the state’s previous fracking fight.
Image: State Sen. Lea Webb speaks at a rally in Albany to expand New York’s fracking ban on March 5/ Frack Action