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Tuesday, June 30, 2015

Under the Surface update tells backstory of NY frack ban Findings statement denouement of environmental epic

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On July 23, 2008, New York Governor David Paterson signed a bill authorizing his Department of Environmental Conservation to adjust regulati...
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Monday, March 9, 2015

More to come...

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I’m working on non-shale gas assignments through May 2015. Look for posts here again prior to the release of the updated ver...
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Tuesday, December 23, 2014

More on the history of New York’s fracking ban

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I accepted a recent assignment for the Press & Sun-Bulletin – recounting how fracking was stopped in New York – with feelings of both ea...
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Saturday, December 20, 2014

How Fracking Got Stopped in New York

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The following is an uncut version of an article I wrote the Press & Sun-Bulletin. The newspaper version, which ran on Dec. 21, 2014, was...
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Wednesday, December 17, 2014

Cuomo’s choice to ban fracking driven by science, politics

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Tonight, I was scheduled to cover a town board meeting in Windsor, New York, where officials were going to review a plan to change their zo...
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Tuesday, July 22, 2014

Pa. Auditor General finds state’s fracking oversight a fiasco Probe finds lack of inspections, enforcement, transparency

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Pennsylvania’s regulation of the shale gas boom has been underfunded, inconsistent and ineffective, according to an investigation by the sta...
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Friday, July 11, 2014

Global fracking debate: Coming soon to town hall near you Upstate NY localities face fallout from Home Rule decision

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Late last month, New York’s high court issued a ruling that put the debate over the merits and risks of shale gas development in the hands o...
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