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May 9, 2012
Fracking Rules: Obama Administration Guidelines Don't Affect Most U.S. Land
As the fracking debate rages on in New York, Barack Obama's administration hasn't hidden the fact that it's pro-fracking, and widely publicized its decision to release environmental guidelines for the practice. Indeed, Interior Secretary Ken Salazar's announcement Tuesday that his department had OK ... More >>
Blogs
May 8, 2012
Utah Will Get Fracked!
There's so much fracking news across the country, it's hard to keep up with! As the debate over hydraulic fracturing in New York continues, U.S. Interior Secretary Ken Salazar just OKd a major gas drilling project in Utah, The Associated Press reports. Though some fracking is already taking plac ... More >>
Blogs
April 25, 2012
Will Fracking Spread Across America?
The Prez has hardly made it a secret that he supports fracking as part of his push for domestic oil and natural gas development, with the Obama administration announcing last week that it plans on setting environmental standards for hydraulic fracturing. And what happens in D.C. does not stay in D ... More >>
Blogs
April 18, 2012
NY Post Goes Fracking Crazy in Pro-Hydraulic Fracturing Editorial
The Post is a bit beside itself this morning, unable to process the position of fracking opponents. It's not simply that the editorial board disagrees with them and published an opinion piece explaining why -- the board can't wrap its head around the fact that dissenting opinion should have weight ... More >>
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April 11, 2012
Fracking Secrets: Hydraulic Fracturing Still Shrouded in Mystery
As Albany pols weigh the pros and cons of hydraulic fracturing, it seems like full disclosure of fracking practices remains iffy. Shortly after reports surfaced that physicians in Pennsylvania couldn't publicly discuss info about fracking chemicals, some New Yorkers have started to begging Departm ... More >>
Blogs
April 9, 2012
Are Fracking Chemicals a Secret? (UPDATE)
The health risks of hydraulic fracturing have been key in policymaking debates, with health advocates calling on legislators to assess fracking chemicals before allowing the polemic practice to take place. Friends of fracking, however, have pushed back against full disclosure: in Pennsylvania, for ... More >>
Voice Choices
April 4, 2012
HYDROFRACK OFF
The pros and cons of the practice
Blogs
March 30, 2012
Water Wars: What's Up With The Upstate-Downstate Debate?
The Times reports today on the "slow boil" over water issues now playing out between Upstate communities and New York City. Ulster County, for example, has been pissed at the City for years. The county says that it's unfairly had to endure "development bans, flooded basements and ruined crops" just ... More >>
Blogs
March 23, 2012
Will Woodstock Criminalize Hydraulic Fracturing?
From a report earlier today, it looks like Woodstock might try outlawing hydraulic fracturing -- the highly controversial natural gas extraction method that many fear will pollute New York's water supply with carcinogenic chemicals and radiation. The Town Board has decided to consider a proposal t ... More >>
Blogs
February 22, 2012
Hydrofracking Can Be Banned in Dryden, NY
A court decided yesterday that the upstate town of Dryden -- located in Tompkins county -- can bar hydrofracking -- marking a major win for fracking opponents. The New York Times reports that Dryden's battle began in August, when the town's board passed a zoning law that bans gas drilling w ... More >>
Blogs
February 3, 2012
Cool Interactive Map Shows You Which City Blocks Use the Most Electricity
A new interactive map tool, created by the Modi Research Group at Columbia University's School of Engineering and Applied Science, reveals some unsurprising patterns about New York City's energy consumption. The tool can tell you, down to individual buildings, which parts of the city used the most ... More >>
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February 2, 2012
Gasland Filmmaker Joshua Fox Arrested at Fracking Hearing, by Order of House Republicans
In an unprecedented move, House Republicans had a filmmaker arrested yesterday after he showed up to a public congressional hearing. The House Subcommittee on Energy and Environment was meeting to discuss the controversial topic of hydraulic fracturing, colloquially known as "fracking." When Joshua ... More >>
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January 27, 2012
Scott Stringer: Let's Put Solar Panels on School Roofs
