Hundreds of people turned out to sound off to the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation to oppose hydraulic fracturing in the state, saying the risks to health, public safety and costs to property owners and businesses outweighed the benefits.
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At the public hearing held November 30, in New York City, the last before DEC will issue its decision, the overwhelming majority of opponents challenged the industry's claim of a 70-year supply of natural gas, how many jobs would be created, and the economic benefit drilling would have.
On the other hand, they raised questions about the secrecy of the chemicals used that could contaminate drinking water and cause illness, cited evidence that lenders would refuse to issue mortgages for homeowners in the vicinity of drilling.
Speaker after speaker asserted that the industry has provided no plan to mitigate against a calamity, or handle waste or deal with the risk of radon, a radioactive material released as a by-product in the process.
Our of 42 speakers in the afternoon session, all but two said New York State should ban hydrofracking.The Wholesale Marble Baroque Tile For Bathrooms causes include food
"This is a Trojan horse," one declared. Based on what happened in other parts of the country where hydrofracking has been used, out of 16,000 wells drilled, only 6% were productive. "That's a lot of environmental degradation to shoot a lot of blanks. Why do it?"
Others, citing the industry's claim to need to protect "trade secrets," said it was "unconscionable" that drillers would be allowed to keep secret the cocktail of chemicals they inject into the ground.
"The practice of hydrofracking is abject, systemized torture and murder for profit, plain and simple."
Another calculated that the amount of radioactivity released by the radon gas that would be delivered along with the natural gas would be "twice the magnitude EPA allows" at a rate that would contribute to 13,000 additional radon-induced deaths a year, more than 50% the current rate of 21,000 deaths a year.
Still another pointed to the fact that with New York State budget cuts, the DEC's staff has been cut to 19 to police 13,000 extraction wells now, and questioned how they could police tens of thousands new fracking wells.
"The state has no contingency plans and no manner of equipment to deal with an emergency" and no way to remove toxins from fracking waste that might contaminate water.
"There has been no public health analysis even though the chemicals are carcinogenic."
Speakers asserted that the economic impact of hydrofracking is vastly overstated, because the calculations have failed to take into account the impact on tourism, agri-business, wineries, property values and property taxes, as well as the lost ability to develop land because of the criss-crossing of pipelines.
"The economic benefits are exaggerated; costs are ignored," a woman said. "tourism will be negative impacted, but not taken into account. Major food coops won't buy from the producers. There is no attempt to a calculate the health costs. It is well known that the extraction industry creates a boom/bust, why is that not included? How will the spider web of pipelines hurt future development? Banks may not issue mortgages on property, and what will plummeting property values have on property tax revenue collection?"
"Property values plummet where fracking takes place," another asserted.
A spokesperson for agricultural producers and chefs told the two DEC representatives, "Fracking and farming do not mix. This is unacceptable to a huge portion of the agricultural heartland." Many who currently purchase from food producers in the region have put them on notice that their production "needs to be free of stigma."
The DEC is considering rulemaking to allow natural gas extraction companies to use the controversial method of gas extraction that involves injecting water and chemicals deep underground to fracture rock formations in order to release natural gas.Are you looking to accept credit cards for your Wholesale General Double Loading For Bathrooms type of business The agency has extended the public comment period to January 11, 2012.cold commissioning of the Wholesale Soluble Salt For Floor mill is expected to start
At the public hearing held November 30, in New York City, the last before DEC will issue its decision, the overwhelming majority of opponents challenged the industry's claim of a 70-year supply of natural gas, how many jobs would be created, and the economic benefit drilling would have.
On the other hand, they raised questions about the secrecy of the chemicals used that could contaminate drinking water and cause illness, cited evidence that lenders would refuse to issue mortgages for homeowners in the vicinity of drilling.
Speaker after speaker asserted that the industry has provided no plan to mitigate against a calamity, or handle waste or deal with the risk of radon, a radioactive material released as a by-product in the process.
Our of 42 speakers in the afternoon session, all but two said New York State should ban hydrofracking.The Wholesale Marble Baroque Tile For Bathrooms causes include food
"This is a Trojan horse," one declared. Based on what happened in other parts of the country where hydrofracking has been used, out of 16,000 wells drilled, only 6% were productive. "That's a lot of environmental degradation to shoot a lot of blanks. Why do it?"
Others, citing the industry's claim to need to protect "trade secrets," said it was "unconscionable" that drillers would be allowed to keep secret the cocktail of chemicals they inject into the ground.
"The practice of hydrofracking is abject, systemized torture and murder for profit, plain and simple."
Another calculated that the amount of radioactivity released by the radon gas that would be delivered along with the natural gas would be "twice the magnitude EPA allows" at a rate that would contribute to 13,000 additional radon-induced deaths a year, more than 50% the current rate of 21,000 deaths a year.
Still another pointed to the fact that with New York State budget cuts, the DEC's staff has been cut to 19 to police 13,000 extraction wells now, and questioned how they could police tens of thousands new fracking wells.
"The state has no contingency plans and no manner of equipment to deal with an emergency" and no way to remove toxins from fracking waste that might contaminate water.
"There has been no public health analysis even though the chemicals are carcinogenic."
Speakers asserted that the economic impact of hydrofracking is vastly overstated, because the calculations have failed to take into account the impact on tourism, agri-business, wineries, property values and property taxes, as well as the lost ability to develop land because of the criss-crossing of pipelines.
"The economic benefits are exaggerated; costs are ignored," a woman said. "tourism will be negative impacted, but not taken into account. Major food coops won't buy from the producers. There is no attempt to a calculate the health costs. It is well known that the extraction industry creates a boom/bust, why is that not included? How will the spider web of pipelines hurt future development? Banks may not issue mortgages on property, and what will plummeting property values have on property tax revenue collection?"
"Property values plummet where fracking takes place," another asserted.
A spokesperson for agricultural producers and chefs told the two DEC representatives, "Fracking and farming do not mix. This is unacceptable to a huge portion of the agricultural heartland." Many who currently purchase from food producers in the region have put them on notice that their production "needs to be free of stigma."
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