New York to ban fracking; environmentalists cheer
Posted: December 18, 2014 - 4:18am

New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo talks during a cabinet meeting at the Capitol on Wednesday, Dec. 17, 2014, in Albany, N.Y. (AP Photo/Mike Groll)
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — Handing environmentalists a breakthrough victory, New York plans to prohibit fracking for natural gas because of what regulators...