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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsFRACKING OFFICIALLY BANNED IN NEW YORK!
This is a great day for all New Yorkers! And we are all indebted to the tireless efforts of activists such as Josh Fox, the documentary filmmaker who made the films, "Gasland" and "Gasland II," which exposed the harm posed by the fracking industry!
06.29.15 :: PRESS RELEASES :: FRACKING/GAS DRILLING
[font size=5]Official fracking ban a watershed moment for New York[/font]
For Immediate Release
July 29,2015
Contact: Cliff Weathers, Communications Director
914-478-4501, Ext 239
Riverkeeper: DECs groundbreaking Findings Statement on fracking represents a watershed moment in the protection of New Yorks communities and natural resources
OSSINING, N.Y. The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) released its widely anticipated Findings Statement on June 29, 2015, officially instating the ban on high-volume hydraulic fracturing (fracking) that Governor Cuomos administration courageously announced back in December of 2014. The Findings Statement concludes: Based on unavoidable adverse environmental impacts and uncertainty regarding the science surrounding high-volume hydraulic fracturing and its potential impacts to public health and the environment high-volume hydraulic fracturing will be prohibited in New York State. The DEC concluded that even a stringent regulatory program could not guarantee these impacts would be adequately mitigated.
Riverkeeper, after assessing the findings statement, has this statement from Kate Hudson, its Director of Cross Watershed Initiatives:
This day will go down as one of the most important in New Yorks history, when we witnessed our state government confirm that protecting the health and safety of all New Yorkers was the highest priority and would not be compromised for the interests of the oil and gas industry.
We thank Governor Cuomo and the Departments of Health and Environmental Conservation for fulfilling the Governors promise to follow the science in order to make the right decision on fracking. The ban is firmly rooted in the scientific research gathered since 2009 the vast majority of which identifies the threats that fracking poses to public health and the environment. The DECs Final SGEIS offers the most thorough scientific review to date of the potential impacts from high-volume hydraulic fracturing and should be used as a model for other jurisdictions contemplating the development of shale and other low-permeability gas reservoirs. We commend the DECs strong commitment to science in protecting New Yorks communities and natural resources.
The Findings Statement formalizes what the scientific evidence and the majority of citizens have made inescapably clear: fracking should and will have no place in the great state of New York.
[font size=5]Official fracking ban a watershed moment for New York[/font]
For Immediate Release
July 29,2015
Contact: Cliff Weathers, Communications Director
914-478-4501, Ext 239
Riverkeeper: DECs groundbreaking Findings Statement on fracking represents a watershed moment in the protection of New Yorks communities and natural resources
OSSINING, N.Y. The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) released its widely anticipated Findings Statement on June 29, 2015, officially instating the ban on high-volume hydraulic fracturing (fracking) that Governor Cuomos administration courageously announced back in December of 2014. The Findings Statement concludes: Based on unavoidable adverse environmental impacts and uncertainty regarding the science surrounding high-volume hydraulic fracturing and its potential impacts to public health and the environment high-volume hydraulic fracturing will be prohibited in New York State. The DEC concluded that even a stringent regulatory program could not guarantee these impacts would be adequately mitigated.
Riverkeeper, after assessing the findings statement, has this statement from Kate Hudson, its Director of Cross Watershed Initiatives:
This day will go down as one of the most important in New Yorks history, when we witnessed our state government confirm that protecting the health and safety of all New Yorkers was the highest priority and would not be compromised for the interests of the oil and gas industry.
We thank Governor Cuomo and the Departments of Health and Environmental Conservation for fulfilling the Governors promise to follow the science in order to make the right decision on fracking. The ban is firmly rooted in the scientific research gathered since 2009 the vast majority of which identifies the threats that fracking poses to public health and the environment. The DECs Final SGEIS offers the most thorough scientific review to date of the potential impacts from high-volume hydraulic fracturing and should be used as a model for other jurisdictions contemplating the development of shale and other low-permeability gas reservoirs. We commend the DECs strong commitment to science in protecting New Yorks communities and natural resources.
The Findings Statement formalizes what the scientific evidence and the majority of citizens have made inescapably clear: fracking should and will have no place in the great state of New York.
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FRACKING OFFICIALLY BANNED IN NEW YORK! (Original Post)
markpkessinger
Jun 2015
OP
Oh, this is such great news! Too bad it doesn't apply to the whole damned country!
CaliforniaPeggy
Jun 2015
#2
markpkessinger
(8,409 posts)1. My only sadness . . .
. . . is that my native state, Pennsylvania, failed to demonstrate such wisdom and foresight. But, when people elect a governor (the prior one, Corbett) and a legislature that are in the pocket of the gas drilling industry, people shouldn't be surprised when wisdom and foresight take a back seat to corporate plunder.
CaliforniaPeggy
(149,841 posts)2. Oh, this is such great news! Too bad it doesn't apply to the whole damned country!
markpkessinger
(8,409 posts)3. A shout out also to the late, great Pete Seeger . . .
. . . for his decades-long work in raising environmental awareness in this state!