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Zeldin said the natural gas would go to states in New England. If built, the pipeline would go through the Catskills and Southern Tier to connect with other pipelines near Albany.

Local activists and some elected officials say the pipelines would destroy the region's water quality and economy.

The new legislation prohibits the use of carbon dioxide to extract gas from rock.

Natural gas has been found in shale rock in Pennsylvania and New York. But one state has banned fracking, while the other allows it to continue — and that's unlikely to change.

A proposal to use carbon dioxide to extract oil and gas has resurfaced long-simmering tensions over the state’s fracking ban.

The proposed bill comes in response to a Texas-based company's plan to extract gas in the Southern Tier by injecting carbon dioxide into the ground.

A company that wants to use carbon dioxide to drill for natural gas in the Southern Tier has been met with pushback from environmental activists who argue the company is exploiting a loophole in New York’s ban on fracking.

It was the third quarter in a row that production did not grow compared to the same quarter the previous year.

Studies will focus on childhood cancer, asthma and birth outcomes

Industry condemns the report, while advocates cite growing climate fears.