UPDATE: One of the leading opponents of the natural gas extraction method of hydraulic fracturing – or fracking – in Sullivan County and New York State cheered the appellate court’s decision to uphold local drilling bans.
“It’s a huge day for communities in New York,” said Wes Gillingham of Sullivan County-based Catskill Mountainkeeper.
Five towns in Sullivan have passed laws to ban fracking. Two, Delaware and Fremont, passed resolutions supporting it.
“This is something that’s spreading beyond New York,” according to Catskill Mountainkeeper co-founder Wes Gillingham, a fracking opponent. A ruling striking down local bans in New York could be seen as a threat to many jurisdictions throughout the …Law 360 · By Pete Brush · 5/29/2014
BY CAROLINE GOGGIN
June 21, 2014
Binghamton, NY (WBNG Binghamton) Opportunity for change was the main topic at a conference in the Southern Tier on sustaining the economy.
Local business leaders joined the New York State Sustainable Business Council at Cornell Cooperative Extension.
A team with the National Civilian Community Corps (NCCC), an AmeriCorps program, is working with the Frost Valley YMCA to help maintain their current trail systems. For the next seven weeks, eight NCCC members will be working to improve the hiking experience for guests at their retreat center.
The Catskill Post: The Mountainkeeper News Blog 