Fracking Sand May Pose Health Hazard To Workers, Residents

Huffington Post-by Lynne Peeples-Nov 16, 2012

Wes Gillingham of Catskill Mountainkeeper, a grassroots advocacy group, is looking ahead to what may come if New York state opens up its ...

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N.Y. Fracking Delay Angers Gas Industry Groups

The Journal News | LoHud.com-Nov 21, 2012

In an update sent to its members Monday, Catskill Mountainkeeper called the three academics “highly qualified medical experts.” But the group ...

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State's Review of the Health Impact of Fracking Moving Forward

Watershed post-Nov 19, 2012

Catskill Mountainkeeper will keep you informed about what develops and continue to pressure the Governor to order an independent HIA.

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Faith Leaders Call for Statewide Fracking Ban at Spiritual Vigil at ...

Patch.com-Nov 14, 2012

... New York State Breast Cancer Network, Food & Water Watch, Catskill Mountainkeeper, Frack Action, Water Defense, United for Action and ...

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Fracking in NY: 42% Yes; 36% No

Poughkeepsie Journal-Oct 29, 2012

... out-of-state companies that want to export more and more gas to China,” said Wes Gillingham, program director of Catskill Mountainkeeper.

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Statement From the New York Water Rangers on a Fracking Health ...

ReadMedia (press release)-Nov 16, 2012

The campaign is supported by Catskill Mountainkeeper, Citizens Campaign for the Environment, Earthjustice, EARTHWORKS Oil & Gas ...

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Kingston Gets Visit from NY Campaign Reform Initiative 'Caravan of Corruption' (Video)

Wes Gillingham, program director for Catskill Mountainkeeper, said wealthy industry contributors have stalled and derailed sound environmental legislation for decades. “The issue of hydraulic fracturing (a controversial process of drilling for ...Daily Freeman · ByAriel Zangla · 10/25/2012

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Fracking Battle a Strong National, Local Issue

By Steve Israel

Published: 2:00 AM - 11/04/12

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Who knew more than five years ago that fracking for natural gas would become such a hot-button national issue that politicians from President Barack Obama to Republican challenger Mitt Romney and virtually every local candidate for Congress would have to take a stand? After all, back then, fracking — the horizontal natural gas extraction method of hydraulic fracturing — was only a hot topic in places like Sullivan County that sit on the gas-rich Marcellus shale. But listen to what local folks on both sides of the battle over fracking have to say about it now: "The largest environmental issue in the country in decades," says Ramsay Adams, executive director of Catskill Mountainkeeper, who says drilling for the fossil fuel is not only partly responsible for climate change, but also at the center of the debate over the future of the country's energy policy.   READ THE ENTIRE ARTICLE HERE  

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Fracking in NY : 42% Yes; 36% No

Poughkeepsie Journal-Oct 29, 2012

... out-of-state companies that want to export more and more gas to China,” said Wes Gillingham, program director of Catskill Mountainkeeper.

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New Yorkers Against Fracking Launches New Round of TV Ads in ...

ParamusPost.com- Oct 26, 2012

... New York State Breast Cancer Network, Food & Water Watch, Catskill Mountainkeeper, Frack Action, Water Defense, the Working Families ...

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