WS POL PUSHES DRILLING MORATORIUM

Written by admin on October 6, 2010. Posted in News & Features West Side Spirit, Notes From the Neighborhood west side spirit

By Dan Rivoli An Upper West Side state lawmaker wants a moratorium on the “hydrofracking” method of drilling for natural gas near the city’s water supply. Assembly Member Daniel O’Donnell asked for the suspension on drilling in New York State in an Oct. 1 letter to Gov. David Paterson, and state and city environmental commissioners
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NEW DRILLING RULES ANNOUNCED

Written by admin on April 28, 2010. Posted in News & Features West Side Spirit, Notes From the Neighborhood west side spirit

New regulations announced April 23 were designed to end natural gas drilling near New York City’s drinking water source. But the rules have sparked a backlash among environmental advocates, who claim that the state Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) missed an opportunity to ban drilling near the city’s water supply altogether
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A NEW SUBTERRANEAN WAY

Written by admin on February 11, 2010. Posted in News & Features West Side Spirit, Notes From the Neighborhood west side spirit

A view looking north through a completed section of the No. 7 subway line extension. Farther down the tunnel, a drilling machine is heading north from West 34th Street to West 42nd Street to create the new extension that will connect the line to the Hudson Yards vicinity. For more subway construction photos, visit our
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The Dangers of Drilling

Written by admin on December 18, 2009. Posted in Editorial, Opinion and Column

The state is currently collecting public comments on a proposal that would allow a certain type of natural gas drilling upstate, where the city gets its water supply. Now is the time for all New Yorkers—and especially Mayor Michael Bloomberg—to make their voices heard so this plan gets a much more in-depth evaluation before moving
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Local Push Against Upstate Drilling

Written by admin on December 18, 2009. Posted in News & Features West Side Spirit

As the recent owner of a 65-acre home in the Catskills, Dana DiPrima was dismayed to learn of a plan to mine natural gas in upstate New York. She enjoyed camping and fishing there as a child. “I said, ‘Drilling for gas, are you kidding me?’” DiPrima recalled. But as an Upper West Sider, her
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POLS PROTEST UPSTATE DRILLING

Written by admin on October 9, 2009. Posted in News & Features West Side Spirit, Notes From the Neighborhood west side spirit

When the state laid out rules on Sept. 30 for natural gas drilling upstate, elected officials miles away in New York City said, “kill the drill.” That is because the drilling, believed to contaminate water, would be allowed near watersheds where city residents get their drinking water. Borough President Scott Stringer, along with other city
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CALL FOR DRILLING HEARING

Written by admin on December 4, 2008. Posted in News & Features West Side Spirit, Notes From the Neighborhood west side spirit

Last week, State Sen. Tom Duane and James Gennaro, chair of the City Council’s Environmental Protection Committee, requested a New York City hearing on the impending drilling of the Marcellus Shale. The Marcellus Shale rock formation in upstate New York is a potential source of natural gas, which would only be accessible through a new
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