Southern Tier Town Bans Gas Drilling

11.23.11 | Bob Price

alfred-drilling-banThe town of Alfred in Alleghany County New York has passed a fracking ban.   The moratorium on high volumen hydraulic fracturing comes less than a week after NY's
DEC sponsored public hearings on the controversial gas extraction technique. Residents are worried it may contaminate their drinking water.  Energy officials and gas drilling supporters say fracking will bring a much needed boom to the local economy.