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Fracking Foes Rejoice

At News Of State Ban

Otsego 2000 President Nicole Dillingham gives a big hug to fellow fracking foe Bob Eklund at a celebration now underway at Cafe Ommegang following today's news that Governor Cuomo is banning fracking in New York State. "This is historic, this is euphoria," Dillingham said when more formal remarks were solicited during the gathering. "This is not for us. This is not for our families. This is not for our children," Eklund said of the controversial fracking process. (Jim Kevlin/The Freeman's Journal)
Otsego 2000 President Nicole Dillingham gives a big hug to fellow fracking foe Bob Eklund at a celebration now underway at Cafe Ommegang following today’s news that Governor Cuomo is banning fracking in New York State. “This is historic, this is euphoria,” Dillingham said when more formal remarks were solicited during the gathering.  When he first heard about fracking, Eklund said, he thought to himself, “This is not for us. This is not for our families. This is not for our children.”  (Jim Kevlin/The Freeman’s Journal)

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