The NYT is reporting that the New York state senate has passed a moratorium on the use of hydraulic fracturing in the drilling of horizontal wells. "While the measure cannot become law before the state Assembly passes a similar bill, and that chamber is not expected to take up the issue until September, environmentalists said the vote was significant in that it gave state officials more time to examine safety issues."
Not everyone is impressed, however: "Pennsylvania’s top-ranking environmental official suggests New York should stop buying natural gas produced in the Keystone State." He apparently used the phrase, "moral high horse." And fun was had by all.