We’ve been meaning to spend much, much more time on the issue of proposed natural gas drilling in the watershed that provides NYC’s drinking water. Fortunately, Abrahm Lustgarten at ProPublica has been doing some bang-up reporting on the issue:
Alarms have been ringing for months about the risk that natural gas drilling poses to drinking […]
Tag Archive 'hydrofracking'
Gennaro on Hydrofracking
Posted in Water on Mar 18th, 2009
WPIX Channel 11 ran a short piece on the natural gas hydrofracking threat to our drinking water supply.
Council Member James Gennaro (and according to this clip, a former geologist–who knew?) has been all over this for awhile now. Here’s a petition he’s put online.
Don’t Drill for Gas in Our Water Supply
Posted in Water on Mar 5th, 2009
Missed the press conference this morning, but this is definitely worth supporting. Kudos to Gennaro for taking the important stand against hydrofracking (fracking!) in the NYC water supply:Councilmembers & Environmental Advocates
To Call Upon New Yorkers To Support
Ban on Gas Drilling in Drinking Water Supply
Asking Community Boards and Every New York City Resident to
Adopt City Council […]
Special event all about gas drilling and water safety:
Special event tonight on Gas Drilling and Water Safety
7:30pm at the Park Slope United Methodist Church, 410 Sixth Avenue at 8th St.
Panel discussion with
Albert Appleton, former NYC DEP Commissioner, Senior Fellow - Regional Plan Association
James Brennan, NYS Assembly member
Joe Levine, co-founder, Damascus Citizens […]