Water
By Lissa Harris on Wednesday, Jan. 20, 2010 - 9:47 pm
Both friends and foes of natural-gas drilling in the Marcellus Shale in New York plan to rally at the Capitol building in Albany next Monday.
Catskill Mountainkeeper, Environmental Advocates of New York and other anti-drilling groups are organizing buses... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Wednesday, Jan. 20, 2010 - 1:12 pm
Well, that didn't take long. The ink was barely dry on Gov. David Paterson's proposal to slap a three percent tax on gas revenues from the Marcellus and Utica shales when IOGA-NY issued a statement condemning it.
Brad Gill, IOGA of NY executive director,... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Thursday, Jan. 14, 2010 - 1:44 pm
Drugs flushed down the toilet and ending up in drinking water is a growing problem nationwide. This week, New York Attorney General (and rumored gubernatorial hopeful) Andrew Cuomo went after five hospitals and nursing homes within the New York City... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Monday, Jan. 11, 2010 - 1:18 pm
The New York Daily News editorial department doesn't want natural-gas drilling in the New York City watershed. Really, really doesn't want it.
Absolutely, positively and inscribed in stone, Gov. Paterson must bar any thought of putting the city water... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Sunday, Jan. 10, 2010 - 1:19 pm
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Life's tough when your eggs sell for $250 a pound. The Atlantic sturgeon (Acipenser oxyrhynchus), whose prehistoric shape you might recognize from road signs... Read more
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