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A Pooping Bird Shut Down Half The Indian Point Nuclear Power Plant
Ban birds.
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Nathan Tempey
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NYC Considers Ban On All Fracking Byproducts
It targets a loophole that allows some forms of fracking to continue.
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Miranda Katz
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Upstate New York Secessionists Demand Freedom From City They Mooch Off Of
They get to stockpile guns and poison their drinking water. We get to keep our tax money. What could go wrong?
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Nathan Tempey
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Cuomo Finally Bans Fracking In NY, Mark Ruffalo Rejoices
"I consider the people of the state of New York as my patients,” said Howard Zucker, the acting commissioner of health. “We cannot afford to make a mistake. The potential risks are too great. In fact, they are not fully known.”
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John Del Signore
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Cuomo Just Made A Few Minor Tweaks To This Fracking Report
New York commissioned this methane groundwater study because Pennsylvania failed to.
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Christopher Robbins
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Officials Confirm Fracking Caused Water Contamination In Pennsylvanian Wells
Contamination ran the gamut from wastewater spills to methane gas contamination to and wells running dry, rendering the water undrinkable.
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Rebecca Fishbein
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New York Towns Can Ban Fracking, Appeals Court Rules
New York towns win some self-determination against oil companies.
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Alexandra Svokos
News
A Massive Rockaway Gas Pipeline Is Being Built Right Under Our Beaches
The company building the pipeline, and its parent company, have a long and checkered safety record.
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Gothamist Staff
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Video: Could Natural Gas Pipeline Really Blow Up The West Village?
Is this something we should be worried about, or are the anti-Spectra people scaremongering?
By
Ben Yakas
Arts & Entertainment
Video: Yoko Ono Uses Lennon Song In New Anti-Fracking Ad
t doesn't look like Governor Cuomo will be making moves to ban hydrofracking anytime soon, so Ono's made a new ad calling him out, and she's using late husband John Lennon to amplify her message.
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Rebecca Fishbein
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