Jacob Adams is a journalism fellow at The Daily Signal. Send an email to Jacob. A new report by The Heritage Foundation shows the economic benefits of hydraulic fracturing (aka fracking) for natural ...

Environmentalists and gas drillers alike snapped to attention when the news alert went up earlier today: the New York Times reported that New York Governor Andrew Cuomo was ready to lift the state’s ...

Thirteen Bronx politicians in the state Assembly and Senate received funds from pro-fracking organizations ranging from $250 to $54,495, according to a >Common Cause report issued over the summer.

A Special Report released by the Heritage Foundation in April 2025 has found that New York’s decision to ban the process of hydraulic fracturing (commonly known as “fracking”) for natural gas in 2010 ...

Governor Kathy Hochul signed a bill Saturday that expands New York’s fracking ban to prohibit the use of carbon dioxide to extract oil and gas from rock. This adds to New York’s decade-old ban on ...

A preliminary state report concludes that hydraulic fracturing poses no threat to public health if done with proper safeguards. News of the report, which was revealed Thursday, has reignited ...

Iris Fen Gillingham, 22, has devoted the last few years to protesting against fracking in New York State, which she calls home. IRIS FEN GILLINGHAM: When I was growing up, I did not think that I would ...

While the state’s draft energy plan is largely mum on hydrofracking, local residents were not during a hearing on the issue Tuesday at the University at Buffalo’s Center for Tomorrow on the North ...

ALBANY — A state Assembly and Senate bill banning the use of carbon dioxide in mining operations has been welcomed by local climate activists. The bill, signed by Gov. Kathy Hochul on Dec. 21, bans ...