Voters in New York overwhelmingly support Gov. Andrew Cuomos announcement last week that he was imposing an indefinite statewide ban on fracking, says a Quinnnipiac poll. But the governors move is drawing fire from experts who say it was based on flawed science and from residents of struggling rural New York communities who say it will deny state residents the fruits of an economic boom that is transforming other parts of the United States, CNS News reports. Our rural communities are dying a slow, painful, poverty-stricken death, and hope is scarce, state Sen. Cathy Young, a Jamestown Republican, told the New York Post. Gov. Cuomos decision to ban exploration of our natural gas resources is a punch in the gut to the Southern Tier. Zucker clearly does not understand the first thing about fracking or drilling. If he understood fracking, he would know that we have been using that technique to enhance energy recovery in wells for over 60 years, said Trzupek, a chemist who has worked as an environmental consultant to industry for more than 25 years. Fracking is a proven, safe and completely understood method of stimulating a geological formation, not something scary or new, Trzupek said.
Posted on: Sat, 27 Dec 2014 15:48:03 +0000
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