Frackwatch: NYS Sen. Carlucci Asks DEC About “Halliburton Exception”

July 11, 2011
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Frackwatch: NYS Sen. Carlucci Asks DEC About “Halliburton Exception”

Wondering if your water is healthy to drink? So do we. That’s why we’re grateful State Senator David Carlucci stepped up Friday to proactively and publicly ask the State Department of Environmental Conservation Commissioner Joe Martens why we exempted NYC’s water supply from the risks of hydrofracking but not the water supplies in other...

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NY State Pensions Invested $1B In HydroFrackers

June 6, 2011
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A review of NYS pension investments as of March 2010 turned up about $1 billion invested in hydrofracking companies, as Gannett investigator Jon Campbell reports here. $72 million to Chesapeake Energy Corp. $145 million in Schlumberger Ltd. $15 million went to Chesapeake/Cabot Oil & Gas Corp. $30 million to Southwestern Energy Company Hundreds of...

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Teachers to Protest Katonah Plan to Hire Embattled Wisconsin Schools Superintendent

April 25, 2011
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Alarm bells went off as Hudson Valley teachers and parents heard the Katonah-Lewisboro Board of Ed was making final arrangements to hire New Berlin, WI schools superintendent Dr. Paul Kreutzer as their next superintendent. From their statement: In recent days Dr. Kreutzer has been painted by some in our Teachers Union as bad for...

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Cuomo Taps Pro-Hydrofracking Lobbyist To Head NY Business Development Council

April 11, 2011
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Late last week Gov. Andrew Cuomo nominated Kenneth Adams as CEO of the state’s Empire State Development Corp to change the leadership structure of the agency that directs the state’s economic development strategy. Adams will create 10 competing Regional Economic Development Councils across the state alongside Lt. Governor Duffy. Adams will also serve as...

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