Cashing in on NY's fracking ban

On Sunday the NY Post called for the State of New York to lift its moratorium on hydraulic fracturing and let natural gas drilling proceed.  In its pro drilling editorial, the Post points out who is really benefiting from the drilling ban:

Hard-core lefties and environmental groups say the process — which is banned only in New York — contaminates groundwater.

But those claims are refuted by the official state geologist, who calls them “exaggerated” and says he’s found no evidence of such contamination in three years of study.

“This could really help us fight climate change,” said Dr. Langhorne “Taury” Smith, who works for the State Museum, in an interview with an upstate newspaper. “This is a huge gift, this shale.”

On the other hand, the controversy over the shale, he said, has been a gold mine for environmental groups — which have raised funds by alarming folks about the alleged dangers of hydrofracking.The legislative ban, which was passed after lobbying by the Working Families Party and MoveOn, would’ve not only prohibited the horizontal drilling method, but also the vertical one, which has been used for decades without opposition.

MoveOn is financed by George Soros.  George Soros is invested in Brazil's state oil company, Petrobras.  And US taxpayers are lending billions of dollars to Petrobras to finance offshore drilling in Brazil (but South of 5 and 20 readers already know all that - ed).  Barry Obama is in bed with MoveOn.  And while in Brazil this weekend, President Obama took time out from vacationing and starting a war to pledge big US purchases of Petrobras oil.  

If that's not enough reason to start drinking, the Post points out an additional shady character who stands to profit from the drilling ban:

It also had the strong support of Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver.

No surprise there — as The Post first reported in January, Silver’s law firm, Weitz & Luxenberg, holds regular “forums” in gas-drilling states, searching for clients interested in suing natural-gas developers.

Bold added.  We suspect that Cuomo and the state employee unions are so desperate for cash that Andy may indeed defy the Soros/Obama/Silver gang and lift the drilling ban.  Get the popcorn ready.