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Environmental groups remain uneasy about yesterday’s press release by the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) of new recommendations to guide gas drilling and hydraulic fracturing or “fracking.” Top issues of concern include no mention of the cumulative impacts of fracking thousands of wells across the state, failure to treat toxic and potentially radioactive fracking wastewater and solid waste as hazardous waste, and an inadequate public comment period.

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The Vested Rights Act undermines the authority of municipalities to protect the general welfare and natural resources of their communities by strengthening local, environmentally related laws. Many communities within the New York City watershed are just now enacting local laws to protect their aquifers, streams and wetlands. The Vested Rights Act poses a significant threat to the New York City Watershed, as it would exempt developers from such newly enacted laws just because they were not in place at the time of the developers’ application. The Vested Rights Act would […]

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On June 1, 2011 Riverkeeper's watershed team submitted comments to the Town of North Castle as lead agency for the DEIS for a proposed parking garage to be sited near the Westchester Airport and 600 feet from the Kensico Reservoir.

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Environmental leaders applaud the announcement by the New York Attorney General, Eric T. Schneiderman, that today his office has filed legal action to ensure a full Environmental Impact Statement and review is completed before natural gas drilling regulations for the Delaware River Basin are finalized.

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Take action today and urge the DRBC to postpone a vote on an application by XTO Energy (ExxonMobil Corp.) to withdraw 250,000 thousand gallons of water per day from the Oquaga Creek in Broome County, NY for gas drilling in Broome and Delaware counties.

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The New York Water Rangers, individuals working to protect state waters from dirty gas drilling and hydraulic fracturing, or “fracking,” today thanked the State Assembly’s Environmental Conservation Committee for passing legislation that would close a loophole in state law allowing the gas industry to circumvent requirements for the management and disposal of hazardous waste (A.7013 / S.4616).

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