State Decision Blocks Drilling for Gas in Catskills

New York State environmental officials announced this past Friday that they would impose far stricter regulations on an extremely controversial type of natural gas drilling in the upstate area that supplies most of New York City's drinking water. These new regulations make it highly unlikely that any drilling will be done there. The EPA told state officials prior to the implementing of the regulations that it had "serious reservations about whether gas drilling in the NY State watershed is consistent with the vision of long-term maintenance of a high-quality unfiltered water supply."

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/04/24/science/earth/24drill.html