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Southern Tier Solutions

New York State Legislature Votes to Ban CO2 Fracking, Closing a Decade-Old Loophole in State Law

The vote is a new win for the state’s anti-fracking movement, which sees the novel process as a way to skirt a ban it pushed through ten years ago, and heads off a Texas-based company that says it would produce net-zero natural gas and sequester carbon dioxide.

By Keerti Gopal

Biologist Sandra Steingraber, an anti-fracking activist with Concerned Health Professionals of New York, speaks during a March 5 rally at the New York State Capitol in Albany. Credit: Food & Water Watch
A fracked-methane gas pipeline under construction in Peekskill, N.Y. Credit: Erik McGregor/LightRocket via Getty Images

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

By Peter Mantius

Workers in front of the Cricket Valley Power Plant in Wingdale, New York. Southern Tier Solutions wants to build up to a dozen new natural gas-fueled power plants in the state. Credit: Erik McGregor/LightRocket via Getty Images

Plan for Gas Drilling Spree in New York’s Southern Tier Draws Muted Response from Regulators, But Outrage From Green Groups

By Peter Mantius

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