Sentences with phrase «allowing fracking in»

Democratic Governor Bev Perdue, whose veto of a law allowing fracking in the state was overturned in the same week, has until August 2 to decide whether to veto the anti-sea level legislation.

At the same time, the Delaware River Basin Commission — of which Paterson is a member — also looks like it is moving forward on allowing fracking in the area, despite objections from various sources (including Paterson) and a lack of adequate scientific review of the potential consequences.The energy industry has welcomed the moratorium as a positive alternative to what it called a «flawed» piece of legislation.

Cox spoke at a natural gas industry lobby meeting, where he said Cuomo was «dithering» on a decision about allowing fracking in New York, by continuing to say he's waiting for his health commissioner to finish a review.

«This office will continue to review all options moving forward to ensure that the federal government meets its clear legal obligation to fully study the potential risks to New Yorkers» health, environment and public safety before allowing fracking in the Delaware River Basin,» Schneiderman said in a statement.

I think if Cuomo allows fracking in New York he will be fulfilling his family's destiny of being a big LOSER!!

In June, the New York Times reported that Cuomo was prepared to allow fracking in a few counties along the Pennsylvania border where the gas is richest and the resistance weakest.

He also lobbied on behalf of the firm — unsuccessfully — to allow fracking in the state.

The governor made a similar claim regarding the decision — also announced yesterday — not to allow fracking in New York, saying he relied on the expertise and recommendations of his health and DEC commissioners.

It has not been announced when that decision will be made, but has been reported that the Department of Environmental Conservation may allow fracking in some areas of the state.

In the latest stop on his quasi-campaign tour, Donald Trump delivered the keynote address at the Manhattan G.O.P.'s annual Lincoln Day Dinner on Wednesday night, predicting Governor Andrew Cuomo will eventually allow fracking in New York State, because of pressure from Trump.

David Paterson when he signed a temporary moratorium to the controversial natural gas drilling process known as hydrofracking, lamented today that the decision about whether to allow fracking in the Marcellus Shale has become «a political decision» rather than one based on science, safety or potential economic benefit.

Peter Kiernan... lamented today that the decision about whether to allow fracking in the Marcellus Shale has become «a political decision» rather than one based on science....

Long says if Cuomo were to eventually decide to decide not to allow fracking in the state, then she would «criticize» him.

In a series of phone calls between lobbyists for the Capitol Group, who had been hired by AbTech Industries, an environmental technology firm which employed the younger Skelos, and an official for AbTech, Adam Skelos was confident that the governor would lift the moratorium and allow fracking in the state.

New York State Health Commissioner Nirav Shah is in fact conducting a review of health studies to present to Governor Andrew Cuomo before he makes a decision on whether to allow fracking in the state.

New York Governor Andrew Cuomo is considering a plan that would allow fracking in five counties near the Pennsylvania border.

Not exact matches

The rise of fracking has unlocked vast natural gas reserves, allowing the US to import less natural gas in 2016 than in any year since the US Energy Information Administration started keeping track in 1973.

She signed her own gas lease to allow fracking on the farm near Ulster, pocketing $ 13,600 starting back in 2006, but no company drilled on her land.

In Australia, the decision by Northern Territory government to end a two - year moratorium and allow the resumption of fracking for natural gas will do little to immediately solve the country's energy woes, but will likely sharpen political battle lines.

Without them, the tremendous production rates that fracking allows for in tight geologic formations would not be possible.

The fact that NY has not allowed fracking to date has helped to strengthen the movement against fracking in other states.

In December 2014, Gov. Andrew Cuomo's administration decided not to allow fracking within New York's borders.

In the early years of the Cuomo Administration, oil giant Exxon - Mobil put its considerable political clout behind an effort to get New York to allow fracking; a controversial type of drilling that allowed for the extraction of natural gas.

Cuomo's administration announced in December 2014 that it would not allow high - volume, horizontal fracking to proceed in New York, pointing to a report from the state Department of Health that questioned its impact on human health.

