A new method of hydraulic fracturing to drill for natural gas in the Marcellus Shale is one-third of the way toward being banned in New York state. The state Assembly approved legislation (A.8866) ...

A Special Report released by the Heritage Foundation in April 2025 has found that New York’s decision to ban the process of hydraulic fracturing (commonly known as “fracking”) for natural gas in 2010 ...

Scientific and political disputes over drilling Marcellus shale for natural gas have focused primarily on the environmental effects of pumping millions of gallons of water and chemicals deep ...

The discovery of the potential for thousands of tons of lithium to be extracted annually from wastewater generated by fracking in the Marcellus Shale leaves proponents of a green energy future at a ...

Researchers said there was no evidence that trace contaminants in drinking water wells came from “deep hydraulic fracturing shale horizons, underground storage tanks, well casing failures, or surface ...

NEW YORK, Oct 1 (Reuters) - New York State's proposed new environmental rules allowing drilling for natural gas in the multi-state Marcellus Shale formation face opposition from environmentalists and ...