Manhattan Borough President Scott Stringer, who is likely to run for mayor, released a report yesterday that called for the installation of solar panels on the roofs of city public schools. Releasing reports -- it's the thing to do if you want to be mayor, apparently! This one here is one of tho ... More >>
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January 27, 2012
Department of Environmental Protection Clarifies Fracking E-Mail (UPDATE)
Mayor Mike Bloomberg has had his share of public reservations about hydrofracking, urging government honchos to keep drilling far from NYC's water. The City's environmental agency is on board, too. But a strange little newsletter released this afternoon from the Department of Environmental Protect ... More >>
Blogs
January 24, 2012
Royally Fracked: Those 40,000 Comments on Hydraulic Fracturing Don't Change Anything
Remember how New York's citizens, many of them not too keen on having chemicals blasted into underground rock to extract natural gas, recently submitted 40,000 comments to the state's environmental agency? That public comment period on highly polemic hydraulic fracturing came to a close earlier th ... More >>
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January 12, 2012
Frack! EPA Voices Concerns About Hydraulic Fracturing
The Environmental Protection Agency says that New York should set limits to the amount of radiation that can be in fracking wastewater before the drilling starts, according to The Associated Press [via The Wall Street Journal]. The EPA announcement comes just as the state's Department of Environme ... More >>
Voice Choices
January 4, 2012
Seabrook Power Plant
The Environmental Protection Agency says that New York should set limits to the amount of radiation that can be in fracking wastewater before the drilling starts, according to The Associated Press [via The Wall Street Journal]. The EPA announcement comes just as the state's Department of Environme ... More >>
Blogs
November 1, 2011
Hot Dogs Against Fracking
Eat this choucroute to show you oppose fracking. Actually, it's choucroute against fracking. Bark Hot Dogs, in Park Slope, has teamed with the makers of the film Gasland and the anti-fracking group United for Action for a dinner and screening next Wednesday, November 9.
News
August 24, 2011
The Other Koch Brother
In the shadow of his brothers' Tea Party fame, Bill Koch seems almost like a normal billionaire.
Blogs
June 30, 2011
Cuomo Attempts to Lift Ban on Hydraulic Fracturing
When Governor Cuomo signed the landmark same sex marriage bill into law last week, you probably thought, "There's no way the 'gov is topping this." Guess again! The New York Times reports his administration will announce their attempt to lift what is effectively a statewide ban on hydraulic f ... More >>
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June 17, 2011
Solar Power Could Energize Half of NYC
Yesterday, the City University of New York's graduate center in Manhattan hosted a "Solar Summit" where researchers and programmers announced the launch of the NYC Solar Map. The CUNY website describes the solar map as "an interactive online tool that will allow users to estimate solar energy ... More >>
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April 18, 2011
Today in El Diario: New Yorkers Shafted by Con Ed on "Green" Fund
Green flight: Energy fund leaves city Con Edison clients in New York have been billed for $342 million since 2004 to subsidize renewable energy. But less than 1 percent of that money -- $ 8 million -- has been used for area green electricity projects, the Spanish-language daily reports. New ... More >>
Blogs
April 3, 2011
BP Wants to Get Back to Drilling in Gulf Of Mexico
BP is petitioning U.S. regulators to continue drilling in the Gulf of Mexico less than a year after the massive oil spill that killed 11 workers and caused massive environmental damage. The deal would be that BP would be able to resume pre-existing drilling operations in the Gulf in exchange for ... More >>
Blogs
March 22, 2011
Klaus Jacob, Columbia Disaster Expert: Why Closing Indian Point Makes Sense
In October 2008, the Voice profiled Klaus Jacob, Columbia University's expert on urban environmental disasters. In that story, we examined how the Ivy League school had ignored warnings by its own expert about expanding into areas subject to flooding because of climate change. Today we talke ... More >>
Blogs
March 13, 2011
Rightbloggers Find the Lesson of the Japanese Disaster: We Need More Nuclear Power Plants! (Plus Obama Sux!)
