Category: New York
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Anti-Fracking Activist Sandra Steingraber’s Pursuit of a Healthy Environment
ECOWATCH — “The biggest obstacle in our way, not to diminish the power of the oil and gas industry, which I fully acknowledge is the wealthiest and most powerful industry on the planet, but it’s really the advanced resignation of the people that they are about to run over that is my biggest problem right…
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Three Arrested at Court Appearance for Protesting Fracking Infrastructure Storage Site
THE FINGER LAKES CLEANWATERS INITIATIVE / COALITION TO PROTECT NEW YORK — More than 150 people packed the Town of Reading Court in New York on April 17 to witness what they believe is a shocking miscarriage of justice. Three members of a group dubbed the “Seneca Lake 12” were sentenced to jail terms for…
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Stopping LNG Exports Key to Preventing the Spread of Fracking
ECOWATCH — Here’s the nightmare scenario: LNG exporters, together with their gas-producing partners in the shale gas fields, are forced to take all of the necessary steps to ensure they don’t default on the terms of …
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NYC Mayoral Hopeful Calls for Fracking Moratorium
ECOWATCH — At a rally held by New Yorkers Against Fracking today, Public Advocate and NYC mayoral candidate Bill de Blasio said, “The eyes of the nation are …
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Green Festival NYC April 19 – 21
GREEN FESTIVAL — A joint project of Green America and Global Exchange, Green Festival is a non-profit event going strong for over ten years with over a million attendees nationwide. The NYC event is once again expected to draw …