Out of Sight, Out of Mind New York’s Failure to Track or Treat Fracking Waste (May, 2012)

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New York State Governor Andrew Cuomo is contemplating whether to allow drilling for natural gas in the Marcellus and Utica Shales using high-volume hydraulic fracturing, or high-volume “fracking.” If this process is permitted, how New York requires drillers to handle, treat, and dispose of high-volume fracking’s toxic wastes will be among the administration’s greatest challenges.