09.08.11
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Riverkeeper Responds to NY Release of Revised Fracking Environmental Impact Statement
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09.07.11
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Groups Call on Governor to Add Public Hearings for Upstate New Yorkers Living Atop Shale
After a preliminary review of the 1,000+ pages of the revised draft Supplemental Generic Environmental Impact Statement (SGEIS), the document that would guide gas drilling by means of hydraulic fracturing or "fracking" and horizontal drilling in deep shale, environmental groups called on Governor Andrew Cuomo to schedule additional public hearings in communities likely to experience gas exploration. The groups also renewed their call on the Governor to assess fracking's public health and community impacts before the state permits drilling. The revised fracking document includes new assessments of traffic, noise and visual impacts, but does not include estimates of related health impacts due to increased industrial activity.
08.25.11
:: Rvk in the Press :: The Patch
Senators Hear Hydrofracking Testimony at Katonah Library
08.16.11
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RvK Asks Governor Cuomo & DEC Commissioner for 180-Day Comment Period & Public Hearings on Fracking Environmental Impact Analysis and Recommendations
Riverkeeper and advocates concerned about the environmental impacts of dirty shale gas drilling and hydraulic fracturing or “fracking,” called on Governor Cuomo and Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) Commissioner Joe Martens today to hold no less than a 180-day comment period and statewide public hearings on the state’s proposed environmental impact analysis of fracking, formally known as the revised Draft Supplemental Generic Environmental Statement (SGEIS).
08.15.11
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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 impacts from shale gas production.
08.04.11
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Groups File Suit Against Army Corps and Delaware River Basin Commission Over New Gas Developement Regulations
Lawsuit charges that an analysis must be completed and environmental impacts understood before drilling moves forward in the Delaware River Basin
08.02.11
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DEC: What’s the fracking rush?
DEC Commissioner Joe Martens stated that the agency does not plan to extend the 60-day comment period on the hydrofracking environmental impact assessment!
07.18.11
:: Rvk in the Press :: Auburnpub.com
New Yorkers divided on hydrofracking
07.14.11
:: Rvk in the Press :: Riverdale Press
No to a fractured state
07.13.11
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Robert Kennedy, Jr. Accepts Post on DEC Fracking Panel
