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More anti-fracking petitions make it to Albany

Apr 26, 2011 4:10 pm
Casey Seiler writes in this afternoon's Capital Confidential blog at the Times Union on petitions signed by 10,000 New Yorkers opposed to hydrofracking that were delivered to Gov. Andrew Cuomo's office April 26 by a group of college students and advocates sponsored by the New York Public Interest Research Group. "Advocates argue that the DEC needs to broaden the scope of the SGEIS to look at all the potential effects of the technique, and take more time to make sure the new permit process is comprehensive," Seiler writes. "The NYPIRG advocates, many of them college students, began chanting 'No fracking way!' as they strode from the LOB through the tunnel to the Capitol — a cheer briefly taken up by a class of middle-school students headed the other way." For the full story click here.