tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2993321373300794743.post1688437576765702937..comments2023-10-04T09:04:40.798-04:00Comments on The Marcellus Effect: Will NY put a 1-year Moratorium on Fracking?Sue Heavenrichhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00550259613381458435noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2993321373300794743.post-47221514219614266452010-07-16T18:53:11.331-04:002010-07-16T18:53:11.331-04:00Who started the moratorium thing? WNy not a ban? t...Who started the moratorium thing? WNy not a ban? this seems very industry friendly and no one can explain how and why the moratorium position got put forward by some, instead of the widely popular ban position? Ideas?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2993321373300794743.post-17789918547502374542010-06-17T08:46:10.650-04:002010-06-17T08:46:10.650-04:00To clarify: the "slick water" of hydraul...To clarify: the "slick water" of hydraulic fracturing is new. Hydraulic fracturing is decades old in both the fossil fuel and water well drilling businesses.<br /><br />A list of the chemicals used (and their purposes) in slick water fracking can be found in the NYS draft SGEIS and is also online at the PA DEP site. Is this list complete? Probably not, because as Cornell professor and fracking expert Tony Ingraffea has pointed out, the gas companies will change the cocktail as soon as they have to reveal it publicly.Bill Chaissonhttp://www.hibernianweather.netnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2993321373300794743.post-480009878798911952010-06-15T10:35:31.884-04:002010-06-15T10:35:31.884-04:00Despite Mr. Gill's statement about the legisl...Despite Mr. Gill's statement about the legislative initiatives being rife with "inaccuracies and false assumptions," they're quite straightforward and follow basic tenets of the Precautionary Principle: 1. do no harm; and 2. an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure. Both those tenets are the underpinning of basic Conservative and Conservationist philosophies. (A full explanation of Assembly counterparts and others is at: http://lizjbucar.wordpress.com/?s=guntherLiz Bucarhttp://breathingispolitical.orgnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2993321373300794743.post-71674639953990598072010-06-15T10:07:13.766-04:002010-06-15T10:07:13.766-04:00Now is the time to not let up NY! In the press, i...Now is the time to not let up NY! In the press, in your communities, with your friends and neighbors, it's time to step up and defend our homeland.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2993321373300794743.post-21591650965536351802010-06-15T09:16:33.737-04:002010-06-15T09:16:33.737-04:00Thank you, Ms. Heavenrich, for clarifying what hap...Thank you, Ms. Heavenrich, for clarifying what happened in Albany yesterday. The Thompson bill is wimpy and arbitrary, but it does at least seem to acknowledge that the state has been inadequately informed and prepared in its haste to drill.<br /><br />One would think that watching the tragedy unfolding in the Gulf of Mexico would give people pause. But dollar signs flashing in eyes tend to blind people to risks, even to their food and water supply and their very children's health. Incomprehensible to those of us who care about others and the planet, but abundantly clear in the actions of so many, on the local, state, national, and international fronts.<br /><br />Now if only the DEC were responsible and trustworthy.Mauranoreply@blogger.com