New York Governor Andrew Cuomo has said repeatedly that, in making the decision on whether to allow horizontal hydrofracking in New York State, he wants to rely on “science, and not emotion.” He is relying on the NY Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) to give him that science – but an array of documents suggest the Governor is being badly served.
Documents recently uncovered by Environmental Working Group shine a unique spotlight on privileged access granted to gas industry lobbyists by DEC officials with regards to fracking.
Some of the most important conversations revealed in pages have little to do with debate over the science of fracking’s environmental footprint – and everything to do with the politics of ending New York’s temporary moratorium and allowing shale gas fracking to move forward in the state.
Governor Andrew Cuomo has gone to great lengths to present the course his . . . → Read More: DeSmogBlog: Science Trumped by Politics In Cuomo’s NY Fracking Plans?