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June 3, 2011

South African Government Announces National Moratorium on Hydraulic Fracturing

SUCCESS! A Fracking Moratorium in South Africa. A Grass-Roots Effort http://www.care2.com/causes/environment/blog/an-anti-fracking-victory-in-south-africa/ South Africa Takes the Cautionary Approach http://naturalgasforeurope.com/south-africa-takes-cautionary-approach.htm When the South African government recently announced a […]
June 1, 2011

New York Attorney General Files Suit Against Federal Agencies

United States District Court, Eastern District of New York Defendants United States Army Corps of Engineers, United States Fish and Wildlife Service, United States National Park […]
May 26, 2011

NY State Assembly on Potential Public Health Impacts of Hydraulic Fracturing

Larysa Dyrszka, MD OUTLINE POTENTIAL STRESSORS ON HUMAN HEALTH THAT HAVE BEEN IDENTIFIED IN AREAS WHERE GAS DRILLING OCCURS ·Air ·Water ·Waste management ·Noise ·Traffic ·Psychological […]
May 25, 2011

Socioeconomic Value of the Delaware River Basin in Delaware, New Jersey, New York, and Pennsylvania

Gerald J. Kauffman, University of Delaware Water Resources Agency Executive Summary What do the Guggenheim Museum, Boeing, Sunoco, Campbell’s Soup, DuPont, Wawa, Starbucks, Iron Hill Brewery, […]
May 15, 2011

Road Preservation Local Law: Draft Generic Environmental Impact Statement

DELTA Engineers, Architects, & Land Surveyors INTRODUCTION  This Draft Scoping Document has been prepared pursuant to the State Environmental Quality Review Act (“SEQR”), Article 8 of the […]
May 10, 2011

Duke University: Scientific Proof Drilling/Fracking Contaminates Water

ProPublica, ABRAHM LUSTGARTEN Scientific Study Links Flammable Drinking Water to Fracking http://www.propublica.org/article/scientific-study-links-flammable-drinking-water-to-fracking For the first time, a peer-reviewed scientific study has linked gas drilling and hydraulic […]
May 9, 2011

Reducing The Staggering Costs Of Environmental Disease In Children, Estimated At $76.6 Billion In 2008

Leonardo Trasande and Yinghua Liu, Health Affairs A 2002 analysis documented $54.9 billion in annual costs of environmentally mediated diseases in US children. However, few important changes […]
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