Threat of Fracking to NYC's watershed

I am not neutral on "Fracking" in NY State" : I am against it and I feel the exeprience of other places will as time goes by make it more and more obvious why fracking should be banned.

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Riverkeeper Opposes Proposed Constitution Pipeline

By Riverkeeper Intern on July 18, 2013

Riverkeeper, in conjunction with a coalition of environmental groups represented by Earthjustice – Catskill Mountainkeeper, Clean Air Council, Delaware-Otsego Audubon Society, Delaware Riverkeeper Network, and Sierra Club – submitted comments to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) on Constitution Pipeline’s application to construct a interstate pipeline to transport natural gas from Pennsylvania to the New York City and Boston metropolitan areas. More

Help Prevent the Spreading of Hazardous or Contaminated Frack Fluid on Albany County’s Roads

By Misti Duvall on

Photo via Creative Commons - Flickr, Lock the Gate Alliance/Doug Kerr

Hydraulic fracturing in the Marcellus Shale produces millions of gallons of contaminated and potentially radioactive waste fluid, which could be sent to Albany wastewater treatment plants or spread on Albany roads. More

New York Crossroads Rally Draws Thousands Against Fracking in the Face of Senate Inaction

By Riverkeeper Intern on July 1, 2013

Photo: Sara Moriarty

By Evan Preminger On June 17th, more than two thousand five hundred New Yorkers gathered in Albany to make their voices heard. The New York Crossroads rally, co-sponsored by Riverkeeper and over 70 other environmental and citizen action organizations, drew large crowds to the East Capitol lawn in support of a two-year moratorium on high volume horizontal hydraulic fracturing (“fracking”) and New York turning away from fossil fuels toward alternative energy solutions. More

Tell Senate Leadership to Allow the Vote on a Fracking Moratorium Now!

By Misti Duvall on June 3, 2013

Tell Senate leadership – Sens. Jeff Klein and Dean Skelos – to immediately bring the fracking moratorium and hazardous waste bills to a vote, before the Senate goes home on June 21! More

Help Prevent Spreading of Radioactive Frack Fluid on Rockland’s Roads

By Krista Yacovone on June 1, 2013

Hydraulic fracturing in the Marcellus Shale produces millions of gallons of radioactive waste fluid, which could be sent to Rockland wastewater treatment plants or spread on Rockland roads. Although the future of high-volume hydraulic fracturing (“fracking”) in New York State remains uncertain, drilling in Pennsylvania … More

UPDATE – Municipal Fracking Bans Upheld

By Misti Duvall on May 20, 2013

On May 2, an appeals court decision in the Dryden and Middlefield cases upheld local zoning laws that ban fracking within town borders, finding that such bans do not conflict with New York State’s Oil, Gas, and Solution Mining Law (OGSML). More

PA Trip Underscores Need for Fracking Moratorium

By Misti Duvall on May 7, 2013

PA residents, Sens.Carlucci, Tkaczyk, Perkins

Recently, I was fortunate to be able to join a tour of high-volume horizontal hydraulic fracturing (fracking) sites and infrastructure in Susquehanna County, PA with several of our partners and NY State Sens. Carlucci, Tkaczyk, and Perkins. More

New Revelations Raise Questions about Integrity of Fracking Review

By Misti Duvall on April 25, 2013

Revelations this week about three of the consulting firms involved in New York State’s ongoing environmental review process assessing high volume horizontal hydraulic fracturing (“fracking”) raise serious questions about conflicts of interest and add to the list of fundamental flaws in the review process. More

Tell Gov. Cuomo to Protect our Health and Safety from Fracking!

By Misti Duvall on April 23, 2013

Call Governor Cuomo today at (866) 584-6799 and tell him that he must keep his promise to protect our health and safety, and wait for the science and facts from critical health studies before making a decision about whether to move forward on fracking! More