New York has been reluctant to allow horizontal drilling and hydraulic fracturing in the Marcellus Shale, because of concerns about contamination of underground water supplies. I think those fears are completely unwarranted, but they are driving significant opposition.
Here's an open letter to the citizens of New York from Jerry Simmons, leader of a royalty owners group based in Tulsa. He explains why the drilling is not a danger, and the economic benefit that is posed by the drilling. Frankly, I hope he fails to change any minds in New York, for the reasons he gives at the end of his letter. I'd just as soon see that money being paid to West Virginia royalty owners. New York will keep burning gas, wherever it comes from.
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