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Fracking can be done safely in New York state: dept report
2013-01-04 00:43:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: The natural gas drilling process known as fracking would not be a danger to public health in New York state so long as proper safeguards were put into place, according to a health department report that environmentalists fear could help lift a moratorium on the controversial technique. Governor Andrew Cuomo is weighing the economic benefits of hydraulic fracturing - commonly known as fracking - against the environmental risks from a technology that could unlock a vast domestic energy supply but...
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Hydrofracking Safe, Says N.Y. Health Dept. Analysis
2013-01-03 16:20:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
New York Times: The states Health Department found in an analysis it prepared early last year that the much-debated drilling technology known as hydrofracking could be conducted safely in New York, according to a copy obtained by The New York Times from an expert who did not believe it should be kept secret. The analysis and other health assessments have been closely guarded by Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo and his administration as the governor weighs whether to approve fracking. Mr. Cuomo, a Democrat, has long delayed...
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