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New York Assembly Approves Two-Year Moratorium on Fracking
2013-03-07 02:44:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Bloomberg: New Yorks Assembly approved a two- year ban on the natural-gas drilling method known as fracking, after two previous attempts to block the practice failed and with the state Senate taking a different approach. The state has been studying the safety of hydraulic fracturing since 2008, and blocked its use in the meantime. The Assemblys ban would lift in May 2015. Governor Andrew Cuomo, a Democrat, has said hes waiting until the Health Department concludes a separate analysis to make a decision....
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Fracking foes ask for Lafayette moratorium, vote of residents
2013-03-06 23:25:47| Oil & Gas - Topix.net
Anti-fracking activists turned up the heat on elected leaders Tuesday night, submitting a petition with nearly 1,000 signatures that demands an immediate moratorium on any new drilling activity in the city.
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NYS Assembly Moving Forward with Fracking Moratorium
2013-03-06 06:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Rochester Democrat and Chronicle: Assembly Democrats are expected Wednesday to pass a two-year hydrofracking moratorium, the second time in two years that the chamber has sought to block the controversial drilling practice. A hydrofracking moratorium has not moved forward in the Republican-led Senate, but now the Senate's control is shared by Democrats and Republicans. And Tuesday, the five-member group of breakaway Democratic senators proposed legislation for an additional 24 months to review the potential health impacts of...
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Five-Year Moratorium Process
2013-03-04 22:07:11| PortlandOnline
PDF Document, 27kbCategory: Plans Preparation Information
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Science Over Politics: Cuomos Delay on Lifting Fracking Moratorium is Applauded
2013-02-21 15:53:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
EcoWatch: Yesterday, Anthony Ingraffea, president of Physicians, Scientists and Engineers for Healthy Energy (PSE), and Seth B. Shonkoff, executive director of PSE, sent a letter applauding Gov. Cuomo`s decision to delay lifting the moratorium on hydraulic fracturing until the science is complete. Dear Governor Cuomo: Physicians, Scientists and Engineers for Healthy Energy (PSE) applauds your move to delay your decision on lifting the moratorium on shale gas development in New York until the science...
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