Sentences with phrase «plans for a fracking»

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.

But the administration's involvement in shaping the report seems designed, above all, to mitigate any political complication it might have caused the governor as he formulated his plan for fracking.

The company, which has faced local opposition in the rest of the UK is trying to overturn the Scottish ban which doesn't involve legislation but is an instruction to local authorities not to consent planning for any fracking - related activities.

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.

Scottish energy minister Fergus Ewing announced a moratorium on granting planning consents for fracking developments to allow a full public consultation on the issue.»

Resources industry figures are angry over new Premier Steven Marshall's plans to impose a 10 - year ban on fracking in a 21,000 - square - kilometre region in South Australia's south - east, and say it undermines his mantra that the state is open for business.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Thousands of households have been sent letters warning that the land beneath their homes could be used for mining, prompting fears that landowners will seek to cash in on the government's plans for widespread fracking across the UK.

The Saratogian says the Cuomo administration's trial balloon for a limited fracking plan «won't float,» and urges a complete ban until further study has deemed the process undeniably safe.

Thousands of households receive letters warning that the land beneath their homes could be used for mining, prompting fears that landowners will seek to cash in on the government's plans for widespread fracking across the UK.

The federal study was a step on the way to implementing that plan — it established the baseline level of methane in the groundwater before fracking, providing a basis for before - after comparison, and a preemptive defense against later claims of pollution from fracking opponents.

Organizations Supporting the Fossil Fuel Divestment Act: 350.org NRDC Sierra Club Atlantic Chapter Citizens Campaign for the Environment Clearwater Food & Water Watch Citizen Action of NY 350NYC NYS Council of Churches Catskill Citizens for Safe Energy Catskill Mountainkeeper Citizens Environmental Coalition of NY Fossil Free & Green NY Green Education and Legal Fund Greenfaith Healthcare Without Harm Jews Against Fracking NY Interfaith Power & Lights People for Animal Rights Plan to Save the Planet, Albany Renewable Energy Long Island Rochester People's Climate Coalition Syracuse Cultural Workers Syracuse Peace Council

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.

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.

In the wake of an EPA study that found no evidence fracking has had a «widespread, systematic impact on drinking water,» supporters of the controversial drilling practice are calling on the Cuomo administration to scrap its plans for a ban.

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....

The landowners» announcement comes after Joe Martens, the state's top environmental regulator, told lawmakers in Albany that the state isn't planning to allow fracking for at least another year.

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.

«If Governor Cuomo gives the green light for Fracking, does he have a plan on how to deal with cleaning up contaminated water systems like those we saw last week in Pennsylvania?»

That view was reinforced by two developments last week: Cuomo's aides proposed a new energy plan for the state's future that, unlike previous plans, made no mention of fracking in the Southern Tier, and Cuomo himself named former New York City Councilman James Gennaro, a fierce fracking opponent, as a deputy commissioner at Martens» environmental agency.

Corning, NY — Prior to his press conference in Corning to discuss his plans to ban frack drilling wastes in New York landfills, Howie Hawkins, the Green Party nominee for Governor of New York, will tour the area around the Chemung County Landfill in Lowman.

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.

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.»

If peer review is required for all public utterances and assertions about the possible environmental and health effects of fracking, then let's strip all the non-peer review studies from the 1,537 - page planning document for fracking — the supplemental generic environmental impact statement (sGEIS)-- that is the science on which will rest Governor Cuomo's upcoming decision to permit or prohibit fracking.

While ALEC purports to spend zero dollars on lobbying, Exxon has deliberately used ALEC for the past two decades to advance its legislative goals concerning cap - and - trade policies, fracking, the Keystone Pipeline and the Obama Administration's Clean Power Plan.

In response to overwhelming public protest and pressure, the Trump administration has backed down from plans to auction away 17,300 acres of public lands for fracking in Montana.

It also occurs to me that there is a contrast in the approach which you outline for wind, and the one being taken for fracking — where local opposition seems not to matter at all, where planning regulations are being eased as are environmental protections (and it's not visual pollution that's the sole problem with fracking).

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

A new Food and Water Watch report, How Fracking Supports the Plastic Industry, calls attention to the dark side of those plans, warning of air and water pollution and the risk to people's health, especially for those taking jobs in the plastics industry.

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Community - based advocates have achieved some exciting, noteworthy successes in the past few years opposing Keystone XL and tar sands, fracking, BP's Deepwater Horizon oil spill in the Gulf and Shell's plans to drill for oil in the Arctic.

But, just as news breaks that the government is pushing ahead with plans to invite more firms to apply for fracking permits, Greenpeace has teamed up with long - time sonic trouble maker (s) Cassette Boy to remix British Prime Minister David Cameron for what they are billing as «his most shocking speech.»

«EPA has identified significant flaws in the state's fracking proposals, particularly inadequate plans to treat hazardous wastewater, questions about unsafe levels of radiation in fracking waste, and the absence of any consideration of the environmental impacts of the infrastructure associated with fracking, such as pipelines and compressor stations,» said a statement issued by a coalition of hydrofracking opponents including Catskill Mountainkeeper, Citizens Campaign for the Environment, Environmental Advocates of New York, Natural Resources Defense Council and others.

Another project proposed by Heartland for 2012, The Hydraulic Fracturing Project (p. 18 - 19, «2012 Fundraising Plan») would «raise funds from businesses with a financial interest in fracking» by «approach [ing] dozens of companies and trade associations that are actively seeking allies in this battle.»

They include a buffer zone for development, a joint position on fracking, development of a Fitzroy River management plan complemented by an Indigenous Protected Area, and a management body for the river.

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.