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Former U.S. Environmental Protection Administration administrator Lisa Jackson has testified there areno known instances where hydraulic fracturing fluid has ever communicated with groundwater.
Mayor Bloomberg, in releasing a 2012 study, said “n
atural gas is a low-cost, low-emissions fuel that makes
good economic and environmental sense.” He wrote, “upgrades to natural gas services are critical for NewYork City to improve air quality and public health.”
“With proper regulation and enforcement, gas provides a very substantial health benefit in reducing airpollution,” said
Daniel Schrag
, director of Harvard University’s Center for the Environment: March 5, 2013.
The U.S. Energy Information Administration last year concluded that CO2 emissions in America are at a20-year low, primarily due to increased natural gas use in electric generation.
A $1 million study ordered by the Fort Worth, Texas, City Council in 2011 concluded natural gasdevelopment in the Barnett Shale did not lead to adverse health effects in the city.
75,000 oil and gas wells have been drilled in New York; nearly 14,000 remain active. Those wells have nevercontaminated groundwater, according to the state DEC.
Royalty payments to Pennsylvania landowners “could top $1.2 billion for 2012,” according to an AP
analysis and the National Association of Royalty Owners. The association estimated that 2010 natural gasroyalty payments were $21 billion in gas-producing states.The science is in. The public can be assured that exploration for natural gas in New York is
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and has been
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safe,good for our environment and for our economy. Our
New
New York must now join the nation and embrace theexpansion of responsible natural gas development. We need your help.Respectfully submitted
on behalf of IOGA of NY’s members.
Brad GillExecutive DirectorIndependent Oil & Gas Association of New York
Devin BarronChristine DickinsonRichard NyahayMark Wendaur84 Lumber Co. (84 Energy Services)AECOM Technical Services, Inc.Airline Hydraulics CorpAJAX Integrated, LLCAJAX WirelineAllegro DevelopmentAlpha GeoscienceAmerican Refining Group IncAnderson Equipment Co.Anschutz Exploration CorpAppalachian Production ServicesAqua-Clear, IncARM Group Inc.Atlantic GreenfuelsAtlas Resource Partners, LPAxco Energy IncBaker HughesBakerCorpBarber & DeLine Energy Serv.Barrett Paving Materials Inc.Billman Geologic Consultants IncBiltekoff & Pullen, LLPBituminous Insurance Co.Blue Dot Services Inc.Blue Rock EnergyBond, Schoeneck & King, PLLCBradford Energy Capital, LLCBrico Technologies Inc.
