NY Gov. Hochul’s Frack Bans Lock $1 TRILLION Underground

New York Gov. Kathy Hochul, an extremist liberal, recently signed a bill into law that bans using carbon dioxide to frack wells in the state (see New York Has Fallen: Gov. Hochul Signs CO2 Frack Ban Into Law). Her predecessor and boss, Andrew Cuomo, previously outlawed "regular" water-based fracking in early 2020 just as everyone was consumed with the unfolding COVID pandemic (see Cuomo PERMANENTLY Bans NY Fracking in Now-Adopted Budget). Their combined actions are a gross injustice for landowners and consumers in the state. The Southern Tier region of New York (where MDN editor Jim Willis lives) is economically depressed. Jonathan Lesser, a senior fellow with the National Center for Energy Analytics and the president of Continental Economics, recently published an article in the New York Post outlining his analysis that Hochul and Cuomo's actions in banning all fracking in the state have locked away some $1 TRILLION worth of natural gas that sits under our feet. New York remains closed for business.

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