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Could Fracking Ban Prompt Towns in New York State to Secede?

New Yorkers, unlike their Pennsylvanian neighbors, are not allowed to tap the gas because of a state ban on hydraulic fracturing.

Tue March 03, 2015 - Northeast Edition
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The Economist is reporting on an issue that is tearing some towns in New York apart.

"I HONESTLY thought it was a joke,” says Sandy Pinney. She means the threat that Windsor, her hometown, along with 14 other towns along New York’s border with Pennsylvania, may secede and join Pennsylvania. But it is deadly serious.

The towns are in New York’s Southern Tier. They sit on top of the Marcellus Shale, which is full of natural gas. New Yorkers, unlike their Pennsylvanian neighbors, are not allowed to tap the gas because of a state ban on hydraulic fracturing (fracking) announced by Andrew Cuomo, the governor, on December 17th.

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