Melissa deCordova of the Chenango Evening Sun writes - “Three large chemical spills at a natural gas drilling site in Pennsylvania over the past two weeks – juxtaposed with enthusiasm for what drillers might find in Otsego County this week, where the first official exploration into New York’s shale is underway – will no doubt color the tone of a meeting between Gov. David Paterson and The Business Council of New York State in Rochester on Wednesday.

The Governor is expected to address the opening dinner meeting of the Council, which, later in the week, will include an update on the Marcellus Shale’s potential for boosting the state’s economy. Natural gas companies, landowners and economic developers are all poised to receive the Department of Environmental Conservation’s regulations for hydrofraking into shale on Wednesday as well.”

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To learn more about Marcellus Shale and how it’s development will enhance New York’s economy attend The Business Council’s Annual Meeting 2009. There you will have the opportunity to meet Jenny Levine as she moderates a pannel of experts on Marcellus Shale. For more information click here.