Breaking: NY Assembly Passes Two Year Fracking Moratorium, Senate Expected to Follow

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NY Assembly Passes 2 Yr Fracking Moratorium, Senate Expected to Follow http://ow.ly/iu0jg #BanFrackingNOW #DontFrackNY @Occupy_Pipeline


http://www.desmogblog.com/2013/03/06/breaking-ny-assembly-passes-two-year-fracking-moratorium-senate-expected-follow

In a roll call vote of 95-40, the New York State Assembly has passed a two-year moratorium on hydraulic fracturing ("fracking&quot , the toxic horizontal drilling process through which oil and gas is procured that's found within shale rock basins across the country and the world.

The bill, if passed by the Senate and signed off by Democratic Gov. Andrew Cuomo, would close the state's doors to the oil and gas industry's desire to begin operating in New York's portion of the Marcellus Shale basin until May 2015. New York has had a moratorium on the books since 2008.

This is the third time the Assembly has passed such a bill, with similar moratorium bills passing in 2010 and 2011, but then dying a slow death in the Senate and never reaching the Governor's desk, meaning the de facto moratorium has remained in place.

Could the third time be a charm in 2013 in the Empire State?

(More at the link.)