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By WP Newsroom on Tuesday, Jan. 26, 2010 - 12:09 pm
A new documentary on hydrofracking gets serious love from Variety mag's Robert Koehler:
Who could have anticipated that one of the most effective and expressive environmental films of recent years would be the work of a Gotham theater director who's never... Read more
By WP Newsroom on Tuesday, Jan. 26, 2010 - 12:24 am
Lest anyone doubt the passion and commitment of the protestors at today's dueling rallies on the issue of natural-gas drilling in New York State, let the record state: It was January, and it was raining, and it was in Albany. Enough said.
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By WP Newsroom on Monday, Jan. 25, 2010 - 11:26 am
NYC mayor Michael Bloomberg's in the capital, telling state legislators how bad the governor's proposed budget is for Noo Yawk.
Meanwhile, citizens from across the state are rallying both for and against natural-gas drilling in the Marcellus Shale, an... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Wednesday, Jan. 20, 2010 - 9:47 pm
Both friends and foes of natural-gas drilling in the Marcellus Shale in New York plan to rally at the Capitol building in Albany next Monday.
Catskill Mountainkeeper, Environmental Advocates of New York and other anti-drilling groups are organizing buses... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Wednesday, Jan. 20, 2010 - 1:12 pm
Well, that didn't take long. The ink was barely dry on Gov. David Paterson's proposal to slap a three percent tax on gas revenues from the Marcellus and Utica shales when IOGA-NY issued a statement condemning it.
Brad Gill, IOGA of NY executive director,... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Monday, Jan. 11, 2010 - 1:18 pm
The New York Daily News editorial department doesn't want natural-gas drilling in the New York City watershed. Really, really doesn't want it.
Absolutely, positively and inscribed in stone, Gov. Paterson must bar any thought of putting the city water... Read more
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