«Hillary Clinton just said, «I support the New
York fracking ban,»» Fox said.
Not exact matches
The same week Andrew Cuomo announced the
ban on
fracking, a New
York State board recommended the approval of three sites for the development of resort casinos.
The week before Christmas, Governor Andrew Cuomo announced a permanent
ban on
fracking in New
York State.
He told me the lease in question is located in the Delaware River Basin and would not have been impacted by the
fracking resolution, which only referred to a
ban in New
York.
New
York has the biggest shale reserve of any state that has
banned fracking.
The Three Parks members demand that Governor Cuomo
ban fracking in New
York State.
So as you ponder how and when to lift the
ban on
fracking in New
York, give it a look.
Cuomo earned international headlines and significant credit with progressives and environmentalists when he
banned fracking — a decision that was supported by public polling by the time he made it, more than six years after the state issued a de facto moratorium as it weighed the pros and cons (and polling), and that made New
York the first state with a major shale gas deposit to enact a
ban.
After winning a
fracking ban, one of the most significant strikes against fossil fuel usage in the nation, New
York's environmental groups are eager to score another victory such as a rejection of proposed natural gas pipelines by the state Department of Environmental Conservation.
A year later, we won a
fracking ban in New
York State, and Mayor de Blasio's voice on the issue really helped achieve that victory.
The Green Party of New
York (GPNY) and its recent gubernatorial candidate Howie Hawkins join the chorus of New Yorkers celebrating what appears to be an imminent
fracking ban, arising from today's reports from Environmental Conservation Commissioner Joe Martens and Acting Health Commissioner Howard Zucker.
Signatures were collected for a letter to Governor Cuomo to urge him to
ban hydro -
fracking in New
York State.
Ms. Teachout said she hoped Mr. Meeks would be open to changing his position, and said with grassroots outreach like that around New
York's
fracking ban, the deal could be stopped.
Governor Andrew Cuomo's administration is
banning hydraulic fracturing, or
fracking, in New
York, citing concerns about health and environmental risks.
I played an important role in achieving New
York State's pioneering
ban on
fracking, while also urging our rapid transition to renewable sources of energy.
In a wiretapped conversation, the father and son discuss how mad they are about Governor Andrew Cuomo's decision to
ban fracking in New
York.
PHILLIPSBURG — Gov. Phil Murphy has announced he will join the governors of Pennsylvania, New
York and Delaware to support a
ban on
fracking in the 3,000 - square - mile Delaware River watershed.
Teachout spoke to the mostly multi-aged crowd, sprinkled with children, students, adults and senior citizens, saying that she has a vision for New
York that will make public higher education affordable; a New
York that «should be leading the way in renewable resources» and environmental policies; a New
York that
bans fracking and all
fracking byproducts; and a New
York that «supports small local businesses and farms, rather than giving tax breaks to corporate campaign donors.»
But ultimately Skelos failed in that when Governor Andrew Cuomo
banned fracking in New
York.
The proposed pipeline would have transported natural gas from Pennsylvania - which allows
fracking - through New
York State - which has
banned fracking.
Albany, N.Y. — New
York state's environmental commissioner said today he will
ban fracking in New
York.
The nation's top energy - industry lobbyist said Cuomo's «knee - jerk»
ban on
fracking is being «cheered» by the gas and oil industries in Pennsylvania, Ohio and West Virginia, all of which share the gas - rich Marcellus Shale region with New
York.
«If he did, he'd have to give the voters a direct answer on where he stands on
fracking, since he has accepted campaign donations from pro-
fracking companies and has not passed a
ban on hydrofracking in New
York State.
New
York Gov. Andrew Cuomo's recent decision to
ban fracking shines a spotlight on the balancing act governments in potentially oil - and gas - rich regions face weighing economic benefits against environmental concerns.
The Joint Landowners Coalition of New
York, a Binghamton - based organization representing landowners who had hoped to lease their gas rights to energy companies, had previously sued the Cuomo administration in an unsuccessful attempt to force a decision on
fracking prior to the
ban.
