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Natural Gas Drilling: Is New York Ready?

July 18, 2008


An investigation by WNYC and ProPublica

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Marcellus Shale Hydraulic Fracturing Black Baby Powder Wetland at Risk? Bradley Field Tom West
Credit: Graphic by Al Granberg
Energy companies want to extract natural gas from the ground below upstate New York. The Department of Environmental Conservation has signaled it could issue the first permits by the fall. But are DEC's safety plans really adequate?

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