To Frack (Rock)? Or Not To Frack (Hard Place)? Editorial By Alan Chartock, Capital Connection For The Freeman’s Journal/HOMETOWN ONEONTA Edition of Thursday-Friday, Dec. 11-12, 2014 When politicians take money for their campaign coffers, they owe something back. That’s because there is honor among, well, politicians and lobbyists. If you see tons of money going to politicians from the real-estate industry, you’d be foolish not to think that the people who own hotels and other big buildings want something back…
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Fracking, Not Casinos, Would Better Benefit Upstate NY Economy, Columnist Concludes By banning fracking and backing casinos, Governor Cuomo got it backwards, New York Times’ columnist Joe Nocera opined in Saturday’s newspaper. “Anyone who cares about the economic viability of New York State should be troubled by these two decisions,” Nocera wrote. “It is fracking — despite risks — that has the potential to boost struggling communities, by providing well-paying, middle-class jobs. Casinos, meanwhile, are a road to nowhere. The…
NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC SAYS Frack Ban May Embolden Other States To Follow Suit While two dozen U.S. municipalities and at least two countries, Bulgaria and France, have also adopted bans, states have been slower to act. Fracking opponents say New York, which surprised them Wednesday with the boldest move of any state so far, will change that. “It definitely has a national political impact … It really has a domino effect,” says Deb Nardone, director of the Sierra Club’s Keeping Dirty…
Ommegang Praises Governor’s Choice Of Clear Water Over ‘Shortterm Interests’ COOPERSTOWN – Brewery Ommegang issued a statement a few minutes ago congratulating Governor Cuomo on his decision to ban fracking in New York State, saying “the legacy of clean water should take precedence over shortterm interests.” Here is the statement in full: “Brewery Ommegang congratulates Governor Andrew Cuomo who, heeding the advice of Department of Health commissioner Howard Zucker and Department of Environmental Conservation commissioner Joe Martens, has prohibited hydraulic…
Fracking Foes Rejoice At News Of State Ban SLIDE SHOW: JOIN THE CELEBRATION AT CAFE OMMEGANG …
Allstadt: Evidence Against Fracking Is Overwhelming COOPERSTOWN – Lou Allstadt was shopping for shoes about 1:15 when the Governor’s Office phone number popped up on his cell phone. The news – that Governor Cuomo had decided to ban fracking in New York State – was being delivered by a governor’s aide to the county’s – and one of the state’s – most formidable opponents of the controversial gas-extraction process. “The evidence was overwhelming,” Allstadt said a few minutes later. “I’ve…
NEW YORK BANS FRACKING FOLLOW MORE LINKS TO ARTICLES ON CUOMO’S FRACKING DECISION…
Cuomo: Fracking Decision Due By Year’s End Gov. Andrew Cuomo today said on WAMC’s “The Capitol Pressroom” he expects a decision on hydraulic fracturing for natural gas will be made before the end of the year, suggesting that the Department of Health’s fracking review will reach some sort of determinative conclusion, lohud.com is reporting.…
Anti-Frackers Occupy FERC Offices In D.C. One-hundred anti-fracking protesters, some from central New York, closed FERC’s office in Washington D.C. this morning, and 25 have been arrested.…
HIGH COURT WON’T REVISIT ANTI-FRACKING DECISION The state Court of Appeals, New York’s highest court, decided today it will not rehear Norse Energy’s challenge to the Town of Dryden fracking ban, Associated Press is reporting. The court ruled last springt to support Dryden and the Town of Middlefield’s zoning laws prohibiting fracking within town limits.…