Category Archives: Fracking and Health

Please Comment! Urgent!

Posted on December 14, 2012 by

We have, now, less than thirty days to comment on the proposed draft fracking regulations from the DEC. Cuomo has pushed for this to move quickly, in spite of a woefully inadequate health review. This could allow fracking in New … Continue reading →

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REALNYS.com Asked to Blog

Posted on September 27, 2012 by

               New Yorkers Against Fracking invited REALNYS  as a blog page. AW members created a new blog page for Responsible Associated Landowners of New York State. Check it out:  www.nyagainstfracking.org  “New Yorkers Against Fracking … Continue reading →

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Andes Works! is One Year Old!

Posted on August 19, 2012 by

A year ago this week, a group of Andes residents met at the Andes Hotel to discuss the upcoming town forum on Hydraulic Fracture Gas Drilling.   We decided that we should meet again to find ways to prevent this high … Continue reading →

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REAL NYS

Posted on August 8, 2012 by

Check out this great video by area filmmaker Jessica Vecchione about the birth of REAL NYS — The Responsible Associated Landowners of New York State. More info at REALNYS.COM.    

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Fracking May Bring High Levels of Radon and Lead

Posted on October 9, 2011 by

From the Oneida County Courier: James W. Ring, Winslow Professor of Physics Emeritus at Hamilton College asserts that household use of natural gas obtained from hydrofracking in the Marcellus Shale can cause exposure to unacceptably high levels of Radon Gas … Continue reading →

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No property rights when the gas companies come to your front yard…

Posted on October 6, 2011 by

I (Christine Ruggiero) will start this story by saying that Aruba Petroleum has taken a great deal from my family, but they cannot take away our faith in God. This story may sound like one of defeat, but we are … Continue reading →

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The Trouble With Health Problems Near Gas Fracking

Posted on September 29, 2011 by

From Fresh Air, WHYY, NPR: “I hear [stories] thousands of miles apart, in various states, and to me — to an untrained medical professional — they sound alarmingly similar,” he says. “But when we go to federal or state health … Continue reading →

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Science Lags as Health Problems Emerge Near Natural Gas Fields

Posted on September 28, 2011 by

From Scientific American: On a summer evening in June 2005, Susan Wallace-Babb went out into a neighbor’s field near her ranch in Western Colorado to close an irrigation ditch. She parked down the rutted double-track, stepped out of her truck … Continue reading →

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Dateline Australia: Fracking in the Catskills and Pennsylvania

Posted on September 19, 2011 by

Are landscapes and water supplies being ruined by fracking? Dateline reports on the controversial way of tapping into gas reserves that’s splitting the US.

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Scientists Warn Cuomo of Danger to Drinking Water

Posted on September 18, 2011 by

Dozens of scientists, including four from the prestigious National Academy of Sciences, warned Gov. Andrew Cuomo that it will be practically impossible for municipal drinking water systems to protect against chemicals used in natural gas hydraulic fracturing, also called hydrofracking. Their letter to the … Continue reading →

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