State lawmakers push to ban fracking waste in the state

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By Richard Moody
In conjunction with Earth Day this week, state legislators are pushing to pass legislation to reduce the presence of fracking waste in New York.

Hydraulic fracturing, a controversial natural gas extraction process which shoots a combination of water, sand and chemicals to break up shale rock, has been illegal in New York for five years due to a de facto moratorium. However, the storage and transportation of waste related to fracking and use of gas extracted through the process is still legal in the state.

http://www.legislativegazette.com/Articles-Top-Stories-c-2014-04-21-87646.113122-State-lawmakers-push-to-ban-fracking-waste-in-the-state.html

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1. Oil and gas industry gear up new ad campaign to promote fracking

http://www.legislativegazette.com/Articles-Top-Stories-c-2014-04-21-87638.113122-Oil-and-gas-industry-gear-up-new-ad-campaign-to-promote-fracking.html

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2. Fracking blurs political lines

Nicholas Riccardi AP

The U.S. energy boom is blurring the traditional political battle lines across the country.

Democrats are split between environmentalists and business and labor groups, with the proposed Canada-to-Texas oil pipeline a major wedge.

Some deeply conservative areas are allying with conservationists against fracking, the drilling technique that’s largely responsible for the boom.

The divide is most visible among Democrats in the nation’s capital, where 11 Democratic senators wrote President Barack Obama this month urging him to approve the Keystone XL pipeline, which is opposed by many environmental groups and billionaire activist Tom Steyer.
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