Developers' Dollars
The New York Post’s David Seifman reported Sunday that developers left without a candidate in the 2013 mayoral race after the demise of Rep Anthony Weiner might support Public Advocate Bill de Blasio....
View ArticleWalcott Promises More Testing for Toxins
By all accounts last night’s meeting in the Bronx between schools Chancellor Dennis Walcott and parents is unlikely to settle the rising concern about the contaminated site of the Bronx New School -...
View ArticleFracking Report Due
The Department of Environmental Conservation is expected to release its updated fracking report this week and environmental groups are upping the pressure on Gov. Andrew Cuomo to weigh in against the...
View ArticleMore Testing for Schools
In the wake of the closing of a Bronx schools contaminated with a toxic chemical, two advocacy groups and eight members of the City Council have written to Schools Chancellor Dennis Walcott demanding...
View ArticleFracking Study Out, Start Your Commenting
The Department of Environmental Conservation has released its revised report on hydraulic fracturing and the 90 day comment period has now started. That’s right it seems the DEC has extended the...
View ArticleGas Industry Responds to Fracking Report
The Independent Oil and Gas Association has released its response to the DEC fracking study. The synopsis? They aren’t so happy about the extended comment period and they plan on reading the report....
View ArticleDEC Backtracks on Public Meetings
Environmental groups are responding to the Department of Environmental Conservation’s fracking report and they continue to say that the public comment period should be extended. The DEC does seem to...
View ArticleMore Impressions on Fracking Report
“A new report out of Albany yesterday confirms what most folks already know: Hydraulic fracturing, or fracking, will bring huge benefits to New York — with scant chance of environmental harm,” reads...
View ArticleFracking and Flooding
Flooding is a new major point of contention for environmental groups as they look over the fracking report or environmental impact study just released by the Department of Environmental Conservation....
View ArticleFracking With the Public
A recently-released Quinnipiac University Poll is giving ammunition to both sides of the hydrofracking debate. Environmental Advocates of New York point to numbers that New Yorkers who live on shale...
View ArticleEPA to Set Standards For Fracking Waste Removal
The Environmental Protection Agency announced today that it will set standards for disposing of fracking waste water in 2014 after finding that pollutants have been entering waste water due to...
View ArticleSchneiderman Weighs in on Federal Fracking Regs
Attorney General Eric Schneiderman is not pleased with hydrofracking regulations that were put forward by the Delaware River Basin. Commission today. Schneiderman filed a suit in May against the U.S....
View ArticleIOGA Unhappy With Extension of Fracking Comment Period
The Department of Environmental Conservation announced today that it is extending the public comment period on its fracking impact study by one month. The DEC is holding its final hearing on the study...
View ArticleFrack Calculator
The Independent Oil and Gas Association is eager to get started with this whole hydraulic fracturing thing and they want New York residents to see how much tax revenue their counties could pull in if...
View ArticleLifton's Remarks on Local Fracking Bans
Assemblywoman Barbara Lifton was quoted in Sarah Crean’s article on the efforts of communities around the state to ban hydraulic fracturing. She was quoted saying: We have a very strong tradition of...
View ArticleIOGA Demands Yet Another Fracking Study
The Independent Oil and Gas Association is none to happy that the Department of Environmental Conservation announced that it is hiring an outside firm to study the financial burden of natural gas...
View ArticleAnti-Frackers Encouraged By Cuomo Budget
The New York State Water Rangers, a group of environmental organizations that oppose hydraulic fracturing, are encouraged that Gov. Andrew Cuomo did not include revenue from hydrofracking in his...
View ArticleCity Releases First Wetlands Strategy for Comment
Parks Writer Anne Schwartz filed this story: In its first effort to create a comprehensive policy for protecting New York Citys last wetlands, the Bloomberg administration released a draft Wetlands...
View ArticleNYC Parks Commissioner Adrian Benepe Steps Down
The citys parks commissioner, Adrian Benepe, resigned after serving with the Bloomberg Administration since 2002. Benepe plans to take a senior position for a national nonprofit, the Trust For Public...
View ArticleTop Senate Democrats slam DEC on fracking regs release
Top state Senate Democrats have called on the Department of Environmental Conservation to explain why it shared details about proposed regulations for hydrofracking with representatives of the national...
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