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Cuomo Should Allow Fracking Health Experts to Speak Publicly, Disclose Work

Tue, 05 Feb 2013 12:41:32 -0500

Governor Andrew Cuomo has stated on several occasions that science alone would determine his decision on whether to permit fracking in New York State. However, at yesterday's budget hearing, Commissioner Joseph Martens of the Department of Environ...

Statement Urging Legislature to Hold Health Commissioner Accountable on Fracking Stud

Tue, 29 Jan 2013 14:05:24 -0500

Tomorrow, Wednesday, January 30, 2013, Commissioner Nirav Shah of the New York State Department of Health (DOH) will appear before the Legislature to discuss Governor Cuomo's proposed budget. With the Governor's decision on fracking expected withi...

Statement re: Absence of Fracking Details in Gov's Budget Plan

Tue, 22 Jan 2013 16:48:31 -0500

Today, Governor Andrew Cuomo proposed his budget for the 2013–14 fiscal year. While the Governor has said he expects to reach a decision on whether to permit high-volume hydraulic fracturing ("fracking") in fewer than 40 days, today's proposal did...

Siena Poll: Majority Upstate Oppose Fracking

Thu, 17 Jan 2013 11:16:03 -0500

Statement from Katherine Nadeau, Water & Natural Resources Program Director, Environmental Advocates of New York:

New York Water Rangers, Assemblymembers Committed to Protecting NYS from Flawed Fracking Plan

Thu, 10 Jan 2013 16:44:25 -0500

New York Water Rangers partners joined with experts from across the state today at a New York State Assembly hearing on the Department of Environmental Conservation's (DEC) proposed High Volume Hydraulic Fracturing ("fracking") regulations and to ...

Cuomo Commits to Cutting Climate Pollution

Wed, 09 Jan 2013 16:38:47 -0500

"Just weeks after communities were ravaged by Superstorm Sandy – the third massive and deadly storm in just over 12 months – Governor Cuomo showed true leadership by speaking up on the need to fight climate change. In his State of the State addres...

Governor Vetoes EPF Bill, Must Include Support in Upcoming Budget Proposal

Tue, 18 Dec 2012 12:28:00 -0500

The following statement is released by Environmental Advocates of New York:

As Sandy Failures are Investigated, State Petitioned to Mandate Long-Term Hazard Plans for Public Utilities

Thu, 13 Dec 2012 11:28:23 -0500

New York-Superstorm Sandy left tens of thousands of New Yorkers without electricity, water or telecommunication services for weeks – and some communities are still waiting. We learned that public utilities had not created long-term plans to prepar...

Statement from Rob Moore re: the Senate Majority Coalition

Wed, 05 Dec 2012 16:01:47 -0500

"How will the new Senate Majority Coalition impact the environmental agenda, which takes on a new prominence and importance in the wake of Hurricane Sandy?

Public Has Cuomo's Back on Fighting Climate Pollution

Tue, 04 Dec 2012 10:27:45 -0500

"In the wake of Hurricane Sandy, Governor Cuomo boldly proclaimed that climate change is our new reality and that the State of New York has an obligation to fight climate pollution. If we are to make meaningful changes before the next annual once-...

Statement from the New York Water Rangers on Proposed Revised Fracking Regs

Thu, 29 Nov 2012 16:36:21 -0500

Attributable to the New York Water Rangers:

Statement from the New York Water Rangers on a Fracking Health Study

Fri, 16 Nov 2012 14:57:20 -0500

"The New York Water Rangers welcome the announcement of three highly reputable public health professionals, John Adgate, Lynn Goldman, and Richard Jackson, who have been selected to undertake the critically important task of reviewing the Departme...

Statement re: DOH Refusal to Share Details on Fracking Health Study

Fri, 16 Nov 2012 12:14:33 -0500

Yesterday, nearly two months after the state Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) announced it had completed a study on the public health impacts of fracking and were referring it to the Department of Health (DOH) for review, the Cuomo a...

