Sentences with phrase «planned fracked gas»

Opponents of a planned fracked gas power plant in the Hudson Valley say they are hoping the U.S. Attorney will investigate decisions made in the permitting process for the plan, now that it has been revealed that the wife of a former top aide to Cuomo took payments from the lead engineering firm in the project, and that her husband is the subject of a federal probe.

Opponents of a planned fracked gas power plant in the Hudson Valley say they are hoping the U.S. attorney will investigate decisions made in the permitting process for the plan, now that it's been revealed that the wife of a former top aide to Cuomo took payments from the lead engineering firm in the project, and that her husband is the subject of a federal probe.

Opponents of a planned fracked gas power plant in the Hudson Valley say they are hoping the U.S. attorney will investigate decisions made in the permitting process for the plan, now that it's been revealed that the wife of a former top aide to Gov. Andrew Cuomo took payments from the lead engineering firm in the project, and that her husband is the subject of a federal probe.

Not exact matches

The group set about their plan by renting office space in Dallas, Texas, where a robust fracking industry regularly requires radioactive materials for gauges needed in their search for gas and oil deposits.

Onshore oil producer Buru Energy has secured a native title agreement to further develop its Canning Basin gas resources, two years after its plans for a fracking program in the Kimberley caused a stir.

The national government in London supports hydraulic fracturing, or fracking, to release gas from shale rock, and so did the planning staff of the Lancashire County Council.

Russia does border China, but the Chinese government refused to except Gazprom's archaic higher gas prices years ago and has long since started developing their own rival pipelines, gas fields, advanced fracking technology, liquified gas technology, and China plans to import from the US.

In this rare instance, Frack Action would have to agree with Tom West, an attorney and lobbyist for the gas industry in Albany, about both the purpose and the legality of this plan.

She sat down with Katie Cusack and David Howard King last week to discuss that saga, her take on the Cuomo administration's plan to construct a microgrid in Downtown Albany that will be fueled partially by fracked gas, and her take on just how disastrous Donal Trump's presidency and Scott Pruitt's time at the head of the EPA (so far) has been for the environment and how long it will take us to recover from the administration's setbacks.

Draft State Energy Master plans made oblique references to the implementation of hydrofracking here, and prominently factored fracked gas in the state's future energy portfolio as a «bridge fuel».

State GOP Chairman Ed Cox plans an all - out - attack on Gov. Cuomo for «caving in to environmental Luddites» by refusing to approve «fracking» for natural gas in upstate's Southern Tier, The Post has learned.

But the oil and gas companies are urging Governor Cuomo to reconsider any plan that would limit fracking to specific parts of the Southern Tier, while leaving out for now the rest of available private land in the Marcellus Shale.

In an interview, Hawkins said that activists still face many challenges, from fighting the inevitable industry lawsuits to overturn the ban, to challenging the fracking infrastructure of pipelines across the state and gas storage in the salt caverns near Seneca Lake, to campaigning for a «state plan for a rapid transition to 100 percent green energy to fight climate change, lower electric costs and create millions of new jobs,» he said....

He said that an amendment was already planned that would extend the ban to include wastewater from vertically drilled oil and gas wells (which is being used elsewhere in the state for deicing roads), as well as those using horizontal fracking techniques.

The actor James Cromwell speaks alongside other environmental activists in opposition to a fracked gas power plant planned for the Hudson Valley.

Hours before Cuomo's announcement, Nixon rallied with about 500 environmental activists in Albany against a planned power plant there that would rely on gas obtained through fracking in Pennsylvania.

He said Cuomo's energy plan is centered around imported fracked - gas, which requires new power plants and associated pipelines, compressor stations, and gas storage facilities.

Central plans Nevertheless, China has big plans for natural gas as a fuel, whether or not it comes from fracking.

Added, Dec. 19, 2 p.m. Jesse McKinley filed a piece on the ramifications of the shale - gas ban (and a failed casino plan) for the struggling communities on the New York side of the border with Pennsylvania: «Shock in Southern Tier of New York as Hopes of Gambling and Fracking Both Die.»

The new plan is more restrictive than the 2009 environmental report on oil and gas drilling, which was written before fracking became a prime target of local environmental groups.

from Rising Tide Vermont Climate justice activists have blockaded the main entrance to Vermont Gas's headquarters and dropped a massive banner from the roof, demanding the company immediately cancel its plans to build the fracked gas pipeliGas's headquarters and dropped a massive banner from the roof, demanding the company immediately cancel its plans to build the fracked gas pipeligas pipeline.

The Plan continues to promote fracked gas infrastructure like Dominion's Atlantic Coast pipeline, and insists that flooding the Commonwealth with natural gas is the key to economic prosperity.

Neilio, I'm with you on this.I just love the way you stand up to that guy's strange arguments.I too am extremely concerned at the way we are all being made to follow this crazy «science», to the detriment of most normal Humans» lives.I'm in England.We are living on a huge mass of fossil fuel, (coal, oil and now gas from Fracking), and we're being told that we must not use it to keep warm.Coal - fired power plants are being shut down.Useless windfarms are swamping our country.Nuclear stations are planned when Germany has banned them in favour of Coal.China and India are building and using more coal stations than we ever did.

The Sierra Club and a large coalition of groups — including Earthjustice, Chesapeake Climate Action Network, Patuxent Riverkeeper, Potomac Riverkeeper, Shenandoah Riverkeeper, and Lower Susquehanna Riverkeeper — have been fighting this plan since its announcement because it means a massive expansion of natural gas fracking.

Others worry the plan may bolster natural gas production, which could in turn increase fracking operations across the country, an issue of particular concern to 2014 Goldman Prize winner Helen Slottje.

-- Supports a price on carbon AND methane — Supports high labor standards in the development of renewable energy — Supports changing the Clean Power Plan to incentivize renewable energy over fracked gas.

Lafayette may be primed to halt new oil and gas development on the eve of widescale fracking plans slated for Boulder County.

The «America First Energy Plan» web portal also promotes the use of «clean coal» and «reviving America's coal industry,» as well as tapping into the U.S. bounty of shale oil and gas via the use of hydraulic fracturing («fracking»).

The Obama administration is poised to release a national action plan on methane, a potent greenhouse gas leaked from fracking, coal mines, and oil and gas development.

Public opposition to fracking has escalated in recent months, with concerned residents and environmental and consumer advocacy groups campaigning against the practice in New Jersey and the surrounding states, where gas companies have been ramping up plans to drill in the Marcellus Shale, a rock formation which extends up the East Coast.

The question that «activists» other than Fox are asking now, which is more interesting given that the gas price bubble may have popped, is whether or not proper regulation is too expensive to continue the planned massive expansion of shale fracking.

This film below and the feature image at the top of this post have been sourced via the NT Frack - free Alliance, a diverse group of community members, Traditional Owners, environment groups and landholders established in response to NT government plans for a roll - out of the shale gas industry across the Territory.