New York Fracking Ban
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This week on The Daily Beat: We are doing an investigation into hydro-fracking and the success of New York State in banning the process.
Courtesy of CREDO Action
Today on the Daily Beat, Monday June 15, 2015: Today we will be speaking with Megan Ahearn, spokesperson for the New York Public Interest Research Group (NYPIRG). Ahearn will speak to us about the lengthy process in getting the SGEIS or the report of the impacts of hydro-fracking to fully encompass it’s potential dangers to prove the hazard of fracking. This has been paramount to Cuomo’s decision to ban fracking in New York.
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