http://thehayride.com/2010/08/freakin%e2%80%99-over-frackin%e2%80%99/
They’ve finally done it. Environmental activists in New York State have succeeded in putting a halt to hydraulic fracturing to harvest natural gas from shale formations in the state. The New York State Senate voted 48 to 9 on Tuesday night to halt the process until May 15, 2011 out of concerns over groundwater contamination.
Their ban is only until May 15 so they could change their minds - and it needs to be passed by the NY state assembly next. It would not surprise me to see other states banning it.
I could see the South being the only region with both the ng & the infrastructure to bring it to market. That may give the South a big supply of relatively inexpensive energy and perhaps spur more business.