Posted May 18, 2012 by Kate Sinding in Curbing Pollution, Health and the Environment
On Wednesday, Vermont Gov. Peter Shumlin signed a law to ban fracking for natural gas in the state, making it the first in the nation to adopt such a measure. The legislature's overwhelming decision in favor of the ban, made...continued→
Posted May 9, 2012 by Kate Sinding in Curbing Pollution, Health and the Environment
We have been saying for some time that New York’s Department of Environmental Conservation has not adequately considered how to manage the potentially billions of gallons of highly contaminated wastewater that would be generated should the state approve new high-volume...continued→
Posted April 12, 2012 by Kate Sinding in Curbing Pollution, Health and the Environment
Several recent media reports have described plans by a Canadian gas company, GasFrac Energy Services, Inc., and the Tioga County Landowners Association to drill gas wells using the unconventional technique of fracturing with liquefied petroleum gas (LPG). Troublingly, representatives of...continued→
Posted March 29, 2012 by Kate Sinding in Health and the Environment, Living Sustainably
One year after the state passed what is considered to be among the nation’s most progressive laws to help consumers recycle old electronics for free, a report assessing initial progress shows its success on the ground varies significantly depending on...continued→
Posted March 28, 2012 by Kate Sinding in Curbing Pollution, Health and the Environment
By now, everyone knows that fracking is a controversial technology used increasingly in oil and gas development in the United States and, potentially, around the world. Its impacts are far-ranging – causing or contributing to drinking and surface water pollution,...continued→
Posted March 19, 2012 by Kate Sinding in Health and the Environment
Water taken from a Dimock well on March 16, 2012. Last Thursday, the Environmental Protection Agency’s Region 3 office issued an odd, informal announcement stating that preliminary water testing results for eleven of the sixty-one Dimock, PA homes tested...continued→
Posted January 20, 2012 by Kate Sinding in Environmental Justice
An announcement yesterday from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency brought a welcome patch of good news for the residents of Dimock: the federal agency will use its authority under the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liabilty, Act (also known as...continued→
Posted January 12, 2012 by Kate Sinding in Curbing Pollution
Yesterday marked the close of the public comment period on NY's environmental impact study and proposed regulations for new fracking. As expected, the response to this controversial proposal was overwhelming. Although we have not yet seen an official tally, it is...continued→
Posted January 10, 2012 by Kate Sinding in Curbing Pollution
Tomorrow marks the last official moment for New Yorkers across the state to speak up and have their opinions heard about the current proposal for the expansion of fracking here. The public comment period for the state’s environmental impact study...continued→
Posted December 5, 2011 by Kate Sinding in Curbing Pollution
Recently, I blogged how on how the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection was planning to allow Cabot to terminate its provision of fresh, drinkable water to the residents of Dimock, PA on November 30. Since the contamination of Dimock groundwater...continued→
Posted November 29, 2011 by Kate Sinding in Curbing Pollution
Tomorrow night is the final of four hearings being held by the NYS Department of Environmental Conservation (details here and below) on its most recent proposal to allow new fracking across major parts of the state. This is NYC residents’...continued→
Posted November 23, 2011 by Kate Sinding in Curbing Pollution, Environmental Justice, Health and the Environment, U.S. Law and Policy
Water deliveries to Dimock residents, like the truck delivery shown here, may be cut off less than a week after Thanksgiving It’s been over a year since my last post on Dimock, PA, highlighting former Secretary of the...continued→
Posted November 21, 2011 by Kate Sinding in Curbing Pollution
Good news! On Friday, the Delaware River Basin Commission (DRBC) cancelled its scheduled vote to approve new rules governing fracking in the Delaware River Basin – effectively ensuring that this exceptional watershed will remain off-limits to this risky industrial practice...continued→
Posted August 12, 2011 by Kate Sinding in Curbing Pollution
Next week will mark the first meeting of the advisory panel appointed by the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation to provide input on several matters of primary importance if the state decides to move forward with a program...continued→
Posted July 11, 2011 by Kate Sinding in Curbing Pollution
Last Friday, Governor Cuomo’s Department of Environmental Conservation released its as-yet-incomplete revised draft environmental review on proposed new fracking (the so-called “Preliminary Revised Draft Supplemental Generic Environmental Impact Statement” or “revised DSGEIS”). As I blogged a little over a week...continued→
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