Pro-gas interests decry NY inaction on fracking -

Born of the energy crisis of the 1970s, gas driller Lenape Resources flourished in western New York for more than three decades - until the revolutionary technology that sparked the nation's shale gas boom brought the industry to a screeching halt in New York under a moratorium now in its sixth year.

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