«I've fought to enact greater protections for the Hudson River from an oil train disaster and to keep
fracking waste out of New York state.
«I've fought to enact greater protections for the Hudson River from an oil train disaster and to keep
fracking waste out of New York State.
Not exact matches
Hawkins says he would ban
fracking in New York and prevent the import and treatment of
out - of - state drilling
waste.
A new report examines the possibility and practice of potentially radioactive
out - of - state
fracking waste getting dumped in New York despite Governor Cuomo's ongoing implementation of a ban on high - volume hydraulic fracturing.
What I want to make clear today is that I also oppose the import and treatment of
out - of - state
frack drilling
waste in New York State.
In an effort to ensure that AbTech filters would be used in the
fracking process, the Capitol Group lobbyists reached
out to Sens. Tom O'Mara, Tom Libous, and Michael Nozzolio, all of whom had areas in their districts that were susceptible to
fracking to see how they felt about trucks transporting
waste water in and
out of their districts.
California officials have ordered an emergency shut - down of 11 oil and gas
waste injection sites and a review more than 100 others in the state's drought - wracked Central Valley
out of fear that companies may have been pumping
fracking fluids and other toxic
waste into drinking water aquifers there.
In a March 2012 Rolling Stone piece, journalists Jeff Goodell writes: «An even larger threat is the flowback
waste that is pumped
out after a well is
fracked.
The same guy that recently defended
fracking in central Texas by pointing
out how much water is
wasted on residential lawn irrigation is today in Colorado outspending opponents of several local
fracking initiatives by a 50 - 1 margin.
The climate movement is pointing
out that unconventional fossil fuel extraction techniques (
fracking, tar sands excavation, deep - water drilling, mountaintop removal coal mining) are leaving or will leave toxic
wastes and scars on the landscape as the fossil fuel industry gouges and lacerates the earth in search of combustible fossil resources.
For those of us on a more human time frame, the methane and other gases emitted from decomposing organic matter work just as well as the stuff you have to
frack out of the ground... and, as you can see in the infographic below, create all sorts of opportunities to deal with
wastes more efficiently, and to even create a few jobs.