06.04.13
:: Press Releases :: Fracking/Gas Drilling
Rockland County Legislators Praised For Voting to Ban Radioactive Fracking Waste
County Ban Prohibits Road Spreading, Processing or Dumping of Toxic Waste from Gas Drilling
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05.02.13
:: Press Releases :: Fracking/Gas Drilling
Victory in New York: Municipalities’ “Home Rule” authority to prohibit fracking in their communities is confirmed
04.25.13
:: Press Releases :: Fracking/Gas Drilling
Government Watchdog and Environmental Groups Join Call to Scrap the SGEIS
New Review Shows Further Revelations of Additional Disturbing Conflicts of Interest
02.12.13
:: Press Releases :: Fracking/Gas Drilling
A Victory for Fracking Activists Across the State
New York State Department of Environmental Conservation to postpone decision on fracking pending further health study
02.12.13
:: Press Releases :: Fracking/Gas Drilling
Groups Urge Investigation of EPA Actions in Texas Water Contamination Case
Coalition asks Inspector General to determine whether political meddling led agency to drop probe of gas drilling company
01.14.13
:: Press Releases :: Fracking/Gas Drilling
Environmental Coalition Says Fracking Rules Leave New Yorkers Unprotected
In official comments, call on state to complete review of environmental and health
impacts before finalizing regulations
12.18.12
:: Press Releases :: Fracking/Gas Drilling
Groups Call on Cuomo Administration to Open Up Health Review to the Public
A coalition of New York State’s leading environmental and good-government groups today called on state officials to publicly release the details of a health review of proposed fracking that is currently underway.
12.11.12
:: Press Releases :: Fracking/Gas Drilling
Westchester County Legislators Praised For Unanimously Voting to Ban Radioactive Fracking Waste
Contact: Ellen Weininger, Grassroots Environmental Education (914) 422-3141 Susan Van Dolsen, Westchester For Change (914) 525-8886 Suzannah Glidden, Croton Watershed Clean Water Coalition (914) 234-6470 County Ban Prohibits Road-Spreading, Processing or Dumping of Toxic Waste from Gas Drilling (White Plains, NY) – A coalition of health and environmental groups gathered in White Plains today to congratulate the Westchester County Board of Legislators for unanimously voting to prohibit the sale, application and disposal of waste products from natural gas drilling anywhere in the county. The new law, which applies to all […]
11.29.12
:: Press Releases :: Fracking/Gas Drilling
Riverkeeper Responds to New York’s Filing Revised Fracking Regulations
Calls for DEC to wait for the science and open the process up to the public
10.05.12
:: Press Releases :: Fracking/Gas Drilling
Riverkeeper Supports Medical Community’s Call for Comprehensive and Inclusive Health Impact Assessment
Riverkeeper commends the over 50 medical professionals and the Broome and Tompkins County Medical Societies who renewed their call for the state to conduct a comprehensive health impact assessment (HIA) on fracking in a letter to Governor Cuomo released yesterday.
