Environmental group sues NY over drilling records

Published September 19, 2012 3:27pm ET



ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — An environmental group is suing the Cuomo administration over public records pertaining to the state’s communications with energy industry interests hoping to drill for shale gas in New York using hydraulic fracturing.

The Washington, D.C.-based Environmental Working Group said Wednesday that it sued because the state Department of Environmental Conservation handed over fewer than 300 documents when it requested public records in March.

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