June 25, 2012
A story in the New York Times on June 13 seems to confirm the rumors we’ve been hearing for the past several weeks. Sometime this summer the Cuomo Administration will begin issuing shale gas drilling permits in areas of five …
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June 20, 2012
Oppose fracking without an independent assessment of its safety
By Danny Hakim, The New York Times, June 19, 2012
By Danny Hakim, The New York Times, June 19, 2012
ALBANY — A coalition of environmental groups plans to campaign against a proposal that Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo is weighing to …
June 19, 2012
Another victory for our side. As predicted, Tom West’s “smoking gun” legislative history memo does NOT change the court’s decision – communities may use zoning to ban fracking. – Helen Holden Slottje
In its decision, the New York State Supreme …
June 18, 2012
A.G. SCHNEIDERMAN ANNOUNCES LANDMARK
AGREEMENT WITH CHESAPEAKE APPALACHIA TO ALLOW
LANDOWNERS TO RENEGOTIATE NATURAL GAS LEASES
In Addition To Allowing Over4,400 Leases To Be Renegotiated, Chesapeake Agrees To Pay $250K For Cost Of State Investigation
Schneiderman: Landowners Will Have The …
May 23, 2012
April 30, 2012
April 3, 2012
Nationwide, fracking effects lead to heated debates
By Mary Esch, Associated Press, March 31, 2012
By Mary Esch, Associated Press, March 31, 2012
ALBANY, N.Y. — While New York regulators have spent four years mulling the environmental impacts of shale gas development, the potential human health impacts have …
March 3, 2012
Mary Jo Long, Esq.
Introduction:
I am going to talk about the legal rights and powers of local government with respect to gas drilling in their communities. First, I am going to review 2 NY Court decisions that were made …
March 2, 2012
Federal Scientists Warn NY of Fracking Risks
By Dusty Horwitt, Senior Counsel, EWG, February 22, 2012
By Dusty Horwitt, Senior Counsel, EWG, February 22, 2012
The U.S. Geological Survey has warned New York state regulators that their plan to allow drilling and hydraulic fracturing for natural gas in the …
February 3, 2012
Jon Campbell, Albany Bureau
ALBANY — It may not be tennis elbow or writer’s cramp, but the crush of 46,000 comments the state has received on hydraulic fracturing may have caused its own occupational hazard: scanning shoulder.
The state …
January 29, 2012
Letter from Ruth Hardinger to Governor Cuomo Re: NYS Draft SGEIS
By Ruth Hardinger, January 10, 2012
By Ruth Hardinger, January 10, 2012
Daily, as the public becomes truly informed about hydro-fracking for gas, they are decidely not trusting words calling it safe. In New York, …
January 29, 2012
Letter from Joe Levine, co-founder of DCS, NYH2O and Citizens For Water, to the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation in response to the Draft SGEIS 2011
By Joe Levine, January 11, 2012
By Joe Levine, January 11, 2012
My comments focus on migration of …
