Sentences with phrase «of high volume hydraulic fracturing»
They also asked voters if they thought the process of high volume hydraulic fracturing would cause environmental harm — and 50 % said yes they thought there would be environmental damage.
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Unconventional gas development (UGD), characterized by advances in engineering, including horizontal drilling and high volume hydraulic fracturing, enables extraction of large amounts of fossil fuel from shale deposits at depths that were previously unapproachable [1].
On behalf of the Independent Oil & Gas Association of New York, with more than 400 members, I write regarding recent published reports of the appointment of three «experts» by the NYS Department of Health (DOH) to review the proposed guidelines for high volume hydraulic fracturing.
The ban applied to high - volume hydraulic fracturing, which uses large volumes of water mixed with sand and chemicals to create fractures in rock that release gas.
She has also contributed her expertise and leadership to the U.S. Chamber of Commerce Committee of 100, the Executive Committee of the National Association of Manufacturing's State Associations Group, the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation's High - Volume Hydraulic Fracturing Advisory Panel; the Foundation for Land and Liberty; Rensselaer County Alternatives to Incarceration, Binghamton University's Alumni Association; and the Susan Odell Taylor school.
«I can not support high volume hydraulic fracturing in the great state of New York,» Zucker concluded.
Speaking (and at one point singing) on Fred Dicker's Talk 1300 radio show this morning, former Assemblyman Bill Parment predicted that high - volume hydraulic fracturing will be delayed for at least a year because of legal challenges.
He acknowledges that «absolute scientific certainty» about the safety of such a complex activity as high - volume hydraulic fracturing is unlikely ever to be achieved.
Deputy Senate Majority Leader Tom Libous today didn't completely rule out a tax on high - income earners, saying that without high - volume hydraulic fracturing impoverished communities need some source of revenue in the wake of severe flooding.
The revised draft review of the impact of high - volume hydraulic fracturing, due out today, has been postponed because of the Department of Environmental Conservation's focus on the aftermath of Irene.
Former Hudson Valley Democratic Congressman Maurice Hinchey, in his first major public appearance since retiring from office in January, says he just penned a letter to New York Governor Andrew Cuomo asking him to wait for the results of a study from the Environmental Protection Agency on the impacts of fracking before deciding whether to allow high - volume hydraulic fracturing in the state.
«I can not support high - volume hydraulic fracturing in the great state of New York» — adding that he, himself, would not live anywhere fracking is practiced.
Speaking Thursday at the annual Spring Environment Conference held by the Business Council in Albany, Martens says the agency doesn't have a specific date yet for an update on the environmental review and proposed regulations for high - volume hydraulic fracturing of shale gas wells.
The state's final ban is on high - volume hydraulic fracturing, which uses large volumes of water mixed with sand and chemicals to create fractures in rock that release gas.
High - volume hydraulic fracturing relies on copious amounts of water, which is plentiful in states like New York and Pennsylvania, compared with western states where fracking is permitted.
«Now that the EPA has confirmed what top scientists have said all along, that fracking is safe and has no widespread impact on drinking water, we are calling on Commissioner Martens and the state Department of Environmental Conservation to rescind the temporary ban on high - volume hydraulic fracturing in New York State.»
«I can not support high volume, hydraulic fracturing in the great state of New York,» Zucker said on December 18, 2014.
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.
New York state regulators have released the long - awaited final version of its environmental impact review of high - volume hydraulic fracturing.
She's also been an advocate for property tax reform, she opposes high - volume hydraulic fracturing as a method of natural gas exploration and she'd like to take on corruption in Albany.
Kavanagh: Right and what we would be approving is a process that includes all of those elements, if the state were to approve high volume hydraulic fracturing in New York State.
ALBANY, NY (10/01/2012)(readMedia)-- On Friday, September 28, Governor Andrew Cuomo's Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) released a brief statement indicating that no regulations for high - volume hydraulic fracturing, or «fracking,» would be finalized until Department of Health Commissioner Shah reviews the DEC's already - completed health impact assessment.
