New York State has formally banned fracking . The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation ( NYSDEC ) issued the last written document this week ( June 30 ) after a seven - year environmental and health inspection .
“ After years of exhaustive research and examination of the science and fact , prohibiting high - intensity hydraulic fracturing is the only sensible alternative , ” department Commissioner Joe Martens said in the officialstatement .
“ mellow - loudness hydraulic fracturing poses substantial adverse encroachment to demesne , aura , weewee , born resources and likely significant public health impact that can not be adequately palliate . This decisiveness is reproducible with NYSDEC ’s military mission to conserve , improve and protect our state ’s natural resource , and to enhance the health , safety and benefit of the people of the land . ”
New York has significant sum of throttle resourcefulness as piece of its site on the gas - rich Marcellus shale formation . The fracking ban is not permanent , and could be repealed . Environmentalists who were entranced with the opinion require law courtship from opponents , especially from petroleum and gaseous state groups .
" Hydraulic fracturing is a proven , 60 - plus - class - old process that has been done safely in over 1 million American wells , " said Karen Moreau , executive managing director of the New York branch of the American Petroleum Institute , theAssociated Pressreports . " Surging production of natural accelerator pedal is a major reason U.S. carbon emissions are near 20 - year lows . "
Actor Mark Ruffalo , who is also an consultive board member of Americans Against Fracking , applauded the Cuomo Administration for their determination to ban fracking . He aver in a statement that the governor had “ set a common law ” by considering the skill and “ doing what ’s estimable for the mass , not the special interests of Big Oil and Gas,”Ecowatchreports .
“ Along with many New Yorkers , I look onward to working on advancing renewable Department of Energy and efficiency , showing the populace that a sporting , healthy , renewable energy future is potential . Today I ’m lofty and thankful to be a New Yorker , ” he added .