Statement re: Governor Cuomo's Appointment of Review Panel for DEC Fracking Study

Thu, 15 Nov 2012 17:16:59 -0500

"We know that Mr. Adgate, Ms. Goldman, and Mr. Jackson have an enormous task in front of them in their review of the Department of Environmental Conservation's already-completed study on the public health impacts of fracking. All New Yorkers can b...

Lifelong Protector of the Hudson River, John Mylod, Honored by Environmental Advocates of New York

Wed, 14 Nov 2012 15:06:08 -0500

Mr. John Mylod, a man who has dedicated his life to protecting the beauty and fragility of the Hudson River, as well as the valley's environment and overall quality of life, has been honored by Environmental Advocates of New York for his many acco...

Statement re: LIPA Resignation

Wed, 14 Nov 2012 12:46:21 -0500

"It should not have taken a disaster of the magnitude of Superstorm Sandy to wake Governor Cuomo, Senator Skelos, Speaker Silver, and their appointees up to the fact that dramatic changes are critical. But it is better late than never, so long as ...

Statement on Impact of Climate Change in New York

Fri, 02 Nov 2012 11:07:25 -0400

"We cannot always know when or where a serious weather event will occur – or even what impacts such an event may have on our communities or environment – but we do know that we cannot wait until another disaster like Hurricane Sandy before our sta...

EPL/Environmental Advocates Releases Voters' Guide on Feeble Legislative Session

Wed, 03 Oct 2012 11:31:02 -0400

Documenting what was a largely unremarkable legislative session, EPL/Environmental Advocates has released its 2012 Voters' Guide demonstrating that this year was one of the least productive – and potentially most damaging – for our state's environ...

EPL/Environmental Advocates' Voters' Guide Documents Feeble 2012 Legislative Session

Tue, 02 Oct 2012 14:35:07 -0400

EPL/Environmental Advocates will announce the 2012 Oil Slick award "winner" – a legislator who has gone above and beyond in his or her hostility toward New York State's environment, during the release of the group's annual environmental Voters' Gu...

Environmental Watchdog Calls on Cuomo Administration to Clarify Fracking Process

Mon, 01 Oct 2012 12:42:10 -0400

On Friday, September 28, Governor Andrew Cuomo's Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) released a brief statement indicating that no regulations for high-volume hydraulic fracturing, or "fracking," would be finalized until Department of H...

Statement on "The Costs of Fracking" Report, MetLife Announcement

Thu, 20 Sep 2012 13:55:36 -0400

In response to the release of The Costs of Fracking by Environment New York, Environmental Advocates of New York released the following statement, attributable to Katherine Nadeau, Water & Natural Resources Program Director:

Travis Proulx Joins Environmental Advocates of New York as Communications Director

Thu, 20 Sep 2012 12:28:55 -0400

Albany-based watchdog Environmental Advocates of New York is pleased to announce that Travis Proulx, a former spokesman for the State Senate and Cuomo administration, has joined the group as its new Communications Director.

New Report: A Turning Point for New York's Offshore Wind Energy

Thu, 13 Sep 2012 12:01:36 -0400

New York State can create jobs while powering our homes and businesses with local, clean energy, but only if Governor Cuomo takes the right steps now, according to a new report released today by national and state business, environment, and energy...

Businesses, Groups, Elected Officials Call on Gov Cuomo to Build on Regional Climate Effort's Success

Thu, 09 Aug 2012 10:11:07 -0400

Fifty-seven New York-based groups and elected officials yesterday delivered a letter to Governor Andrew Cuomo calling on him to strengthen the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (nicknamed "RGGI"), the precedent-setting multi-state effort to reduc...

New Report: New York Fails to Oversee Oil and Gas Drilling, Enforce Laws

Tue, 17 Jul 2012 13:49:47 -0400

In response to a new report released by Earthworks' Oil & Gas Accountability Project-NYS DEC: Inadequate enforcement guarantees irresponsible oil and gas development (http://enforcement-ny.earthworksaction.org), which questions New York's abil...