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Could New York's Fracking Ban Have Domino Effect?
2014-12-18 22:07:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
National Geographic: New York's decision to ban fracking for health reasons could reverberate beyond the state, bolstering other efforts to limit the controversial method of drilling for oil and natural gas. While two dozen U.S. municipalities and at least two countries, Bulgaria and France, have also adopted bans, states have been slower to act. Fracking opponents say New York, which surprised them Wednesday with the boldest move of any state so far, will change that. "It definitely has a national political impact...
New York State to Ban Fracking: Reckless to Proceed
2014-12-18 16:19:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Environment News Service: As of early next year, New York State will be permanently off-limits to hydraulic fracturing, or fracking, for oil and gas. The decision follows the release Wednesday of a long-awaited Department of Health report that details adverse health and environmental effects from exposure to the process. Fracking involves horizontal drilling and the fracturing of underground shale rock with pressurized water and chemicals to release deposits of gas and oil. New York lies over the Marcellus shale formation,...
Fracking Ban in New York Paves the Way for Other States
2014-12-18 15:20:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
EcoWatch: Fantastic news came from the state of New York this week when the Cuomo administration announced its decision to ban fracking in the state. This exciting decision is a tribute to everyone who has worked so hard in New York to protect the state from the ravages experiences elsewhere from fracking. Heres the full story: On Wednesday, the Governor convened a cabinet meeting where Acting Health Commissioner Howard Zucker presented the findings of the Department of Healths review on fracking. He...
Fracking Banned in New York
2014-12-18 01:29:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Scientific American: Fracking has been banned in New York State since 2008. Then-Governor David Paterson imposed a moratorium on the controversial technique-- which fractures shale rock using high pressure, specially treated water to release gas trapped inside--citing the need for further study of health and environmental risks. After six years and a multiplicity of such studies the results seem to indicate that fracking can be done safely--but often is not. And that is conclusive enough to allow the current governor,...
With Unresolved Health Risks and Few Signs of an Economic Boon, Cuomo to Ban Gas Fracking
2014-12-17 23:11:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
New York Times: After years of gauging the environmental, medical, economic and political risks of hydraulic fracturing, Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo is moving to ban this method of extracting natural gas from shale deposits in New York State. [Update, 9:30 p.m. | See the end of the post for an excerpt from the state health study that underpinned the decision.] It had been clear for years, as I wrote in 2012, that there was little political or economic impetus to act quickly, even though I felt (and still am convinced)...
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