September 13, 2012

Top Cuomo Aide’s Oil and Gas Holdings Raise Questions of Impartiality

Top Cuomo advisor may be in a position to benefit personally from the outcome of the Governor’s decision on fracking.
By Dusty Horwitt, and Thomas Cluderay, Environmental Working Group, Sept. 2012

As New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo nears a decision …

August 27, 2012

Will Public Outcry Against Fracking Sink Governor Cuomo's Political Ambitions?

On August 27 a mass march and rally will take to the streets in New York, which is a week before Governor Cuomo is expected to release his plans for fracking in the state.
By Alison Rose Levy, AlterNet, August
August 22, 2012

National Environmental Groups, Representing Millions, Tell Gov. Cuomo: Don’t Threaten Water and Land with Fracking

Nearly 100 state groups and opinion leaders had called Gov. Cuomo’s plan to allow fracking in five upstate counties “inconsistent” with his pledge to protect public health and the environment.

Amid reports that a decision on fracking in New York …

July 18, 2012

New York State Fails to Inspect Most Oil & Gas Wells or Penalize Violators

Major gaps exist in current oil and gas enforcement; a shale gas rush could endanger public health and the environment

Willow, New York, July 17 – Today Earthworks’ Oil & Gas Accountability Project (OGAP) released a new report, NYS DEC:

June 25, 2012

STOP Cuomo's Plan to Drill 5 Southern Tier Counties – Call, Fax or Email

A story in the New York Times on June 13 seems to confirm the rumors we’ve been hearing for the past several weeks. Sometime this summer the Cuomo Administration will begin issuing shale gas drilling permits in areas of five …

June 20, 2012

Environmental Groups Say They Will Fight Cuomo’s Gas Drilling Plan

Oppose fracking without an independent assessment of its safety
By Danny Hakim, The New York Times, June 19, 2012

ALBANY — A coalition of environmental groups plans to campaign against a proposal that Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo is weighing to …

June 19, 2012

Middlefield Court Confirms Prior Decision: Local Land Use Authority Not Preempted

Another victory for our side.  As predicted, Tom West’s “smoking gun” legislative history memo does NOT change the court’s decision – communities may use zoning to ban fracking. – Helen Holden Slottje

In its decision, the New York State Supreme …

June 18, 2012

NYS Agreement to Allow Landowners to Renegotiate Natural Gas Leases

A.G. SCHNEIDERMAN ANNOUNCES LANDMARK

AGREEMENT WITH CHESAPEAKE APPALACHIA TO ALLOW

LANDOWNERS TO RENEGOTIATE NATURAL GAS LEASES

In Addition To Allowing Over4,400 Leases To Be Renegotiated, Chesapeake Agrees To Pay $250K For Cost Of State Investigation

Schneiderman: Landowners Will Have The

May 23, 2012

Municipalities and Natural Gas Extraction…What the Frack?

Two recent decisions handed down by the New York State Supreme Court concern the struggle between private landowners seeking to lease their lands for gas extraction and local municipalities seeking to ban oil and gas drilling through land use regulation.
April 30, 2012

Hydrogeologists say, Ban Hydraulic Fracturing in New York State and the Delaware River Basin

Hydrogeologic Justification for Banning Hydraulic Fracturing throughout New York State and the Delaware River Basin (Testimony provided at the Senate Democratic Conference Public Hearing on Fracking Legislation in Albany, New York on April 25, 2012)

Today’s gas field technology is …

April 3, 2012

Advocates: Fracking Health Impacts Need to be Studied More

Nationwide, fracking effects lead to heated debates
By Mary Esch, Associated Press, March 31, 2012

ALBANY, N.Y. — While New York regulators have spent four years mulling the environmental impacts of shale gas development, the potential human health impacts have …

March 3, 2012

Local Governments: Rights and Powers Review

Mary Jo Long, Esq.

Introduction:

I am going to talk about the legal rights and powers of local government with respect to gas drilling in their communities. First, I am going to review 2 NY Court decisions that were made …

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