Today in your Trail Mix:
An indefinite delay in findings from the state's hydrofracking advisory panel.
Flooded areas see higher jobless rates.
Shipping New York wine out of state is a big tax boon.
Plus, singing, dancing Norwegians!
Hydrofracking
A report that was due next week is now indefinitely delayed - which could push back the issuance of permits for hydrofracking in New York to 2013 (Karen DeWitt, New York State Public Radio).
Nick Reisman at State of Politics has video of DEC commissioner Martens discussing the delay.
Canandaigua's town board has passed a resolution urging the state to protect the Canandaigua Lake watershed by banning drilling near it (Scott Pukos, Messenger Post).
Episcopalians have decided that Jesus would probably not support hydrofracking (Jon Campbell, Vote Up!).
I could link to everything that State Impact PA did yesterday, but instead, do yourself a favor and add them (and us!) to your RSS reader.
Right now they've got a post about a Penn State study that fails to find water contamination from fracking, video of what it's like to drive in the drilling truck traffic, a study that says drilling causes air pollution, and a music video featuring Norwegian rig workers. Ok, that last one is too good not to embed:
http://youtu.be/Nxe4WzlbmCE
Flooding
Senator Schumer wants FEMA to speed up an economic assessment of flooding in the Southern Tier, so that victims there can start adding back lost jobs (My-Ly Nguyen, Press & Sun-Bulletin).
Unemployment in flood-ravaged areas of the Hudson Valley has also risen, as its fallen elsewhere (Chris Churchill, Times Union).
Development
Voters in a new poll by Innovation Trail partner station WXXI are feeling burned about downtown development - 57 percent "aren't optimistic" (Zack Seward, Innovation Trail).
Senator Schumer is backing Rochester's bid to fill in its Inner Loop, with a $15 million grant application to the Department of Transportation (Jeff DiVeronica, Democrat and Chronicle).
Sprawl in the Buffalo exurbs is causing conflict between farmers and commuters (Charity Vogel, Buffalo News).
Economy
A report issued today says that New York has profited the most from globalization of any state (Patrick McGeehan, New York Times).
The western New York regional economic council wants to cut back on sprawl and concentrate investment in urban centers, according to a draft plan it released yesterday (David Robinson, Buffalo News).
Syracuse's jobs rate rose in September (Rick Moriarty, Post-Standard)
Buffalo's unemployment rate rose a little bit, but is still looking a lot better than it did as the mortgage crisis broke (David Robinson, Buffalo News).
All Over Albany looks at the Capital Region's 99 percent.
Higher education
A solar manufacturing consortium at the University at Albany has had its request for $25 million from NYSERDA denied - but it could still apply for the cash competitively (Larry Rulison, Times Union).
The Rochester Institute of Technology has opened a new business incubator - in Dubai (Rania Moussly, Gulf News).
Hudson Valley Community College broke ground on a $35 million science center yesterday (Larry Rulison, The Buzz).
Business and government
Allowing shipment of New York wine to other states has netted the state about $4.5 million in taxes (Cara Matthews and Jason Whong, Gannett).
Wegmans has been hit with nearly $200,000 in fines from the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (Thomas Adams, RBJ).
UnitedHealthcare, MVP, and Excellus won't be getting the rate increases they asked for. Make no mistake, they'll still get to charge you more - just not as much more as they'd wanted to (Rick Setlzer, Central New York Business Journal).
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