Category Archives: New York

Learn From Pennsylvania, Don’t Frack With New York

New York

Have you ever experienced water so toxic coming out of a faucet that you could set it alight? As a result of hydraulic fracturing, homeowners in Pennsylvania have experienced just that. These are risks to which, until recently, New York …

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New York Governor Keeps Fracking Ban In Place

New York

New York Gov. David Patterson issued an executive order in mid-December that extends a ban on hydraulic fracturing until July 1, 2011 while also vetoing a separate bill banning the technique in the state until its effects can be more …

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New Poll:Concern Over Fracking’s Environmental Impact Growing

New York, Poll

Online Surveys – Zoomerang.com According to a new poll in the New York Times, more than half of Americans surveyed are now knowledgeable about the Hydraulic Fracturing method of natural gas drilling and many are raising concerns over the regulation …

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Hydraulic Fracturing (Fracking) in New York

New York

New York is one Marcellus shale state that doesn’t appear to be in a hurry to join the hydraulic fracturing boom. Two years ago, the state imposed a virtual moratorium on new fracking operations while it works to develop some …

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STOP FRACKING AND SAVE OUR WATER SUPPLY!

New York

August 11th, 2010 – Fracking is a shorthand term for hydraulic fracturing, an industrial natural Natural Gas Drilling process by which millions of gallons of water, mixed with sand and sometimes undisclosed chemicals, are pumped thousands of feet underground at …

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