New
York landowners blocked from cashing in on the natural gas boom by the state's just - announced
fracking ban may fight back in court, but experts say energy companies are unlikely to spend their money and time on lawsuits when they've already lost their investments.
The New
York chapter of the American Petroleum Institute has let the deadline pass for filing a legal challenge to the state's
fracking ban.
Days before Cuomo announced that New
York would
ban fracking, state health commissioner Howard Zucker was visiting members of the state Senate to gauge their thoughts about lifting the
fracking moratorium.
Clinton's past support of
fracking has bubbled up as an issue in New
York, which
banned the underground natural - gas extraction in 2015 and where activists have pushed Clinton to abandon her previous position.
After winning a second term, Cuomo
banned fracking in the state and won the passage of bill that would eventually increase the state's minimum wage to $ 15 in the New
York City area.
Since leaving Congress after 10 terms in 2012, Hinchey appeared in Kingston in 2013 to urge New
York Governor Andrew Coumo to
ban fracking.
And while
fracking has gotten the most attention — demonstrators calls on him to
ban the practice show up at many of Cuomo's public events — the other projects on hold could have significant implications for New
York.
Chris Tucker, a spokesman for the Independent Petroleum Association of America's Energy in Depth project, contrasted the EPA report with the public health - focused report that the Cuomo administration released to support the New
York state
fracking ban.
Hydro -
fracking has been
banned in New
York State for nearly a year now, but opponents of the natural gas extraction process have other concerns, including new pipelines.
Martens, who got a huge ovation from the partisan crowd, is credited with bucking up a waffling Andrew Cuomo to delay and then
ban fracking in New
York.
It will probably go down as the biggest decision of the year in New
York State — a
ban on
fracking.
Dozens of communities in the Marcellus Shale region across New
York have already voted to
ban fracking.
At the end of 2014, Gov. Andrew Cuomo
banned fracking in New
York, citing health risks, like the possibility of chemicals seeping into drinking water supplies and respiratory problems from gases released into the air.
Anti
fracking advocates rallied in Albany to try to convince Governor Andrew Cuomo to
ban the natural gas drilling process in New
York.
Andrew Cuomo can certainly boast a progressive record as governor of New
York — raising the minimum wage,
banning fracking, barring assault weapons, and legalizing same - sex marriage — but Cuomo has been far from progressive on other issues.
New
York has one of the nation's largest untapped reserves of natural gas and is the only state with a major shale gas formation to
ban fracking.
After more than six years of debate that started long before his arrival in the executive mansion in January 2011, Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced last year that the state would
ban fracking in New
York for the foreseeable future due to health risks.
«New
York did do the thing on
banning fracking,» Stein later added.
Three State Senators have sponsored a bill to
ban Hydraulic -
Fracking in New
York State; Senate Bill #S4220, and the companion State Assembly Bill #A7218.
«Now that the EPA has confirmed what top scientists have said all along, that
fracking is safe and has no widespread impact on drinking water, we are calling on Commissioner Martens and the state Department of Environmental Conservation to rescind the temporary
ban on high - volume hydraulic fracturing in New
York State.»
On the other hand, the campaign for the New
York Green Party's gubernatorial candidate Howie Hawkins led in a different direction, with an orientation on labor, taxing the rich, maintaining independence from either capitalist party,
banning fracking and expanding public services (including health care).
Nixon gives Cuomo credit for
banning fracking in New
York in 2014, saying «it was good first step», but says it doesn't go far enough, because it continues to allow power plants and pipelines that rely on
fracked gas.
The Green Party's Howie Hawkins spent the night reaching out to New
York's liberals, calling for full employment programs, higher wages, public campaign financing, proportional representation in the State Legislature and a
ban on
fracking ban.
Yesterday it was widely reported that New
York Governor Andrew Cuomo has agreed to
ban fracking after a state environmental review found that the gas drilling method can not be employed without unacceptable risk to public health and the environment.
Walsh says New
York began the process to
ban fracking, last December, has helped influence other groups in the US and around the world.