New York and Maryland buck the trend. New York was the first state with sizeable fossil fuel reserves to close its borders to fracking. In December 2014, Gov. Andrew Cuomo banned the practice .

New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s decision to prohibit hydraulic fracturing followed a realignment in the state’s natural-gas distribution system that made the ban unlikely to drive up heating ...

The New York Times reports: Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo’s administration is pursuing a plan to limit the controversial drilling method known as hydraulic fracturing to portions of several struggling ...

New York is one of a handful of states around the country that currently has at least temporarily halted fracking. Since 2008, when the state was first confronted with interest in gas drilling and ...

ALBANY — New York's towns are able to use zoning laws to ban hydraulic fracturing within their borders, the state's top court ruled Monday. In a precedent-setting ruling that could have wide ...

New York's southern tier residents, noting the fracking-fueled economy in Pennsylvania, threaten to secede over state ban. News. Home Page ; California; ...

But New York’s anti-fossil fuel, anti-fracking, anti-commonsense policies remain. For now. Andrew Cuomo slashing Amazon from coming to NYC ruined New Yorkers getting over 25,000 jobs.

But environmental groups inside New York State and around the country would disagree. They expressed their opposition to fracking with rallies in Albany, as well as at Cuomo’s public appearances ...

In New York state, the economic development formula is apparently as follows: No to hydraulic fracturing, yes to casino gambling. Energy is critical to civilization, so Gov. Andrew Cuomo banned a ...

Gas companies and homeowners hoping to strike it rich by mining the oil and gas reserves buried deep beneath the ground of the state of New York are officially out of luck, because New York’s ...