Sentences with phrase «opposes hydraulic fracturing»

Green Party candidate Howie Hawkins opposes hydraulic fracturing for natural gas and toured drilling sites in Pennsylvania last week.

«The Washington, D.C. City Council yesterday passed a resolution opposing hydraulic fracturing and horizontal drilling for natural gas in the George Washington National Forest due to concerns that such development might contaminate drinking water supplies.

Hudson Valley United Against Fracking is the latest effort to oppose hydraulic fracturing in New York State, while calling for more in the way of renewable energy.

The New York State Water Rangers, a group of environmental organizations that oppose hydraulic fracturing, are encouraged that Gov. Andrew Cuomo did not include revenue from hydrofracking in his budget, or add money for increased staff to process fracking permits.

(In a related development, North Carolina Gov. Bev Perdue, a Democrat who does not flatly oppose hydraulic fracturing, on Sunday vetoed a bill championed by state Republicans that she said was insufficiently protective of water supplies and landowners.)

The defeatist attitude of environmentalists who oppose all hydraulic fracturing belies the ingenuity of the American people.

Not exact matches

On whether or not to allow hydraulic fracturing in New York, voters continue to be split on the issue, but now more voters are opposed to fracking.

Ball opposes drilling in the Marcellus Formation and in particular the use of hydraulic fracturing in the process.

Among voters upstate, where high - volume hydraulic fracturing in the Marcellus Shale could create jobs, 46 percent support fracking, compared to 45 percent who oppose it.

They hope to tap into disillusionment or even anger with Mr. Cuomo among teachers, public employees and upstate residents opposed to hydraulic fracturing.

Avella opposes gas drilling using hydraulic fracturing, or fracking, a position that puts him at odds with Republicans who dominate the Senate's ruling coalition.

In the rest of the region, the results could be influenced by Sanders» focus on hydraulic fracturing, which he opposes and Clinton has supported.

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.

A state senator from Queens cheered a poll released last week showing that for the first time New Yorkers are opposed to hydraulic fracturing in the Marcellus Shale by a clear margin.

The current boom in natural gas production, based on hydraulic fracture, is fiercely opposed by many environmentalists.

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Some St. Louis County residents oppose a proposed natural gas pipeline that would run through parts of Illinois and Missouri on the grounds that it would encourage more hydraulic fracturing, which emits greenhouse gases that contribute to climate change.

He supports groups such as Alliance for Climate Change, the Natural Resources Defense Council and the Union of Concerned Scientists — which all oppose the job - creating innovation known as hydraulic fracturing, or «fracking.»

We believe hydraulic fracturing should not take place where states and local communities oppose it.

The U.S. Chamber of Commerce released the third part of a study, titled «America's New Energy Future: The Unconventional Oil and Gas Revolution and the U.S. Economy» (PDF), which opposes regulation to shale energy production (hydraulic fracturing).