Sentences with phrase «decision on fracking»
A release of the study would be the state's first significant movement in years toward a final decision on fracking.
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He says the final decision on fracking will not be made until all of those facts are gathered and analyzed.
This development could stall a final decision on fracking for months, but in a statement Martens says his agency will still be able to issue well permits if the health review concludes that the SGEIS is adequate.
Cuomo said on Monday he would release a long - awaited health study on fracking and have a «clear» decision on fracking by the end of December.
Steingraber says her group does not endorse candidates, but she notes that voters will go the polls in November, without knowing the incumbent governor's ultimate decision on fracking.
ALBANY — A federal water study commissioned by the Cuomo administration as it weighed a key decision on fracking was edited and delayed by state officials before it was published, a Capital review has found.
Unless this happens, and until the public knows with certainty that all protections for public health are in place, a credible decision on fracking can not be made.»
Cuomo said Monday he will release a long - awaited Department of Health study on fracking and have a «clear» decision on fracking by the end of the month.
He noted that Gov. Andrew Cuomo has repeatedly pledged that the DEC's final decision on fracking will be based on science, and said the only science in the mix right now is «political science.»
Cuomo has repeatedly insisted his decision on fracking will be based on the science and has urged both sides to ease their rhetoric.
Cox is attacking Governor Andrew Cuomo, saying his administration's failure to make a decision on fracking shows he's a «ditherer» like his father, former Governor Mario Cuomo.
Governor Cuomo, who has delayed a decision on fracking for nearly his entire first term in office, had originally supported the gas drilling as a means of creating jobs in economically troubled upstate areas.
The governor has been slow to embrace some environmental causes — he was notably careful in his rhetoric about climate change and he delayed a decision on fracking in the state for years.
Their invite says: «A decision on fracking could be made by the Cuomo administration at a moment's notice.
Speculation has built since Cuomo's re-election in November that he would finally make a decision on fracking.
Cuomo has said he expects the the legislature could make a decision on fracking within a couple of months of the reports» release.
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.
«It took Tolstoy less time to write War and Peace» than it has taken for Cuomo to make a decision on fracking,» he said.
David Laska, a spokesman for the state Republican Party, responded that Cuomo played politics by not making a decision on fracking.
But he also agrees that enough time has passed for Governor Cuomo and his top aides to make a decision on fracking.
«And that really blows up his whole argument on waiting for the science to come in before making a decision on fracking.»
The poll comes as the Cuomo Administration appears to be once again delaying a decision on fracking.
Can we trust ANYONE our government deals with in relation to making a decision on fracking!?
But he also agrees that enough time has passed for Cuomo and his top aides to make a decision on fracking.
A reporter asked Cuomo whether there would be a decision on fracking before the election.
«Is there a time frame for some decision on fracking?»
The statement comes as Governor Cuomo says he's not pushing his environmental agency to make a final decision on fracking any time soon.
Governor Cuomo, speaking in New York Wednesday, where anti fracking protesters disrupted an event, says «there is no timetable» for a decision on fracking.
State Sen. Tom Libous, who represents the city of Binghamton, told Gannett News Service this weekend that the Southern Tier «on occasion gets cheated» when it comes to state aid, a perception reinforced by the fact that Cuomo has yet to make a decision on fracking.
Cuomo has said he will not make a decision on fracking until the state health department completes the study.
The poll comes as the Governor Andrew Cuomo's administration appears to be once again delaying a decision on fracking.
Cuomo has not yet made a decision on fracking, and he's been backing away from rapid implementation of the Common Core learning standards.
If the health review is not completed by November 29, then the state's environmental agency has to start a rule - making process all over again, possibly delaying a decision on fracking for months.
We hope that the Cuomo administration was listening today and will remedy the faulty process it has used until now by moving forward in a thoughtful and transparent way before making any decisions on fracking in New York, including finalizing any proposed regulations.»
In New York, where Governor Andrew Cuomo's decision on fracking is still on hold, both opponents and supporters of fracking say the films have helped frame the debate.
In New York, where Gov. Andrew Cuomo's decision on fracking is still on hold, both opponents and supporters of the controversial drilling process say the films have helped frame the debate.
However, earlier in the month, Cuomo's environmental commissioner, testifying at a legislative budget hearing, cast doubt on whether the administration's self - imposed deadline of late February will actually be met, meaning that a decision on fracking could once again be delayed.