The New York State Senate Passes Gas Drilling Moratorium Bill
August 4, 2010 by The Catskill Chronicle
YOUNGSVILLE, NY – The fight to prevent unsafe gas drilling in New York State received a huge boost last night when at 12:17 a.m. the New York State Senate passed a bill that would impose a moratorium on granting permits for hydrofracking until May 15, 2011.
The bill, sponsored by Senator Antoine Thompson (D-Buffalo), was passed by a margin of 48-9. The vote had strong bipartisan support and included 15 Republicans.
The next step is for the Assembly version of the bill (A11443-b) to be voted on by the Assembly when they return from their summer break after September 15th.
Many had considered the bill "dead on arrival", but legislators were positively affected by the unrelenting efforts of Catskill Mountainkeeper and a broad coalition of environmental and grass roots partners.
According to Wes Gillingham who managed Mountainkeeper’s field efforts to generate public support for the bill, and was on the Senate Floor this morning pushing up to the last minute "this important step is a tremendous display of what can happen when citizens stand up and take action."
It is very important to note that the passage of this bill by the State Senate does not make this a done deal. The bill must now be passed by the Assembly and signed by the Governor.
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The New York State Senate Passes Gas Drilling Moratorium Bill
August 4, 2010 by The Catskill Chronicle
YOUNGSVILLE, NY – The fight to prevent unsafe gas drilling in New York State received a huge boost last night when at 12:17 a.m. the New York State Senate passed a bill that would impose a moratorium on granting permits for hydrofracking until May 15, 2011.
The bill, sponsored by Senator Antoine Thompson (D-Buffalo), was passed by a margin of 48-9. The vote had strong bipartisan support and included 15 Republicans.
The next step is for the Assembly version of the bill (A11443-b) to be voted on by the Assembly when they return from their summer break after September 15th.
Many had considered the bill "dead on arrival", but legislators were positively affected by the unrelenting efforts of Catskill Mountainkeeper and a broad coalition of environmental and grass roots partners.
According to Wes Gillingham who managed Mountainkeeper’s field efforts to generate public support for the bill, and was on the Senate Floor this morning pushing up to the last minute "this important step is a tremendous display of what can happen when citizens stand up and take action."
It is very important to note that the passage of this bill by the State Senate does not make this a done deal. The bill must now be passed by the Assembly and signed by the Governor.
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