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Cuomo to Ban Fracking in New York State, Citing Health Risks
Cuomo to Ban Fracking in New York State, Citing Health Risks ^
| DEC. 17, 2014
| By JESSE McKINLEY
Posted on 12/17/2014 10:03:02 AM PST by Behind Liberal Lines
ALBANY The Cuomo administration announced Wednesday that it would ban hydraulic fracturing in New York State, ending years of uncertainty by concluding that the controversial method of extracting gas from deep underground could contaminate the states air and water and pose inestimable public-health risks...
That conclusion was delivered publicly during a year-end cabinet meeting called by Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo in Albany. It came amid increased calls by environmentalists to ban fracking, which uses water and chemicals to release natural gas trapped in deeply buried shale deposits.
(Excerpt) Read more at nytimes.com ...
TOPICS: Breaking News; Business/Economy; US: New York
KEYWORDS: ban; coal; cuomo; energy; fracking; frackingban; natgas; naturalgas; ny
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To: ifinnegan
How can a Governor just ban something? Whenever they think they can get away with it?
All it takes is for the people to ignore it. What are they gonna do, send in the anti-frac swat team?
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posted on
12/17/2014 11:17:31 AM PST
by
unixfox
(Abolish Slavery, Repeal the 16th Amendment)
To: Behind Liberal Lines
I grew up in Western New York (Rochester). It’s because of naked stupidity like this that I will NEVER go back. Not to mention the utterly insane taxes. And yet they never seem to get enough self punishment because they elect these imbeciles over and over again. I blame NYC but it’s still pretty bad across the state.
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posted on
12/17/2014 11:22:56 AM PST
by
navyguy
(The National Reset Button is pushed with the trigger finger.)
To: Behind Liberal Lines
Was there fracking planned in NY state?
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posted on
12/17/2014 11:42:49 AM PST
by
hattend
(Firearms and ammunition...the only growing industries under the Obama regime.)
To: Behind Liberal Lines
Cuomo, are you stupid? You want businesses to start up in NY state...except for Fracking businesses. I wouldn’t base a dog catcher business in NY State...
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posted on
12/17/2014 11:43:29 AM PST
by
ExCTCitizen
(I'm ExCTCitizen and I approve this reply. If it does offend Libs, I'm NOT sorry...)
To: C19fan
Good point...NYC is pure scum but folks need to remember the rest of the state isnt.....just not enough conservatives.
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posted on
12/17/2014 11:44:37 AM PST
by
rrrod
(at home in Medellin Colombia)
To: arthurus
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posted on
12/17/2014 11:45:01 AM PST
by
ExCTCitizen
(I'm ExCTCitizen and I approve this reply. If it does offend Libs, I'm NOT sorry...)
To: hattend
Was there fracking planned in NY state? The same formation that PA is fracking goes into the bottom half of Upstate NY from the PA border up till the NYS Thruway.
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posted on
12/17/2014 11:48:38 AM PST
by
C19fan
To: hattend
We vacationed in upstate NY in the 60s and 70s.
Shale all over the place.
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posted on
12/17/2014 11:50:47 AM PST
by
Mears
To: Behind Liberal Lines
Up next... DeBlasio for Governor!!! LOL!
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posted on
12/17/2014 11:57:14 AM PST
by
navyguy
(The National Reset Button is pushed with the trigger finger.)
To: Behind Liberal Lines
And after all, why should New York benefit from that evil energy source?
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posted on
12/17/2014 12:03:14 PM PST
by
DoughtyOne
(The question is Jeb Bush. The answer is NO!)
To: Behind Liberal Lines
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posted on
12/17/2014 12:08:41 PM PST
by
Zeppo
("Happy Pony is on - and I'm NOT missing Happy Pony")
To: cdga5for4
“If they [Democrats] had their choice the common folk would be riding around in rickshaws.”
No, the leftist elitist goal is for we common folk to pull the rickshaw as our elite masters are riding in them. We little people better start practicing dipping our head while touching our brow with our right hand to honor our betters as they pass by.
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posted on
12/17/2014 12:09:57 PM PST
by
RicocheT
(Only a few prefer liberty--the majority seek nothing more than fair masters. Sallust, Histories)
To: Mears; C19fan
So, New York, like California, can't wait to bankrupt themselves because they don't want oil revenue.
Libs are nothing if not short-sighted.
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posted on
12/17/2014 12:13:36 PM PST
by
hattend
(Firearms and ammunition...the only growing industries under the Obama regime.)
To: navyguy
Up next... DeBlasio for Governor!!! LOL!That's half the reason Prince Andrew did this: worries about DeBlasio running to his left and stealing the NYC base.
To: E. Pluribus Unum
Who knew being a Luddite would find adherents in the 21st century?
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posted on
12/17/2014 12:42:13 PM PST
by
Sam Gamgee
(May God have mercy upon my enemies, because I won't. - Patton)
To: Behind Liberal Lines
After the way DeBlasio has been mouthing off about the police lately, his security detail needs to take a very long lunch break so he has something else to worry about.
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posted on
12/17/2014 12:42:13 PM PST
by
Truth29
To: cdga5for4
I love how democrats are called progressives. Most of their policies are the antithesis of progressive.
I figured out a while ago that to figure out the truth where a leftist/liberal/commie/socialist is concerned, just look for the opposite of what they are saying.
progressive = regressive
equality = inequality
living wage = dead job
level the playing field = fill the field full of potholes
Affordable Care Act = Unaffordable Healthinsurance Act
and so on
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posted on
12/17/2014 12:42:21 PM PST
by
LostInBayport
(When there are more people riding in the cart than there are pulling it, the cart stops moving...)
To: C19fan
I’vw said for a long time now NYC and the immediate area should be split off into another state. same with the Weat coast in CA.
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posted on
12/17/2014 12:48:20 PM PST
by
matt04
To: C19fan
I drove from Connecticut to Cooperstown, in October. My pal and I were astonished at all the anti-Cuomo signs we saw (Re: SAFE Act). Our enthusiasm was tempered, when we realized that one square mile in Manhattan would out vote these folks :(
To: dfwgator
Listened to the meeting. Smarmy Dr. Quoting “unbiased” sources (LOL) Un Fracking Believable. Shut the lights out, Twilight Zone Closed for business (except heroin dealers)
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posted on
12/17/2014 12:57:44 PM PST
by
Shady
(We are at war again......this time for our lives...)
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