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A Master Class on Fracking (and earn CME credits)

Apr 11, 2013BeateePollutionfracking, health experts, health hazards, New York, pollution, toxic fracking fluid

You have probably heard a lot over the past couple years about fracking and natural gas. Proponents of fracking say: • The natural gas boom will make the US energy independent. • Natural gas is the bridge fuel that will help us stop climate change and fracking helps us get there faster. • Fracking is

In New York, the 11th Hour in the Fight Against Fracking

Feb 12, 2013BeateeChemical Policy, Pollutionenvironment, fracking, health, New York, water

It is an anxious and exciting time here in New York. We are in what health advocates are calling the 11th hour in determining the fate of New York and whether natural gas hydraulic fracturing (fracking) will take place in the state. New York State Governor Andrew Cuomo and the Department of Environmental Conservation have