Posts Tagged ‘fracking’

Riverkeeper Responds to NY Release of Revised Fracking Environmental Impact Statement

For Immediate Release Contact: Tina Posterli, 914-478-4501 x239; [email protected] DEC announces comment period and hearings, but fails to commit to regulations before permitting begins Ossin… Read More

Groups Call on Governor to Add Public Hearings for Upstate New Yorkers Living Atop Shale

ALBANY, NY (09/07/2011)(readMedia)– After a preliminary review of the 1,000+ pages of the revised draft Supplemental Generic Environmental Impact Statement (SGEIS), the document that would guide… Read More

Senators Hear Hydrofracking Testimony at Katonah Library

RvK Asks Governor Cuomo & DEC Commissioner for 180-Day Comment Period & Public Hearings on Fracking Environmental Impact Analysis and Recommendations

For immediate release: August 15, 2011 For more information: Contact Tina Posterli, [email protected], 914-478-4501 x239 60 DAYS IS NOT ENOUGH! Ossining, NY – August 15, 2011 – Riverk… Read More

Industry-Dominated DOE Panel Recognizes Dangers of Fracking

On August 11, 2011, after 90 days of deliberation, a seven-member U.S. Department of Energy (“DOE”) advisory panel released an interim report presenting recommendations to reduce the environmental… Read More

DEC: What’s the fracking rush?

According to DEC Commissioner Joe Martens, a 60-day comment period on the hydrofracking environmental impact assessment is all the public needs! In an interview on August 2, 2011 with the Albany Tim… Read More

New Yorkers divided on hydrofracking

No to a fractured state

Robert Kennedy, Jr. Accepts Post on DEC Fracking Panel

Will advocate for rigorous environmental protections On Friday, July 1, 2011, NYS Department of Environmental Conservation announced its new recommendations regarding limits to be placed on high-volum… Read More

ENVIRONMENTAL GROUPS LOOK FOR FURTHER IMPROVEMENT IN NYS’ REVISED FRACKING REVIEW

CITIZENS CAMPAIGN FOR THE ENVIRONMENT, EARTHJUSTICE, EARTHWORKS OIL & GAS ACCOUNTABILITY PROJECT, ENVIRONMENTAL ADVOCATES OF NEW YORK, NATURAL RESOURCES DEFENSE COUNCIL, RIVERKEEPER FOR IMMEDIA… Read More