New York Fracking Advocates Say Local Bans Are ‘Kiss of Death’

New York, the third-most-populous state, may become the only one that allows municipalities to ban fracking, West said. So far, 20 towns have done so, said Karen Edelstein, a geographic information-systems consultant in Ithaca.

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