Category: New York
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Shrouded in Secrecy: Industry Buries Fracking’s True Dangers
ECOWATCH — Wilber, author of the 2012 book Under the Surface: Fracking, Fortunes, and the Fate of the Marcellus Shale, said the natural gas industry is different than almost every other type of industry in terms of the exemptions and the nondisclosure agreements under which it operates. All of this secrecy …
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Let’s Give Clean Water a Chance
YOKO ONO — I was proud to be a part of the gathering of hundreds of clean water supporters at the recent Riverkeeper’s Fishermen’s Ball. It was a true celebration of the power of the grassroots movement for clean water and sustainable energy …
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Gutting of Industrial Dairy Farm Regulations Puts New York’s Water Quality at Risk
RIVERKEEPER–A coalition of environmental groups expressed their disapproval of Governor Andrew Cuomo’s announcement yesterday that the state will roll-back environmental regulations …
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New York’s New Abolitionists: The Fight to Stop Fracking
ELLEN CANTAROW — New York isn’t just another state. It has a history of legendary movements, from abolition and women’s suffrage in the nineteenth century to Occupy in the twenty-first. Its environmental campaigns have included …
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Big City Farmers Take to the Rooftops
YES! MAGAZINE — Brooklyn may not be the first place that comes to mind when you think of gardening. The dense population and high cost of land means there is precious little space for …