ALBANY, NY (01/10/2013)(readMedia)-- New York Water Rangers partners joined with experts from across the state today at a New York State Assembly hearing on the Department of Environmental Conservation's (DEC) proposed High Volume Hydraulic Fracturing («fracking») regulations and to call on Governor Cuomo to protect New York from the harmful effects of fracking.
New York State acting Health Commissioner Dr. Howard Zucker, who said «I can not support high volume hydraulic fracturing in the great state of New York.»
The changes include full incorporation of the new Michigan Department of Environmental Quality rules on high - volume hydraulic fracturing, adopted this year.
Changes implemented by the state now require more preparatory work and monitoring of water levels in high - volume hydraulic fracturing projects.
High - volume hydraulic fracturing — the focus of recent attention and public concern — is defined by the state of Michigan as activity that is intended to use more than 100,000 gallons of hydraulic fracturing fluid.
The key contribution of the final report is an analysis of Michigan - specific options in the areas of public participation, water resources and chemical use related to high - volume hydraulic fracturing.
Image courtesy: Michigan Department of Environmental QualityThe changes include full incorporation of the new Michigan Department of Environmental Quality rules on high - volume hydraulic fracturing, adopted this year.
Image courtesy: Top of the Mitt Watershed CouncilANN ARBOR — University of Michigan researchers today released the final version of a report analyzing policy options for the state of Michigan regarding high - volume hydraulic fracturing, the natural gas and oil extraction process commonly known as fracking.
High - volume hydraulic fracturing wells in Michigan's Lower Peninsula as of May 28, 2015.
New findings published by the high impact journal Science show that the rate in which earthquakes are triggered or induced by fracking depends on the volume of the hydraulic fracturing operations.
New findings published by the high impact journal Science show that the rate in which earthquakes are triggered or induced by fracking depends on the volume of the hydraulic fracturing...
Falcon and the others are attempting an engineering exercise of trying to get known resources to flow out of low permeability rocks by transferring modern high volume hydraulic fracturing technology from the U.S.
The news comes a week after DEC Commissioner Joseph Martens announced that the agency will turn part of the review over to the Department of Health Commissioner Nirav Shah to address persistent questions about how shale gas development and high volume hydraulic fracturing will affect public health in communities where it is allowed.
Zucker and Martens on Wednesday summarized the findings of environmental and health reviews that concluded that shale gas development using high - volume hydraulic fracturing carried unacceptable risks that haven't been sufficiently studied....
Added, Dec. 17, 9:30 p.m. Here's an excerpt from the Department of Health review of research on shale gas and illness, which found too many unresolved questions and plausible risks to endorse high volume hydraulic fracturing (abbreviated as HVHF in the report):
The widespread use of high - volume, horizontal hydraulic fracturing (fracking) is a technological process for oil and gas extraction.
Hydraulic fracturing, also known as fracking, stimulates gas production by injecting wells with high volumes of chemical - laced water in order to free - up pockets of natural gas below.
High - volume hydraulic fracturing has been combined with horizontal drilling over the past decade to force oil and natural gas out of shale and other tight geological formations by fracturing the rock with high - pressure injection of water, sand, and chemicHigh - volume hydraulic fracturing has been combined with horizontal drilling over the past decade to force oil and natural gas out of shale and other tight geological formations by fracturing the rock with high - pressure injection of water, sand, and chemichigh - pressure injection of water, sand, and chemicals.
Even though the de facto moratorium on high - volume horizontal hydraulic fracturing in New York State continues, the disposal of waste from hydraulic fracturing (fracking) operations is occurring in New York now and deserves our attention.
Hydraulic fracturing sends «huge volumes of toxic fluids» deep underground at high pressure, to fracture shale rock and release natural gas, Food & Water Watch claims.
To extract it, the shale is blasted with huge volumes of fresh water at high pressure, a practice known as hydraulic fracturing, or «fracking».