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When Given the Facts, People Say No Fracking Way!

By Gwendolyn Chambers on July 2, 2012

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On July 1, Earthjustice Managing Attorney Deborah Goldberg joined Kate Hudson of Riverkeeper in going head to head with fracking proponents, New York Times columnist Joe Nocera and former Department of Energy Assistant Secretary Susan Tierney, in a nationally broadcasted event presented by Intelligence Squared in partnership with the Aspen Ideas Festival. More

Playground Politics, or why name-calling isn’t a valid argument

By Gwendolyn Chambers on June 28, 2012

The gas industry resorted to pointing fingers and invoking bogeymen yesterday, claiming that the environmentalists are guilty of manufacturing falsehoods and half-truths about drilling for resources. ExxonMobil’s CEO blamed the press for producing scare stories without checking their facts, and he blamed the advocacy groups for […] More

“Hydraulic Fracturing and Water Resources: Separating the Frack from the Fiction”

By Gwendolyn Chambers on June 25, 2012

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Policymakers should be equally as concerned about wastewater spills and disposal issues related to shale gas extraction as they are about the possibility of groundwater contamination from fracking fluids according to a new report by Pacific Institute released last week. More

Riverkeeper Joins Grassroots at Fracking Rally in Albany

By Riverkeeper on June 20, 2012

Today, almost one hundred organizations and professionals, stand together to oppose the plan that was leaked to The New York Times last week, which would establish a demonstration program for high-volume hydraulic fracturing, or “fracking,” in parts of Broome, Chemung, Chenango, Steuben and Tioga counties. […] More

Golden Age of Fracked Gas May Mean Dark Ages for Climate

By Riverkeeper on June 7, 2012

Kimberly Garrison and Kimberly Pierce Riverkeeper Legal Interns The golden age of gas may mean the dark ages for the climate, according to a report released last week by the International Energy Agency (IEA). The report, “Golden Rules for a Golden Age of Gas,” which […] More

New Yorkers Against Fracking

By Gwendolyn Chambers on May 16, 2012

Photos from the New Yorkers Against Fracking Rally in Albany, N.Y., on May 15, 2012. More

Riverkeeper Supports NYS Senate’s Proposed Hydrofracking Legislation

By Riverkeeper on April 25, 2012

Testifies that legislative action on hydrofracking is urgently needed Riverkeeper testified in Albany today at the Senate Democratic Conference Public Forum on Hydraulic Fracturing along with our partner organizations and fellow advocates. Riverkeeper urged swift legislative action to address the substantial flaws in the state’s […] More

Exposing the Gas Industry’s Myth of “Recycled Water”

By Riverkeeper on April 19, 2012

How the gas industry steals from the water budget and leaves us with a toxic waste problem Every time the gas industry fracks, the public loses. We forfeit an enormous amount of fresh water from our rivers, lakes and streams, and we get a toxic […] More

NY Post Hypes Fracking Over 20 Times Since January 2011, Rarely Mentions Risks

By Gwendolyn Chambers on April 16, 2012

Originally posted on Media Matters April 13, 2012 2:15 pm ET by Salvatore Colleluori The New York Post, the New York-based daily newspaper run by Rupert Murdoch’s News Corp., has published 21 opinion pieces on the controversial process of natural gas extraction called hydraulic fracturing […] More

Gas Industry Spin Can’t Cover Up Air Problems Associated with Fracking

By Gwendolyn Chambers on March 25, 2012

It’s like the gas industry and their apologists are living in a different universe from the rest of us, when it comes to the risks from shale gas extraction via fracking. Call it the “Spin Zone.” At a Wall Street Journal conference last week, Chesapeake […] More

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