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	<title>Marcellus Drilling News &#187; New York</title>
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		<title>RailAmerica Buys Wellsboro &amp; Corning Short Line Railroad</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Feb 2012 12:09:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jim</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[One of the interesting but often-overlooked stories of the rapid growth of Marcellus and Utica Shale drilling is the revival of short line railroads. As drillers enter an area, equipment and materials need to be shipped to that area. Sand, especially, is used in large quantities, and short lines are the most economical way of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>SUNY Prof Dr. Gary Lash Discusses the Science of Fracking</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 31 Jan 2012 14:02:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jim</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Dr. Gary G. Lash, Department of Geosciences Professor at SUNY Fredonia and Director of the SUNY Fredonia Shale Research Institute, doesn’t often grant interviews. But he recently opened up with reporter from the Dunkirk (NY) Observer about the science, and politics, of hydraulic fracturing. Dr. Lash is an international authority on the Marcellus, so when [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Obama Speech Gives NYers Hope that Fracking Will Soon Begin</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Jan 2012 14:18:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jim</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[President Barack Obama’s State of the Union address, in which he openly supports drilling for natural gas and the “safe” use of hydraulic fracturing, has given a glimmer of hope to landowners in New York State that perhaps the President’s support for fracking will finally end the moratorium on drilling in New York. President Barack [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Norse Energy Continues Selling Pieces of the Company</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Jan 2012 14:16:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jim</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Norse Energy, with leased acreage in both the Marcellus and Utica Shales in New York State, has been fighting to keep the company afloat until New York finally allows hydraulic fracturing and they can take advantage of their leaseholds. But to keep holding on, they’ve sold off bits and pieces of their leaseholds, as well [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Broome County, NY Landowners Get Big Payment from Talisman</title>
		<link>http://marcellusdrilling.com/2012/01/broome-county-ny-landowners-get-big-payment-from-talisman/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Jan 2012 12:55:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jim</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[New York landowners in Broome County will receive millions in lease payments this month from Talisman Energy—$5000 per acre (they’ve already received $500 per acre). The landowners belong to the Friendsville Group, a landowner coalition that signed a deal with Talisman in 2009. Most of the Friendsville Group members are landowners just over the border [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Enviro Groups Demand Fracking Ban in Albany Protest</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Jan 2012 13:51:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jim</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Environmentalists opposed to natural gas drilling were out in force in Albany, NY yesterday, demanding a ban on hydraulic fracturing. (MDN wonders if they know that vertical fracking has been going on in New York State for the last 40 years with no environmental apocalypse?!) The rally, organized by Citizens Campaign for the Environment, Catskill [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Expert Says Binghamton Fracking Ban is &#8220;Legally Dubious&#8221;</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Jan 2012 13:49:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jim</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Robert Alt, a Fellow in Legal and International Affairs at The John M. Ashbrook Center for Public Affairs at Ashland University (Ohio) has written an op-ed article in the Binghamton Press &#38; Sun-Bulletin on the topic of “legally dubious” moratoriums like the one recently passed by the City of Binghamton. Given that according to forthcoming [...]]]></description>
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		<title>NY Landowner Coalitions Push Back Against Home Rule Bill</title>
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		<comments>http://marcellusdrilling.com/2012/01/ny-landowner-coalitions-push-back-against-home-rule-bill/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Jan 2012 13:55:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jim</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The fight to allow safe natural gas drilling to commence in New York State is being fought on multiple fronts. One of the most prominent groups standing up for landowner rights in New York is the Joint Landowners Coalition of New York (JLCNY). The group is in essence a “coalition of coalitions,” representing 38 landowner [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Bill to Extend Fracking Moratorium until 2013 Hits NY Senate</title>
		<link>http://marcellusdrilling.com/2012/01/bill-to-extend-fracking-moratorium-until-2013-hits-ny-senate/</link>
		<comments>http://marcellusdrilling.com/2012/01/bill-to-extend-fracking-moratorium-until-2013-hits-ny-senate/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Jan 2012 14:01:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jim</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[As predicted yesterday (see this MDN story), NY State Sen. Greg Ball, a RINO from Putnam County, introduced legislation into the Senate yesterday that would extend the moratorium on hydraulic fracturing in New York until June 1, 2013. Fortunately not many of his colleagues in the Republican-controlled Senate agree with him, making passage of the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Bill Extending NY Fracking Moratorium Hits Assembly Today</title>
		<link>http://marcellusdrilling.com/2012/01/bill-extending-ny-fracking-moratorium-hits-assembly-today/</link>
		<comments>http://marcellusdrilling.com/2012/01/bill-extending-ny-fracking-moratorium-hits-assembly-today/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Jan 2012 12:50:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jim</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[New legislation will be introduced in the New York Assembly today to extend the moratorium on fracking in New York State until either June, or “the end of” 2013, depending on the news source. MDN previously warned that this was coming (see this MDN story). The bill will be introduced in the Assembly by Robert [...]]]></description>
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		<title>NY Gov. Cuomo Signals Drilling Not Likely to Happen in 2012</title>
		<link>http://marcellusdrilling.com/2012/01/ny-gov-cuomo-signals-drilling-not-likely-to-happen-in-2012/</link>
		<comments>http://marcellusdrilling.com/2012/01/ny-gov-cuomo-signals-drilling-not-likely-to-happen-in-2012/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Jan 2012 13:49:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jim</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Although pro-drilling groups in New York are attempting to put a positive face on it, yesterday NY Gov. Andrew Cuomo said the state has not yet made a determination on whether fracking will be allowed. Not “when” it will be allowed, but “whether” it will be allowed. He said, “We haven’t made that determination.” His [...]]]></description>
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		<title>EPA&#8217;s Judith Enck Critiques NY Fracking Regulations</title>
		<link>http://marcellusdrilling.com/2012/01/epas-judith-enck-critiques-ny-fracking-regulations/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Jan 2012 13:26:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jim</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The federal Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) filed a 26-page critique of New York’s draft hydraulic fracturing regulations, known as the SGEIS, three hours before the filing deadline on Wednesday (a copy of the letter is embedded below). This is the same EPA that just started a multi-year study of fracking that’s not due to be [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Today: NY Deadline Day for Comments on New Drilling Regs</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Jan 2012 13:05:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jim</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Today is the latest deadline from New York’s Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) Commissioner Joe Martens to file comments on New York’s proposed new drilling rules, known as the SGEIS. Yesterday, both pro- and anti-drilling groups descended on Albany with thousands of letters of support (or opposition). Prior to yesterday the DEC reported having received [...]]]></description>
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		<title>NYT: Kerfuffle Among Anti-Drilling Groups in New York</title>
		<link>http://marcellusdrilling.com/2012/01/nyt-kerfuffle-among-anti-drilling-groups-in-new-york/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Jan 2012 13:53:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jim</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A surprisingly balanced article in the New York Times yesterday takes a look at the anti-drilling movement in New York State. The article, written by Peter Applebome, focuses on the “divide” in the anti-drilling movement between those who want strict drilling laws in New York versus those who want to ban drilling outright. Some national [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Norse Energy Converts $3.5M in Bonds into Stock Ownership</title>
		<link>http://marcellusdrilling.com/2012/01/norse-energy-converts-3-5m-in-bonds-into-stock-ownership/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 09 Jan 2012 13:47:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jim</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Norse Energy, with substantial leases in New York State, clings to the hope that New York will soon allow shale gas drilling. In the meantime, they continue to try and hold on. Last week they sold some of their NY acreage along with a slice of the royalty rights on acreage they retain for $26.7 [...]]]></description>
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