YOUNGSVILLE – “The Times Herald-Record today raised awareness of our campaign to have the New York State DEC withhold its final report on gas drilling using hydraulic fracturing until the EPA completes its new study’” says the Catskill Mountainkeeper.
In an article by Steve Israel titled "Environmental Group Wants Drilling Postponed", Israel writes:
New York should not issue new rules to allow gas drilling until a new federal study – which will take at least two years – determines whether that drilling is safe. So says a leading environmental group, Catskill Mountainkeeper, based in the western Sullivan County hamlet of Youngsville; the hamlet, like the rest of Sullivan and parts of Ulster, sits on the gas-rich Marcellus shale.
‘Why wouldn’t (the Department of Environmental Conservation) wait? It’s only common sense,’ says Ramsay Adams, Executive Director of Mountainkeeper, which like other local and national environmental groups – and New York City – says the horizontal drilling method of hydraulic fracturing, or "fracking," pollutes drinking water. Click here to continue reading the article.
“Now is the time to take action,” says the Catskill Mountainkeeper. “Despite the argument that the State will lose millions in the short-term, we have much more at stake in the long run if drilling using toxic chemicals is approved in New York State. We must press the New York State DEC to withhold their final SGEIS report until they have the advantage of reviewing the research done by the EPA.”
About Catskill Mountainkeeper
Catskill Mountainkeeper is a community based environmental advocacy organization, dedicated to creating a flourishing sustainable economy in the Catskills and preserving and protecting the area’s long term health. We address issues of water integrity for the Delaware and Susquehanna River Systems, the defense of the vast woodlands that encompass the Catskill Forest Preserve and the New York City Watershed as well as farmland protection. We promote "smart" development that balances the economic needs and concerns of the Catskill regions’ citizens and the protection of our abundant but exceedingly vulnerable natural resources.
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