According to a new analysis, U.S. Geological Survey stream gauges in the Carolinas recorded many instances of record-setting water levels during Hurricane Florence in September, with the majority of those eclipsing previous historic peaks set just two years prior during Hurricane Matthew.
As New York intensifies its debate over whether to employ hydraulic fracturing techniques to recover shale-gas deposits in the Marcellus shale formation, Gov. Andrew Cuomo is sticking to his pledge to "let the science and the facts" determine if the state' should lift a two-year moratorium on fracking.
