NYT: N.Y. Assembly Approves Fracking Moratorium

November 30th, 2010 | Environment | | One comment

The New York Assembly voted for a temporary moratorium on natural gas drilling using hydraulic fracturing with horizontal drilling. The Senate has already passed a similar bill. The Independent Oil and Gas Association of New York is asking Governor David Paterson to veto the bill.

http://green.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/11/30/n-y-assembly-approves-fracking-moratorium/?ref=energy-environment

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The Marcellus Shale Play: Enviros and Drillers Agree – State Environmental Regulators Can’t Protect N.Y.

November 9th, 2010 | Bulldog Blog | | Leave a comment
Photo: Pete Grannis
Photo: Pete Grannis
Both sides of the raging battle over natural gas drilling in New York State agree that the state agency charged with protecting the environment and issuing drilling permits has been gutted so severely that it’s no longer capable of doing its job.

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Undisclosed Conflicts of Interest is Key Issue in Race for George Winner’s New York Senate Seat

October 27th, 2010 | Natural Resources News Service | | One comment
Click the picture to read the document linking O'Mara to the gas drillers.
Click the picture to read the document linking O'Mara to the gas drillers.

A New York State Assemblyman, who has ties to the natural gas industry as an attorney for the Chemung County Industrial Development Agency (IDA), denies he played any role in securing valuable tax breaks for the Millennium Pipeline Company gas transmission line which has contributed to making the local property tax rates among the highest in the nation.

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Research Shows Radioactive Dangers to Marcellus Shale Fracking

October 27th, 2010 | Environment | | Leave a comment

As Wall Street keeps pushing the Marcellus Shale “play” word now comes from University of Buffalo researchers that hydro fracking not only releases natural gas but is likely to release uranium as drilling companies our millions of gallons of water and fracking fluids into rock to force the gas to the surface. A University of Buffalo reports:

“Marcellus shale naturally traps metals such as uranium and at levels higher than usually found naturally, but lower than manmade contamination levels,” says Tracy Bank, PhD, assistant professor of geology in UB’s College of Arts and Sciences and lead researcher. “My question was, if they start drilling and pumping millions of gallons of water into these underground rocks, will that force the uranium into the soluble phase and mobilize it? Will uranium then show up in groundwater?”

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