After four years of study by the state, the Cuomo administration now says its decision on whether to allow high - volume hydraulic fracturing in New York will have to wait until it conducts a review of the potential public health effects of the controversial natural gas drilling process. (dotearth.blogs.nytimes.com)
The public comments range from complaints from environmental groups that the impact statement does not fully address public health effects or the impacts of industrialization on the state's rural areas, to concerns from the Independent Oil and Gas Association, which worries the new rules may be too strict. (wxxinews.org)
In Supreme Court ruling's wake Indeed, the leaked document marks the seventh draft since EPA began compiling information on the welfare and public health effects from global warming in response to a April 2007 Supreme Court decision on global warming. (scientificamerican.com)