Sentences with phrase «drilling process hydrofracking»
The firm contracted by the state to help complete an environmental impact statement for the controversial natural gas drilling process hydrofracking clarified its relationship with an energy industry trade group in a letter to the Department of Environmental Conservation.
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NYC Councilman Jim Gennaro, who has publicly opposed hydrofracking since 2008 (in other words, way before it became cool to be anti-fracking), just released a rather curious statement praising Gov. Andrew Cuomo for his «diligent science - based approach» to whether the controversial drilling process should be allowed in the Marcellus Shale.
ICYMI: Rep. Bob Turner, who is on an upstate campaign swing and headed today to Binghamton — the heart of New York's hydrofracking debate — shrugged off environmental concerns about the controversial natural gas drilling process during a CapTon interview last night, saying the state should «at least start trying it.»
Environmentalists are celebrating after Gov.Cuomo said there will be no hydrofracking in New York for now, citing inconclusive scientific evidence on the health effects of the gas drilling process.
The party backs a ban on the controversial natural - gas drilling process known as hydrofracking, a source of rare indecision for Cuomo.
Opposition to the natural gas drilling process known as hydrofracking is a big part of the Green Party's platform.
Cuomo said he expected voters to register their concerns on hydrofracking — a controversial natural gas drilling process he has not made a decision on for now — and Common Core.
Cuomo's administration last week moved to ban hydrofracking following a lengthy health review of the natural gas drilling process on humans.
She also criticized Amedore's support for allowing hydrofracking in the state, a natural gas drilling process that has largely been considered for the state's Southern Tier region.
But an appearance Cuomo made in Ithaca yesterday didn't quite follow the script, as opponents to the natural gas drilling process known as hydrofracking showed up to protest his event.
There is a fifth proposal that the business group is pushing: the start of the gas drilling process known as hydrofracking in New York, which they say would create thousands of high paying jobs.
Environmentalists are celebrating after Governor Andrew Cuomo says there will be no hydrofracking in New York for now, citing inconclusive scientific evidence on the health effects of the gas drilling process.
Governor Andrew Cuomo offered some support to a plan to permit hydrofracking in New York in communities that welcome the gas drilling process.
Governor Cuomo says he supports his Administration's internal health review on hydrofracking in New York, and he says it could even hasten the gas drilling process in the state, should fracking ultimately be approved.
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.
In the summer of 2008, then Governor David Paterson and the legislature imposed an actual moratorium in New York on the gas drilling process known as hydrofracking.
For months, the Cuomo administration has been signaling that it might permit the gas drilling process known as hydrofracking in a few areas in the Marcellus Shale region where the majority of people in communities want the gas drilling process to begin.
Cuomo's Department of Environmental Conservation Commissioner Joe Martens caused a stir among pro- and anti-fracking groups when he issued a statement saying that he was rejecting calls for an independent health analysis of the potential impacts of the gas drilling process known as hydrofracking.
Documents obtained by a group opposed to hydrofracking in New York show that the Cuomo Administration is conducting a thorough and comprehensive health study on the controversial natural gas drilling process.
Documents obtained by a group opposed to hydrofracking show the Cuomo administration is conducting a thorough health study on the controversial natural gas drilling process.
Those include possible exposure to chemicals used in hydrofracking, potential contamination of drinking water sources, and health impacts from naturally occurring radium that could be brought to the surface through the gas drilling process.
The issue of hydrofracking played a role in the recent Democratic primary for governor in New York, and those who oppose the gas drilling process hope it will influence the general election, as well.
A document from Governor Cuomo's administration assessing the health impacts of hydrofracking, written less than a year ago, says the gas drilling process is likely safe if proper precautions are taken by the governor's environmental agency, the Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC).
Environmentalists are celebrating after Governor Cuomo says there will be no hydrofracking in New York for now, citing inconclusive scientific evidence on the health effects of the gas drilling process.
A document from Gov. Andrew Cuomo's administration assessing the health impacts of hydrofracking, written less than a year ago, says the gas drilling process is likely safe if proper precautions are taken by the governor's environmental agency, the Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC).
There was no mention in the speech of hydrofracking as an economic development plan, the governor has said his agency will decide whether to allow the gas drilling process by late February.
Governor Andrew Cuomo says he supports his administration's internal health review on hydrofracking in New York, and he says it could even hasten the gas drilling process in the state, should fracking ultimately be approved.
Now that elections are over, supporters and opponents of hydrofracking are wondering what will be Governor Andrew Cuomo's next move on the long stalled gas drilling process in New York State.
Now that elections are over, supporters and opponents of hydrofracking are wondering what will be Gov. Andrew Cuomo's next move on the long - stalled gas drilling process in New York state.
The Department of Environmental Conservation is in the midst of an environmental review process to allow the controversial gas drilling process on some private lands in the state, and has already issued proposed regulations for hydrofracking.
Cuomo's budget did not contain any new spending or revenue attributed to hydrofracking — the controversial natural gas drilling process under consideration by the state.
New York is in the process of authorizing new gambling casinos, and deciding whether to allow the controversial drilling process known as hydrofracking in the state.