Sentences with phrase «announced fracking ban»
In mid-December, at a cabinet meeting in Albany, Cuomo and top cabinet members announced a fracking ban.
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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.
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.
There is also the matter of two years ago when during a press conference announcing a ban on fracking, Zucker seemed to say he wouldn't let his children live near land being fracked.
On the same day as the fracking ban was made public, a state board appointed by Cuomo and legislative leaders announced the siting of three new gambling casinos in economically depressed upstate areas.
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.
The day Nixon actually announced her candidacy, he released a statement that put front and center his liberal accomplishments, which read like a progressive wish list: «Governor Cuomo has delivered more real progressive wins than any other Democrat in the country, including passing marriage equality, the strongest gun safety law in the nation, a $ 15 minimum wage, free college tuition, paid family leave, record setting funding for public education, expanding and protecting healthcare for our most vulnerable, and banning fracking.»
A ban on drilling for underground shale gas, otherwise known as fracking, has been lifted, the energy secretary has announced.
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.
There was the governor's fracking ban — announced Wednesday in Albany and perhaps the single most irresponsible gubernatorial act since the entire Paterson administration.
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.
Later in 2014, Cuomo announced the state would ban fracking.
Cuomo's Health Commissioner, Dr. Howard Zucker announced late last year that he was recommending that fracking be banned in New York.
Howie Hawkins hailed the New York Court of Appeals decision announced today that upholds the right of municipal governments to ban fracking within their jurisdictions.
After years of uncertainty, New York has announced that it will ban fracking in the state for good.
Last Wednesday, New York became the first state with proven oil and gas reserves to announce that it will ban fracking.
After over six years of campaigning against fracking by Friends of the Earth Scotland and local communities, the Scottish government announced on 3 October to effectively ban unconventional oil and gas extraction - in short: fracking — in the whole country.