NYS Senate Must Enact Three-Year Moratorium on Fracking Now
The mad end-of-session rush in Albany is upon us, the time of year for frenetic horse-trading and multiple must-do lists. Our list is short: The Senate, where...
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Join Us in Calling on NY's Lawmakers to Impose a 3-5 Year Moratorium on Fracking
For some New Yorkers, fracking is a future nightmare. For others, it’s a delightful daydream of prosperity. It’s pretty safe to file State Senator George...
New Senate bill would prevent the oil and gas industry from imposing gag orders on victims
Last month, I blogged about the problem of oil and gas companies requiring landowners who complain of water contamination, air pollution and/or health effects...
New ad campaign tells NY's leaders to keep up their cautious approach to fracking
Now more than ever we find ourselves at a critical juncture when it comes to the question of fracking in New York State. With new information about fracking’s...
Hugely deserved honor for Helen Holden Slottje, who innovated NY's local fracking bans
It was Nancy Reagan who famously popularized the phrase “just say no,” in the context of drug abuse. Now, an attorney named Helen Holden Slottje has won major...
Oil and gas industry must stop silencing victims
What is the fracking industry trying to sell us in Marcellus? Certainly not logical consistency. In one notorious case, now described at length by Jonathan H...