A historic preservation group is weighing in
on hydro fracking for the first time, and they don't like what they say they've been learning about the gas drilling process.
An historic preservation group is weighing in on
hydro fracking for the first time, and they don't like what they say they've been learning about the gas drilling process.
The comments give weight to the scenario of permitting a limited number of wells at first, confined to communities who have expressed a desire to
begin hydro fracking.
The measures include solar power expansion, legislation to combat climate change, and a bill to treat wastewater
from hydro fracking as hazardous waste.
He wants the state to begin the long
delayed hydro fracking, saying it will create thousands of new jobs, and he's against the adoption of the federal Common Core learning standards.
The lawsuit will also claim that the now more than five year delay on a decision
on hydro fracking is unconstitutional.
The Cuomo Administration has announced two developments that could delay the start of
hydro fracking in New York, and is leaving supporters and opponents with many unanswered questions.
The issue
of hydro fracking 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.
There's word that the commissioner of the state's environmental agency is leaving, just two days after Joe Martens issued the final environmental impact statement
banning hydro fracking in New York.
Governor Cuomo, a Democrat, Republican Rob Astorino, Green Party candidate Howie Hawkins and the Libertarian Party's Michael McDermott talked
about hydro fracking, legalizing marijuana and, being in Buffalo - the Bills football team.
The wife and son of slain Beatle John Lennon traveled to the Capitol on what could be the last day of the final public comment period on
whether hydro fracking should go forward in New York.
There is a fifth proposal that the business group is pushing - the start of the gas drilling process known
as hydro fracking in New York, which they say would create thousands of high paying jobs.
In September of 2012, Cuomo's environmental commissioner announced that Dr. Shah would begin a health review, and that there would be no decision on going ahead
with hydro fracking in the state until it was finished.
Numerous sources and published reports have said that the Cuomo Administration may
permit hydro fracking in some communities in New York's Southern Tier where the majority of residents want natural gas drilling.
A Binghamton, New York Assemblywoman who is on Governor Andrew Cuomo administration's
hydro fracking advisory panel is asking for a do - over of an ongoing health review.
The public comment period for the Cuomo administration's proposal for natural
gas hydro fracking is in its final hours.
He also calls Cuomo's ban on
hydro fracking statewide an «overreach», saying while he supports environmental regulations, it should be left to local communities to make that decision.
The governor says he won't be adding additional staff to
police hydro fracking in the Department of Environmental Conservation's budget this year.
Cuomo did not
mention hydro fracking at all in his State of the State message, as hundreds of protesters chanted outside the hall where he gave his speech.
And while Governor Cuomo has said repeatedly he's waiting for the completed review from his health commissioner, he has also said that he would make a decision on whether the state should go ahead with
hydro fracking before Election Day in November of next year.
Two years ago, Governor Cuomo
considered hydro fracking a key component of his plans for economic development in the faltering upstate regions of the state.
«The governor seems to
want hydro fracking to move ahead, and I think that's a serious mistake not only for the people of the state, but for his future political ambitions,» said Avella.
Governor Cuomo is indicating he may very soon release a plan to begin
limited hydro fracking in New York, but the state legislature left for the summer without acting on any legislation that would speed up the process, or slow it down.
Gov. Andrew Cuomo faces a tough choice as he continues to ponder the decision on whether to
allow hydro fracking in New York, and it seems there's no easy way to win for the governor.
Now that elections are over, supporters and opponents
of hydro fracking are wondering what will be Governor Andrew Cuomo's next move on the long stalled gas drilling process in New York State.
The racially diverse jury of five men and seven women were chosen from a pool of thirty potential jurors, some of whom expressed strong feelings about corruption and big money in politics, and even
about hydro fracking.
Cox says there's lingering resentment in the Southern Tier district over the governor's decision to
ban hydro fracking of natural gas, as well as stricter gun control laws and an overall sour economy.
Governor Cuomo, who still has not issued a decision on
whether hydro fracking should be allowed in New York, is backing further away from the controversial gas drilling process in his economic development plans for the future.
For months, the Cuomo Administration has been signaling that it might permit the gas drilling process known
as hydro fracking in a few areas in the Marcellus Shale region where the majority of people in communities want the gas drilling process to begin.
DEC Commissioner Joe Martens estimates the agency has received 40,000 comments in the public comment period which just ended on January 11th on a draft environmental impact study to
permit hydro fracking on some private lands in New York State.
Unshackle Upstate says one way to grow jobs quickly is for Governor Cuomo to reconsider his one year old ban on
hydro fracking for natural gas.
A Binghamton Assemblywoman who is on the Cuomo's Administration's
hydro fracking advisory panel is asking for a do over of an ongoing heath review, saying the secretive process has compromised public confidence.
The state's major environmental groups have formed a new coalition, urging Governor Andrew Cuomo to reject a plan to
begin hydro fracking in select counties in New York's Southern Tier.
A group of health care professionals are seeking a meeting with Governor Cuomo's health department, saying they have compiled a compendium of new and on going research that highlights numerous health risks associated
with hydro fracking.
Albany, New York — The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation is due to release it's final version of a draft environmental impact statement
on hydro fracking in New york.
Environmentalists are celebrating while gas companies are fuming over Governor Cuomo's decision to ban
hydro fracking in New York State for the near future.
Albany, New York — State Department of Environmental Conservation Commissioner Joe Martens says he's «not shutting the door» on holding a longer public comment period and new public hearings on
hydro fracking.
An advisory committee has been tasked with coming up with a fee structure to reap revenues from the industry and to pay for staff at the Department of Environmental Conservation to regulate
the hydro fracking.
The anti fracking groups also delivered boxes and boxes of paper that they said contained 204,000 signed public comments questioning the health and safety of
hydro fracking.
There are major issues looming like whether the state should begin
hydro fracking, and how exactly to finance a multi billion dollar rebuilding of the Thruway's Tappan Zee Bridge.
On the issues, Cahill is for
hydro fracking, Schneiderman has filed lawsuits for greater regulation of fracking and says there's «danger» in rushing to drill.
Senator DeFrancisco says Cuomo, a moderate Democrat, might have an easier time getting along with Republicans in the Senate, than with a chamber controlled by Democrats who might want to go further than the governor on raising the minimum wage, raising taxes on the wealthy, banning
hydro fracking and other issues.
The Green Party candidate cites Cuomo's budget cuts, enacting lowered pension benefits for new state workers, and the governor's refusal, so far, to ban
hydro fracking.
But not everyone thinks it's the best solution to upstate's continued lagging economy.EJ McMahon, President of the fiscally conservative think tank the Empire Center, says the building of resort style casinos won't generate as many jobs as some other industries, like opening up the state's vast shale resources to
hydro fracking.
Opponents of
hydro fracking are charging there's a potential conflict of interest with a consultant to Governor Cuomo's environmental agency.
Governor Cuomo's environmental commissioner is rejecting calls by environmentalists for an independent health impact study on
hydro fracking.
There's been increasing signs that the state might more slowly phase in the permitting of new gas wells, with preference going to communities or regions of the state that are more receptive to
hydro fracking.
Earth Day came and went in New York without too much discussion of what many environmentalists believe to be the biggest issue facing the state - when and where the gas drilling process known as
hydro fracking will occur.