If Andy is going to allow fracking, it should be allowed right on NYC's doorstep — in the Catskill watershed.

Cuomo says if communities want fracking, or are against fracking, then home rule should be taken into «consideration», if fracking is in the end allowed by the Department of Environmental Conservation.

Gennaro and other opponents of fracking in New York have raised the issue's visibility in part by pointing to the disastrous effects the practice has had in a number of Western states that have allowed it, and in Pennsylvania, which shares the same source of gas as New York State, the Marcellus Shale formation, which runs from the Southern Tier to West Virginia, and west to part of Ohio.

Winger says she no longer believes the gas companies claim that fracking is safe, and says it's too toxic and potentially polluting to be allowed in New York.

Gov. Cuomo is has yet to decide whether fracking is allowed in New York State.

It; s a counter-weight to one of the few contentious issues in the speech: allowing fracking companies to dig on people's land without their permission.

New York is in the process of drafting its own regulations for high - volume fracking should it be allowed.

V.I.D. has also been a leader in the fight against the Spectra pipeline, whose development unfortunately now allows high - pressure fracked gas to pass very near a playground on the West Village waterfront.

On whether or not to allow hydraulic fracturing in New York, voters continue to be split on the issue, but now more voters are opposed to fracking.

And Iwanowicz says he's against allowing fracking even in communities that want it, because the current science has not proved that the process is safe.

Martens made his announcement after a detailed presentation by state health commissioner Howard Zucker, who concluded that he would not allow his family to drink tap water in an area where fracking occurred.

Cuomo has not given any indication as to whether he will allow permitting and regulation to move forward on high - volume fracking, and expected due dates floated in the press on the DEC's report continue to be pushed back.

Advances in fracking technology have allowed the industry to extract enormous volumes of natural gas from rock formations such as the Marcellus Shale, which lies under southern New York, Pennsylvania, Ohio and West Virginia.

Public comment on a proposal to allow new facilities to be built in New York ended in November, and drew significant outcry from environmentalists, who connect such facilities to fracking even though state officials said the two are not related.

Former Hudson Valley Democratic Congressman Maurice Hinchey, in his first major public appearance since retiring from office in January, says he just penned a letter to New York Governor Andrew Cuomo asking him to wait for the results of a study from the Environmental Protection Agency on the impacts of fracking before deciding whether to allow high - volume hydraulic fracturing in the state.

Long declared that she wants fracking to be allowed in New York, and says Gillibrand should come out in support of it as well.

A bankrupt energy company is suing the Cuomo Administration over the long delayed decision on whether to allow hydro - fracking in New York.

There have been reports for some time now that the Cuomo Administration would soon begin to allow limited hydraulic fracturing by gas drilling companies in some Southern Tier in communities where most of the residents want fracking.

The state is expected to announce sometime later this summer whether high - volume fracking for natural gas can be allowed in various regions of the state, including the Southern Tier.

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.

There was a time when the administration was preparing to allow a limited number of wells in the Southern Tier, as trial - ballooned in the New York Times in 2012, and as evidenced by its extraordinary care in editing and delaying a federal fracking study around that time to lessen the appearance of environmental risk.

Zimet said a number of environmental groups and the Tompkins County legislature had signed a letter to Governor Cuomo «asking him to slow down» in the plan to allow hydro - fracking, which she encouraged legislators to sign.

An Ithaca - based anti-fracking group is calling on Governor Andrew Cuomo to close a loophole that could allow a form of fracking in New York.

The landowners» announcement comes after Joe Martens, the state's top environmental regulator, told lawmakers in Albany that the state isn't planning to allow fracking for at least another year.

And Iwanowicz says he's against allowing fracking even in communities that want it, because the current science has not proven that the process is safe.

But just hours before the casino location board announced its picks, Cuomo said fracking will not be allowed in the state.