Even before state officials last July urged Albany to allow fracking in New York, the case for it was compelling. But the columns on the opposite page, and one in yesterday’s Post, show how it can help real people — beyond just the numbers. And they make clear why Gov. Cuomo needs to move fast to ensure […]
September 28, 2011
September 27, 2011
A tale of two states: PA booms while NY suffers
‘If it wasn’t for the gas business, none of these people would be working right now,” David Dalrymple said, pointing to one of his crews building a road in Athens Township, Pa. By “gas business,” he meant drilling made possible by “fracking” — a process for extracting natural gas that’s legal in Pennsylvania but not […]
How fracking works: Fears are based on ignorance
THE NORTHERN TIER, PA. The people trying to keep “fracking” illegal in New York rely on our ignorance about the safety and environmental impact of this drilling technology. So I went over the border to Pennsylvania for a hands-on education on the subject. A gas-drilling site in the Endless Mountains is nothing like the plains […]
April 25, 2011
Jobs New York Needs
Just a three-hour drive from New York City, the economic devastation is some thing out of “Grapes of Wrath.” Across the Southern Tier, the gray scenes of the Great Depression come to life in the rusted and idled farm equipment and dilapidated barns that dot the countryside. In the faces of the hardscrabble people who have […]
December 7, 2010
Adirondack Blues – State Stifles Region’s Economy
To deliver on his promises to bring economic growth and jobs to upstate New York, Gov.-elect Andrew Cuomo will have to rein in rogue state bureaucracies — which means confronting the powerful environmental lobby that controls them. In particular, he needs to end the de facto ban on development in the Adirondack Park — which covers a […]