While New York’s Department of Environmental Conservation conducts an environmental impact assessment on shale gas development, drilling supporters want Gov. Cuomo to lift the moratorium. But Cuomo is also taking heat from drilling opponents. They want a health impact study along with the environmental evaluation. The Governor’s office says it has not reached a decision on new regulations.
Town officials and landowners eager for shale gas drilling to begin in southern New York are pressing Gov. Andrew Cuomo to approve an environmental review that’s been four years in the making. “This issue has been going on for four years,” Town of Binghamton Supervisor Tim Whitesell said Thursday. “We understand the politics involved. But at the same time we are in a position where our residents are looking for this. It’s very frustrating that we see this economic boom just south of us in Pennsylvania and we’re not able to take part in it.”
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