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New York Fracking Opponents, Binghamton Mayor Escalate Efforts To Block Natural Gas Industry
2013-02-01 19:09:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Huffington Post: Eileen Hamlin leaned in towards the computer screen for a closer look at the purple blocks peppering a digital map of New York state. The color denoted land leased to natural gas companies in anticipation of a potential lift of the state's four-and-a-half-year moratorium on hydraulic fracturing, or fracking. "I've just learned that I'm surrounded on three sides by leased property," said Hamlin, a finger pointing out her Kirkwood land on the map. She sat still for several more seconds, eyes frozen...
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