Sentences with phrase «if fracking»

Then again, if the fracking boom was responsible for much of the region's job growth from 2008 through 2014, that means the other growth drivers can't be all that impressive.

Louise Johnson of SkyHill Farm talked about the highly vulnerable aquifers in her region, Wenonah Hauter of Food & Water Watch said that sustainable farming is the future of Upstate New York, not extractive drilling, and Hilary Baum of Chefs for the Marcellus pointed out that farms could be stigmatized if fracking operations move in nearby.

The people who successfully sold the horror of «Frankenfoods» are doing a good job convincing people that earthquakes, poisoned aquifers and explosive tapwater are inevitable if fracking is allowed....

«If fracking happens across the world, emissions would likely decline substantially by 2020,» writes Bjorn Lomborg in a guest column.

Unlike the town in the film, many communities don't have the right to decide if fracking is right for them.

The environmental one is clear, and it's voiced by Dustin Noble (John Krasinski, who co-wrote the screenplay with Damon), an environmental activist from a small organization that has photos of what fracking did to his family's farm (dead cows in a field) and a science demonstration for the local school of what could — or, as he believes, will — happen if fracking becomes the norm in their town.

Research lead author Miles Wilson, a PhD student in Durham University's Department of Earth Sciences, said: «Induced earthquakes can sometimes occur if fracking fluids reach geological faults.

«Human - made earthquake risk reduced if fracking is 895m from faults.»

How can we tell if fracking has contaminated an aquifer?

If fracking operations are managed properly the risk of accidents will be small.

And a recent joint report by the UK's Royal Society and Royal Academy of Engineering concluded that most of the known instances of groundwater contamination, such as in Pavillion, Wyoming, and the cases of fracking - related earthquakes in Texas were due to poor practice, and that the risk of accidents is small if fracking is properly managed.

And while hydrofracking remains on hold in the state, the ruling is expected to have a huge impact on the industry in New York if fracking is eventually permitted.

Meanwhile, the governor's budget proposal doesn't allocate any additional funding to deal with gas well permits, and Martens stressed that if fracking is allowed, it will be a slow process.

Nadeau, with Environmental Advocates, says she and others will «assess» the document very closely to determine, if fracking is allowed, whether enough safety precautions will be taken.

«I've come to see what may be in store for New York if fracking is permitted.

If fracking is to take place, Cuomo's Department of Environmental Conservation has said it will need to increase staff beyond the present 16 employees who are authorized to issue gas drilling permits.

I have no idea what your talking about, I've called for our Governor to answer with Scientific data the questions New Yorkers have about Fracking, and if the Science is right and questions are addressed in a rational manner we can decide as a State if Fracking is feasible.

We see a wide spectrum of fracking related interests taking full advantage of New York's lax campaign finance laws in the hope of a future payday if fracking is permitted.»

Fracking If fracking proves to be a way of getting low - cost gas to replace coal, then it's got a role to play.

Cuomo says if communities want fracking, or are against fracking, then home rule should be taken into «consideration», if fracking is in the end allowed by the Department of Environmental Conservation.

«IOGA's statement says it all — the gas companies believe the state should care more about their bottom line than the public health and well being of the millions of New Yorkers who will be affected if fracking is permitted,» she said.

If fracking is so safe then why are other countries banning the practice citing the dangers as the reasons?

The people, like me, who are in Gov. Cuomo's party and who are opposed to fracking are trying to prevent the accidents that are likely to occur if fracking comes to NY.

The lesson to be learned is this: if you frack your farm, you'll never be able to sell it... or insure it.

... That came the same day Bloomberg co-authored a Washington Post OpEd that declared: «We can frack safely if we frack sensibly.»

Not exact matches

If we understand why we are seeing associations between the fracking industry and health problems, then we can better inform patients and policymakers.

If Big Data is the new oil, Goldman likens RelSci to fracking: «We knew it was there, but we couldn't tap it.

Consequences like water contamination have been established, but often it is not clear if they were directly caused by fracking or the result of sloppy drilling practices.

If the cement casing that surrounds a fracking well is made incorrectly, natural gas can leak along its sides or through cracks, releasing harmful gases like methane to the environment.

Rival Whiting Petroleum Corp, the biggest producer in North Dakota's Bakken formation, will stop fracking new wells by the end of March, but would «consider completing some of these wells» if oil reached $ 40 to $ 45 a barrel, Chairman and CEO Jim Volker told analysts.

Even if Europe put aside its environmental concerns and decided to pursue natural gas fracking, it would take at least five years to develop such an industry, he predicted.

The concern here is that this incidental capacity could add significant weight to frack - sand pricing later this year, especially if drillers start pulling back spending on new wells due to lower oil prices.

Now if only the fracking Christian highjacked right would read this.

if not then shut your fracking pie hole.

If Wenger sell anybody to United, to fracking mourinho, then fans will dethrone him, not the Board!

Look if Wenger deserves praise, we will give it, but when he completely and utterly fracks up like he did in the transfer window, we will make our remarks.

Frack nice words, if he wanted to win things and earn big he could go to some other club... here is for cash cos he also has tax no paid so he is in problem... fast and easy solution done: sold his ass to Mourinho.

I think if Cuomo allows fracking in New York he will be fulfilling his family's destiny of being a big LOSER!!

And if you want to lower the price to fill - up your Prius, let NY frack!

The New York Public Interest Research Group studied 59 municipalities that have voted to permit hydro - fracking in the past few years, if New York State eventually approves the process.

Martens says «if» fracking moves forward in New York, it will do so «with the strictest standards in the nation» to protect drinking water and the state's other natural resources, and he says he expects «additional improvements» to be made in the final report.

If Andy is going to allow fracking, it should be allowed right on NYC's doorstep — in the Catskill watershed.

The Syracuse Post-Standard accepts a step - by - step approach to fracking in the Marcellus — like the one floated by the Cuomo administration — might be the only way to go if drilling is to occur at all.

Julia Walsh of Frack Action, says while the groups are focusing their anger at Cuomo, that would quickly turn to praise if he were to act to ban fracking.

Maybe, but probably not, but if you get a higher minimum wage and paid family leave and free college and same - sex marriage and gun control and a fracking ban and the first reversal of harsh Rockefeller - era drug laws in four decades, who cares?

The first highlights — filled with backroom political gossiping — were played during testimony by state Sen. Tony Avella (D - Whitestone), who described Skelos» power and explained how his own legislative behavior on issues such as rent control and fracking might have been different if he knew about the behind - the - scenes interests of Skelos.

If Governor Cuomo were reading the statewide and county polls, he would know that New York State residents are NOT in favor of fracking.

A loan to the UK is affected by an uprising in Syria and fracking in the US - Syria could involve a major expense if the UK becomes militarily involved, US fracking is reducing demand for petroleum, which is good for the UK economy, but bad for that part of the UK that extracts and sells oil.

The only way that this will be stopped is if more and more residents and taxpayers demand a total ban on fracking.

The anti-fracking forces would ban it even if chicken soup were the fracking fluid; they simply do not want to develop this energy source.