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6 Dec 2011

Author:
Mike Benard in SustainabilityHQ

Voices from the Shale - 6,000 Attend DEC Public Hearings on Hydraulic Fracturing in New York

Nearly 6,000 people attended eight public hearings in four cities on the subject of high-volume hydraulic fracturing, sponsored by the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC)...Nadia Steinzor, Marcellus Regional Organizer for Earthworks’ Oil & Gas Accountability Project...noted: “One of the biggest holes in the SGEIS [Supplemental Generic Environmental Impact Statement] is a complete failure to analyze health impacts...