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News stories tagged with "hydrofracking"
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(05/07/12) A new report from Environmental Advocates of New York is questioning the state's regulation of wastewater from oil and gas wells. As the Innovation Trail's Matt Richmond reports the study is based on about 100 drilling applications filed with the Department of Environmental Conservation. more
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(05/03/12) Anti fracking groups presented Governor Cuomo with 200,000 signatures asking for a ban on the gas drilling process in New York, and a State Senator predicts the opposition will have an effect on the governor. In Albany, Karen DeWitt has more: more
(04/30/12) Earth Day came and went in New York without too much discussion of what many environmentalists believe to be the biggest issue facing the state, when and where the gas drilling process known as hydrofracking will occur. Karen DeWitt has an update. more
Marcy Dam in the Adirondacks was severely compromised by Tropical Storm Irene last year.
(04/19/12) The North Country is no stranger to the awesome power of water. We saw what it could do last spring and summer, when spring floods, and later Irene, swept through the area. Our economy depends on water in various forms: agriculture needs just the right amount, fisheries need to be healthy and clean, the mountains need snow in the winter.
Journalist Charles Fishman writes about how we're handling water issues in America today and what we need to be doing in his new book, The Big Thirst. Fishman will speak at SUNY Potsdam on April 25. He told Nora Flaherty the world has all the water it needs, and it's infinitely renewable even if it's absolutely filthy--it just needs to be cleaned. Charles Fishman will speak at 7:30 p.m. on Wednesday, April 25 in Sara M. Snell Music Theater at SUNY Potsdam's Crane School of Music. The presentation is free and open to the public. To reserve a seat, (315) 267-2515.
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(02/23/12) A judge in Cortland County has upheld the Tomkins county town of Dryden's ban on gas drilling within its borders. As the Innovation Trail's Matt Richmond reports, this is just the first step in what could be a long process. more
The Marcellus Shale region
(01/26/12) The Department of Energy has drastically reduced its estimate for natural gas reserves in the Marcellus Shale. The Innovation Trail's Matt Richmond reports. more
Demonstrators delivered loaves of bread to Cuomo’s offices at the Capitol that they say represent the harvest from farmers across upstate New York who are opposed to fracking. Photo: Karen DeWitt
(01/24/12) Hundreds of anti-hydrofracking protesters were at the State Capitol Monday, in one of the largest demonstrations against the natural gas drilling process so far. In Albany, Karen DeWitt has the details on the protests. more
We don't want to waste time... we’re not dallying in our review of this.
(01/13/12) The State's environmental commissioner estimates the agency has received 40,000 comments in the public comment period on proposed hydrofracking in New York, which ended Wednesday. In Albany, Karen DeWitt has the details. more
As proposed, fracking should not be moving forward in this state now.
(01/12/12) The public comment period for the Cuomo administration's proposal for natural gas hydro fracking is now over. Opponents are left wishing they had more time, while supporters say they'd like to see drilling begin soon. In Albany, Karen DeWitt has more. more
Anti-fracking protesters rally. Photo: still from the Innovation Trail video
(01/11/12) The state Department of Environmental Conservation has a lot of reading to do about hydrofracking. The deadline to comment about new regulations was midnight. The DEC already had more than 21,000 comments on the issue. And yesterday, both supporters and opponents of the controversial gas-drilling technique brought box after box filled with more comments. more
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Blacksmith David Woodward sets in place the final piece of the weather vane he made for the Adirondack Carousel in Saranac Lake, which opens Saturday at 1 pm with a ribbon-cutting ceremony. Photo: Mark Kurtz.
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