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New Yorks ban on high-volume fracking rocks the foundations of 'shale revolution.'
2015-01-01 15:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
DC Bureau: Emboldened by mounting scientific evidence and shifting poll data, Gov. Andrew Cuomo veered sharply away from Americas conventional wisdom about the wonders of high-volume hydraulic fracturing of shale formations when he banned the practice in New York State on Dec. 17. While the oil and gas titans hope to contain the uprising to one state, the environmental advocates who masterminded it are quietly optimistic that it represents a tipping point, signaling impending decline for fossil fuels decades-long...
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Behind New York's fracking ban
2014-12-20 15:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
US News and World Report: New York is set to become the second state in the nation to ban fracking. Hundreds of studies have linked the controversial oil and gas extraction process and the chemicals leaked from fracking sites to air and water contamination, as well as a host of health issues, from headaches and nosebleeds to asthma, neurological disorders and potential cancers. Energy companies and trade groups have vigorously criticized many of the studies. Yet Gov. Andrew Cuomo, in deciding to formalize the Empire...
Could New York's Fracking Ban Have Domino Effect?
2014-12-18 22:07:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
National Geographic: New York's decision to ban fracking for health reasons could reverberate beyond the state, bolstering other efforts to limit the controversial method of drilling for oil and natural gas. While two dozen U.S. municipalities and at least two countries, Bulgaria and France, have also adopted bans, states have been slower to act. Fracking opponents say New York, which surprised them Wednesday with the boldest move of any state so far, will change that. "It definitely has a national political impact...
A Chat on New Yorks Shale Gas Ban w/ Anti-Fracking Superhero Mark Ruffalo
2014-12-18 19:15:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
New York Times: On Twitter early this morning, I had a productive exchange about Gov. Andrew M. Cuomos decision to ban shale gas development in New York with Mark Ruffalo, the actor best known for playing the Marvel comic character Hulk. Ruffalo, who lives near the Delaware River in the upstate New York region that was targeted for shale gas drilling, is one of many prominent public figures who pressed Cuomo long and hard to ban hydraulic fracturing, popularly known as fracking. We both would love to see...
Entombed in snow: a personal account of New York's snowstorm
2014-12-01 22:53:27| Chemicals - Topix.net
Twelve hours into the snowstorm, there was no longer the ability to walk or stroll -- only to flail, for what it was worth. An incredible lake-induced snowscape enveloped a swath of Western New York earlier this week.
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