In response to
questions by The Buffalo News about campaign spending, the Brown campaign issued a statement Thursday: «Regardless
of the
opponent, the Brown campaign put a campaign strategy and
plan in place and ran the campaign accordingly.»
Journalists have been asking
questions about what convinced Mr Vaz, previously a diehard
opponent of plans to extend pre-charge detention
of terrorist suspects to 42 - days, to vote for the government.
«EPA has identified significant flaws in the state's fracking proposals, particularly inadequate
plans to treat hazardous wastewater,
questions about unsafe levels
of radiation in fracking waste, and the absence
of any consideration
of the environmental impacts
of the infrastructure associated with fracking, such as pipelines and compressor stations,» said a statement issued by a coalition
of hydrofracking
opponents including Catskill Mountainkeeper, Citizens Campaign for the Environment, Environmental Advocates
of New York, Natural Resources Defense Council and others.