Never before has fresh water been destroyed until this new method of hydrofracking. In New York, 70,000 hydrofracked Marcellus wells are proposed. A typical well requires five million gallons of ...

With New York State’s temporary ban on permitting of natural gas hydrofracking set to expire this summer, it’s natural to expect a dramatic uptick in activity and media coverage of this issue — above ...

New York State is attempting to come to grips with "hydrofracking," a process in which massive amounts of water are pumped into shale deposits deep underground to crack the shale and release trapped ...