Hydrofracking series, part 2: New York looks to Pennsylvania for drilling insight

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Published September 13, 2010 at 8:44 AM EDT

By Emma Jacobs/WRVO's Innovation Trail reporter

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Pennsylvania – New York currently has a moratorium on extracting gas from the Marcellus Shale, but Pennsylvania is drilling, and New York is watching. In the second installment of our series on drilling, we look at what's in store for rural New York State, where years of bad economic news have made natural gas drilling a tempting prospect. The Innovation Trail's Emma Jacobs has more.

Note: This story is part of our Innovation Trail collaboration. For more stories about New York's innovation economy, visit us at innovationtrail.org.

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