Last week Japan was hit by earthquake, tsunami, and volcano. As the country tries to come back from this series of disasters, donations are pouring in from world citizens. Rightbloggers are doing their part, too. They're using the catastrophe as a teachable moment to explain that Obama sucks, glob ... More >>
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February 21, 2011
Earth Will Be Crowded, Hungry, and Full of Human-Robot Porn in 2050
The United Nations is predicting that Earth may be "unrecognizable" in 2050 due to the rise of population and the increase in demand for food. The population is expected to jump from seven billion to nine billion by that year. Yahoo quotes Jason Clay of the World Wildlife Fund as saying, "We ... More >>
Blogs
June 23, 2010
Amateur Bed-Stuy Scientist Embodies 'Do or Die' Ethos with Amateur Nuclear Reactor
"Cute nerd alert!" notes Daily Intel's assessment of Bed-Stuy resident Mark Suppes, a guy who, the BBC explains, works on web-development for Gucci by day and his homemade nuclear reactor by night. Which is great, because what we really need to do is encourage him.
Blogs
June 10, 2010
Scott Stringer, Working Families Circulate Petition Opposing Drilling That Could Poison New York's Drinking Water
More refreshing without the natural gas drilling.While oil drilling has made a sorry wreck of the Gulf coast, another kind of drilling could threaten New York's water supply.
News
January 12, 2010
City Universities Are Part of Bloomberg's Green Jobs Vision
More refreshing without the natural gas drilling.While oil drilling has made a sorry wreck of the Gulf coast, another kind of drilling could threaten New York's water supply.
Blogs
October 4, 2008
Vallone, Locals Protest Astoria Power Plant
More refreshing without the natural gas drilling.While oil drilling has made a sorry wreck of the Gulf coast, another kind of drilling could threaten New York's water supply.
Blogs
August 20, 2008
Earth Wind & Fire: Bloomberg Solicits Renewable Energy Ideas
More refreshing without the natural gas drilling.While oil drilling has made a sorry wreck of the Gulf coast, another kind of drilling could threaten New York's water supply.
News
August 1, 2006
Behind the Blackout
Thanks to deregulation, Queens merely a pawn in the utilities' board game
News
November 1, 2005
Drilling in Alaska: The Big Picture
U.S. oil eyes northern riches beyond the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge
Blogs
April 26, 2005
Got Oil?
U.S. oil eyes northern riches beyond the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge
News
March 15, 2005
Bush Digs Dry Well in Alaska
Glut of right wingers, dearth of oil
News
December 30, 2003
Hydrogen's Dirty Details
Cleaning Up: Bush's Pals, an Oligarch, and a Siberian Pollution Factory
News
September 2, 2003
Coal Dirt Cheap
New EPA Rule Threatens to Increase Local Pollution
News
May 27, 2003
It's Nucular
Republicans Plan a Hydrogen Economy—at Your Expense
News
January 28, 2003
Forget Your Problems, We're Preparing for a War
Republicans Plan a Hydrogen Economy—at Your Expense
News
July 30, 2002
Nuclear Waste Makes Haste
The Hazardous Roads to Yucca Mountain
News
May 28, 2002
Deep Time, Short Sight
Bracing for Yucca Mountain's Nuclear Forever
News
December 18, 2001
Unsafe at Any Price
If Terrorists Take Down Nuclear Plants, You Pay—By the Hundreds of Billions
News
August 7, 2001
Refill Madness
Hemp-Powered Car Rolls Its Own Fuel
News
June 5, 2001
Nation
Hemp-Powered Car Rolls Its Own Fuel
News
April 24, 2001
Sierra Club Scores Shrub's First 100 Days
Prez Not All Bad on Environment. Just Mostly.
News
March 20, 2001
Air Wars
Activists Struggle to Link Proposed Power Plants to Asthma
News
March 7, 2000
Shock Corridor
How a Long-Dormant Law Could Spark a Hudson Valley Power Plant Boom
News
November 30, 1999
Nation
How a Long-Dormant Law Could Spark a Hudson Valley Power Plant Boom
News
July 27, 1999
Tooth To Tell
Hamptonites Gather Baby Teeth To Fight Radiation
News
February 23, 1999
Scoop
Behind the White House Face-Lift
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