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Thursday, March 21, 2013  Environmentalists and the energy industry are asking a court to decide their battle over previous rulings allowing New York towns to ban drilling for natural gas using high-volume hydraulic fracturing.

Wednesday, March 06, 2013  Hydrofracking may not be allowed in New York State for another two years.

Monday, February 04, 2013  State lawmakers are expected to question Department of Environmental Conservation Commissioner Joe Martens about fracking.

Wednesday, October 03, 2012  A state court has invalidated Binghamton's two-year moratorium on natural gas drilling, marking the first time a local law enacted to limit hydraulic fracturing in New York has been struck down.

Wednesday, June 13, 2012  Landowners along New York's southern border who support natural gas drilling are cheered by reports that the Cuomo administration is considering allowing hydraulic fracturing on a limited basis only in towns that want it.

Friday, May 04, 2012  After two years of research and public input, Town Board members in Skaneateles pulled the trigger on a new zoning law prohibiting hydrofracking and other forms of natural gas drilling.

Thursday, April 19, 2012  Department of Environmental Conservation Commissioner Joe Martens says there's no timeline for a decision on whether fracking of shale gas wells will be allowed in New York state, but the review will likely continue through the summer.

Thursday, March 15, 2012  The chairman of a Vermont-based company looking to handle waste from shale gas drilling has told investors that hydraulic fracturing in New York state likely won't begin until 2013.

Friday, February 24, 2012  A state judge has upheld a central New York town's zoning ordinance banning oil and gas drilling.

Thursday, January 26, 2012  Environmental regulators said Tuesday they are seeking $187,500 in fines against a natural gas drilling company for polluting a trout stream in New York's Allegany State Park while drilling in Pennsylvania.

Monday, January 02, 2012  State legislature may look at action to help communities ban hydrofracking, the controversial natural gas drilling practice.

Tuesday, December 06, 2011  Advocates who want to keep the natural-gas drilling industry out of New York state are sending clean water to a northeastern Pennsylvania village.

Thursday, November 17, 2011  More than one thousand people showed up in Binghamton Thursday afternoon for the second of four public hearings on new proposed state regulations on hydrofracking.

Wednesday, November 16, 2011  The hydrofracking debate takes center stage in Central New York this afternoon, as opponents hold a rally in the Finger Lakes.

Wednesday, November 16, 2011  Opponents of natural gas drilling in the Marcellus Shale in southern New York promise to be out in force as the state begins public hearings on its rules governing the practice known as "fracking."