Congresswoman Floats Bill to Force NY, Other States to Allow Fracking

Two days ago, MDN mused over the issue of whether or not there will EVER be fracking in New York State (see Is There Still a Chance for Fracking in New York State?). We shared a novel idea for how fracking might restart--if the Democrats changed their position and reversed a permanent ban on fracking (hence our refrain that fracking will arrive in NY "when pigs fly"). Here's another way it might happen: If the federal government passes a law that withholds Energy Efficiency and Conservation Block Grant (EECBG) money from states that ban fracking. A bill to do just that will be introduced tomorrow by Rep. Claudia Tenney, Congresswoman from the Upstate NY district where MDN resides.

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