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A Firm Planning a Drilling Spree in New York’s Southern Tier Goes Silent as Lawmakers Seek to Ban Use of CO2 in Quest for Gas
A Texas entrepreneur has proposed an end run around the state’s ban on hydraulic fracturing by using carbon dioxide instead of water to extract methane from shale formations. New York’s anti-fracking coalition has coalesced to make sure the project fails.
By Peter Mantius
This article previously appeared in WaterFront.
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