News > News > Safeguard Drinking Water > Fracking/Gas Drilling

Fracking/Gas Drilling

Judge Hears Arguments in Suit Against Army Corps and Delaware River Basin Commission Over New Gas Development Regulations

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE July 24, 2012 Contacts: Maya van Rossum, the Delaware Riverkeeper, P: 215.369.1188 x 102 Cinda Waldbuesser, National Parks Conservation Association, P: 215.327.2529 Tina Posterli, Riverkeeper, P: 516.526.9371 Lawsuit charges that an analysis must be completed and environmental impacts understood before drilling moves forward in the Delaware River Basin Brooklyn, N.Y. – Today, the Hon. Judge Garaufis of the U.S. District Court in Brooklyn, New York heard arguments in a lawsuit against the Army Corps of Engineers and the Delaware River Basin Commission (DRBC) for their failure to […]

Learn More

State well inspections ‘inadequate’

Environmentalists say before fracking is allowed, current oil and gas wells need closer inspections

State well inspections ‘inadequate’

New Report: New York Fails to Oversee Oil and Gas Drilling, Enforce Laws

Inadequate enforcement guarantees irresponsible oil and gas development (http://enforcement-ny.earthworksaction.org), which questions New York's ability to oversee the state's existing and proposed gas drilling operations-Citizens Campaign for the Environment, Environmental Advocates of New York, Catskill Mountainkeeper, Hudson Riverkeeper, Sierra Club-Atlantic Chapter, and Environment New York released a statement.

Learn More

The Natural Gas Boom: Doing More Harm Than Good?

Intelligence Squared Fracking Debate Discusses Pros and Cons Of Shale Gas Boom (VIDEO)

Green Groups Cry ‘Foul’ after State Gives Exclusive Regulatory Access to Gas Industry

By Earthworks, Environmental Advocates of New York, Environment New York, Riverkeeper For more information contact: Erica Ringewald, 518-210-9903; [email protected] ALBANY, NY (06/28/2012)(readMedia)– In response to reports that the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation gave the gas industry and its lobbyists exclusive preliminary access to draft regulations and plans related to high volume hydraulic fracturing or “fracking,” Earthworks, Environmental Advocates of New York, Environment New York, and Riverkeeper released the following statement: “We are appalled that the Department of Environmental Conservation fed privileged information to the gas industry before […]

Learn More

Proposal to Allow ‘Limited’ Fracking Draws Opposition From All Around New York State

New environmental coalition urges Cuomo to drop fracking plan