Yesterday, as expected, the heavily Democrat New York State Assembly passed a bill (103 to 40) that would ban fracking in the state for yet another two years—even though fracking has already been banned for nearly five years (a copy of the bill as passed is embedded below). We’re not quite sure what another two years will tell us we don’t already know after five—but that’s Democrat jihadists for you. Harsh word there—jihad—but it was aptly used on the floor of the Assembly by a Republican assemblyman to describe what’s really going on in New York—and we concur.

The Assembly’s action yesterday is not about “one more health study” to triply ensure nothing bad will happen to New York residents. It is about a “an intellectual and political jihad against natural fuels.” Fortunately, it’s unlikely the bill will pass in the NY Senate…

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Pop quiz: Which northeastern state has used hydraulic fracturing (“fracking”) in vertical oil and gas wells since the 1950s? Which northeastern state has used horizontal drilling for oil and gas wells since the 1980s? Which state (so far) has refused to allow the combination of the two—fracking + horizontal drilling? The answer to all three questions: New York.

What’s that? You didn’t know fracking (in vertical wells) has been going on in NY since the 1950s? Welcome to the club. Most people either don’t know it, or upon reading it in a publication like MDN, refuse to believe it. If you don’t believe us, just ask the state DEC for confirmation.

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