ReadMedia (press release) – June 20, 2012
Wall Street Journal – June 20, 2012
ASSOCIATED PRESS
Groups call on Cuomo to reject ‘fracking’ plan
June 20, 2012 15:25 GMT
link to article here: http://www.seattlepi.com/news/article/Groups-call-on-Cuomo-to-reject-fracking-plan-3648741.php
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — A coalition of 100 environmental, health and community groups is calling on Gov. Andrew Cuomo to reject any demonstration project for shale gas drilling using hydraulic fracturing, or “fracking.”
The groups are issuing a statement in response to a report last week in the New York Times that the Cuomo administration was considering allowing fracking in limited areas where towns welcomed it. Opponents of fracking are gathering at the Capitol for a rally Wednesday, the day before the Legislature adjourns for the summer.
The statement notes that the Department of Environmental Conservation is still working on its environmental review. It said any decision on drilling should wait until health, environmental, and community impacts are assessed.
The coalition includes Catskill Mountainkeeper, Natural Resources Defense Council, Sierra Club and others.
WNET New York · June 15, 2012Frack-O-Mat, comments for and against, are here
June 14, 2012 Albany Times UnionJuly 14, 2012 platts.com
“It should wait until the regulatory process is complete,” Catskill Mountainkeeper Program Director Wes Gillingham said. “The SGEIS didn’t get 60,000 comments because of minor details; it got them because there are major flaws.”
June 14, 2012, The Times Herald Record
I think this proposal will be very quietly dropped,” said van Swol. Wes Gillingham, program director for environmental advocate Catskill Mountainkeeper, was also disappointed to hear about the plan. He said it was premature considering that the …
Listen to Ramsay Adams interviewed on WBAI New York City Public Radio’s Evening News Program on Wednesday June 13, 2012 about the proposal by Governor Cuomo to allow fracking in New York State
Listen Here: http://www.catskillmountainkeeper.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/wbai_120613_180310wbainews.mov