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Rockland County Bans Radioactive Fracking Waste
Posted by EcoWatch: Grassroots Environmental Education on June 5th, 2013
EcoWatch: A coalition of health and environmental groups have joined together to congratulate the Rockland County Board of Legislators for voting unanimously to prohibit the sale, application and disposal of waste products in the county from natural gas drilling operations. The new law bans the sale of all gas drilling waste, its processing at all wastewater treatment plants, and its application on all roads including applications for de-icing and dust control purposes within Rockland County. The groups are...
Toxic Fracking Wastewater Banned in White Plains, New York
Posted by EcoWatch: Grassroots Environmental Education on December 11th, 2012
EcoWatch: A coalition of health and environmental groups gathered in White Plains today to congratulate the Westchester County Board of Legislators for unanimously voting to prohibit the sale, application and disposal of waste products from natural gas drilling anywhere in the county.
The new law, which applies to all wastewater treatment plants and all roads within the county, bans the sale of fracking waste, the processing of fracking waste at wastewater treatment plants, and the spreading of fracking...
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Comments Off on Toxic Fracking Wastewater Banned in White Plains, New YorkNew Report Shows Radioactive Threat to New York if Fracking Approved
Posted by EcoWatch: Grassroots Environmental Education on November 8th, 2012
EcoWatch: A new report issued by Grassroots Environmental Education, a New York-based non-profit organization and authored by a former staff scientist for the National Council on Radiation Protection says that horizontal hydrofracking in the Marcellus Shale region of New York State is likely to produce significantly higher amounts of radioactive waste than previously believed, putting New Yorkers in danger, and that the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation has not demonstrated the ability...
Posted in Water Conservation Comments Off on New Report Shows Radioactive Threat to New York if Fracking ApprovedTop 20 Health Concerns Related to Fracking
Posted by EcoWatch: Grassroots Environmental Education on October 17th, 2012
EcoWatch: A fracking rig and operation stands among forests and fields in Bradford County, Pa. The state has been a hotbed of fracking activity and controversy over the exact impact of fracking has on groundwater, human health and the environment. Photo by Bob Warhover
Grassroots Environmental Education, a nonprofit organization that organized and facilitated meetings between medical professionals, scientists and senior staff from the New York Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) and New York...