New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo will lift the state’s ban on hydraulic fracturing, according to a story posted earlier today by the New York Times. Under a proposal posted this afternoon on the state’s Department of Environmental Conservation website, the state would maintain the ban on hydraulic fracturing in watersheds serving the New York City
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The Connecticut Department of Public Utility Control approved a rate increase request of approximately $5.6 million for Yankee Gas yesterday, substantially less than the $78.5 million the utility had sought. Yankee Gas Communications Manager Karen Samide told NaturalGasWatch.org that the funds generated by the rate increase will be used to improve the safety of the
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Methane drillers are sinking new hydraulic fracturing, aka fracking, wells at a rapid pace across the country. Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Lisa Jackson said her agency is working to develop new rules to regulate air pollution generated by natural gas drillers engaged in hydraulic fracturing, according to a story published today in the Aspen Daily
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On Sunday, the New York Times published a well-researched story, supported by a trove of documents such as emails between natural gas industry executives, market analyst reports and internal agency documents, questioning the claims made by natural gas industry executives about the productivity of their hydraulic fracturing wells and the size of the reserves locked
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A failure of the natural gas pipeline Spectra Energy is proposing to construct between New Jersey and New York City would produce costly and potentially lethal destruction of enormous magnitude, according to documents detailing a simulation of a pipeline incident obtained by NaturalGasWatch.org. The simulation, created by the City of Jersey City’s Office of Emergency
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Federal regulators recently cited a company that stores natural gas for distribution to the New York City metro market for multiple probable pipeline safety violations and inadequacies in safety plans and procedures, including a failure to demonstrate adequate protections against pipeline corrosion, according to documents obtained by naturalgaswatch.org. The company, Central New York Oil &
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Sometimes a couple of stories come along, from completely different sources, that precipitate a jaw-dropping sense of astonishment. This is one of those times. First, from the trade journal Occupational Health & Safety, a story posted on Saturday headlined, “New Rules Coming for Pipeline Control Rooms.” The story notes that: The U.S. Department of Transportation’s
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A group of New York-based actors appear in a video entitled, “I Love My NY Water,” aimed at educating people about the controversial drilling technique known as hydraulic fracturing, or “fracking,” as it has come to be known in the parlance of our times. Fracking is a procedure in which tens of thousands of gallons
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Regular readers of naturalgaswatch.org know that natural gas leaks caused by contractors normally are not featured in the “This Week in Natural Gas Leaks and Explosions,” because they happen with such disturbing regularity that if every instance were noted there would be no room for anything else. Every once in a while, though, an incident
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