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Fracking health study results likely years off
Posted by Associated Press: Mary Esch on March 9th, 2013
Associated Press: A health study cited by leading environmentalist Robert F. Kennedy Jr. as pivotal in helping persuade Gov. Andrew Cuomo to hold off on plans for limited gas drilling is likely years away from conclusions about whether the technology involved is safe, according to the project's leaders. With New York entering the fifth year of review of the process known as hydraulic fracturing, or fracking, growing calls to wait for the Geisinger Health System study to be finished could push a final decision back...
NY fracking health study news draws cheers, jeers
Posted by Associated Press: Mary Esch on March 3rd, 2013
Associated Press: While opponents of fracking are pleased at a report that Gov. Andrew Cuomo will wait for a Pennsylvania health study before deciding whether to allow drilling, landowners are preparing to sue New York over lost gas-leasing opportunities and an industry group warned Sunday that a business exodus from the state will worsen.
The Associated Press reported Saturday that Cuomo came close to approving a limited drilling plan for as many as 40 shale gas wells last month before environmentalist and former...
NY shale gas rush unlikely in 2013 if gov gives OK
Posted by Associated Press: Mary Esch on December 25th, 2012
Associated Press: After more than four years of environmental review marked by escalating battles between industry and anti-drilling protesters, New York regulators appear likely to complete strict new regulations for shale gas development by the end of February.
But it remains to be seen if drilling actually begins. Gov. Andrew Cuomo and his Department of Environmental Conservation have refused to say whether a 4 1/2 -year moratorium on high-volume hydraulic fracturing, or fracking, will be lifted when regulations...
Experts’ review of NY fracking soon to be complete
Posted by Associated Press: Mary Esch on December 1st, 2012
Associated Press: Experts reviewing the health effects of shale gas development in New York are among the nation's most prominent in environmental health, giving opponents hope but the industry concern that reviewers will warn against drilling operations that use hydraulic fracturing.
The state has had a moratorium on "fracking" for shale gas since the Department of Environmental Conservation started an environmental impact study in 2008. The department released proposed new regulations Wednesday stemming from...
NY should map gas wells, set radiation limits
Posted by Associated Press: Mary Esch on January 12th, 2012
Associated Press: The Environmental Protection Agency says New York regulators should set limits for radioactive materials in gas-drilling wastewater sent to public treatment plants before allowing any hydraulic fracturing of natural gas wells in the state.
The federal agency made that suggestion and others related to radiation from gas-drilling activities in 44 pages of comments submitted Wednesday night on the state Department of Environmental Conservation's proposed rules for high-volume hydraulic fracturing....
NYC helps upstate towns prepare streams for more major floods as climate change worsens storms
Posted by Associated Press: Mary Esch on January 2nd, 2012
Associated Press: The mountain-ringed hamlet of Phoenicia, snuggled at the confluence of two world-renowned trout streams, was about to dig out the delta of silt dumped by two previous floods when Hurricane Irene hit at the end of August. Tropical Storm Lee followed closely, turning Main Street into a roiling red river.
"Fortunately, we were able to take a prepared plan off the shelf and work in a way that otherwise would have been impossible," said Danny Davis, a hydrologist with the New York City Department of...
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