Drilling for Natural Gas in Upstate NY Causing Problem With Mortgaged Properties
As natural gas drilling has spread across the country, energy industry representatives have sat down at kitchen tables in states like Texas, Pennsylvania and New York to offer homeowners leases that give companies the right to drill on their land.
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