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DOH "review" Campaign Summary
DOH "review" Campaign Summary
Beginning in November 2012, our grassroots campaign has successfully prevented completion of a New York State Department of Health (DOH) "review" of the "health impact analysis" in the Department of Environmental Conservation's Marcellus Shale Final Revised Draft Supplemental Generic Environmental Impact Statement (SGEIS).
The DOH "review" is critically important because no Final SGEIS can be adopted until the "review" is complete. New York's nearly six-year long shale fracking moratorium remains in effect until a Final SGEIS is adopted.
Due to the widespread opposition we organized to the DOH "review's" complete lack of public participation, the "review" has not been completed for 18 months.
More than 10,000 signatories to a series of detailed coalition letters, including more than 200 government officials, request that the DOH "review" be halted and that a comprehensive shale fracking "Public Health Impact Study" be conducted openly and transparently with full formal public participation.
The campaign has received extensive local, statewide, regional and national media coverage.
As a result, the DOH "review" is a major reelection campaign issue for Governor Cuomo.
Coalition Letters
Coalition Letter To Governor Cuomo Requests Termination of DEC Shale Gas Rulemaking Proposal as well as a Restart of SGEIS Proceeding
Media Coverage
Fracking opponents want broad health review
Review of fracking health risks sought
Fracking Foes Call on Cuomo to Restart Environmental Review
Many groups question health review & fracking delay
Cuomo: state to miss fracking deadline set for Thursday
Is Public Comment Period End of Fracking Review?
Panel: Important deadlines loom in New York fracking debate
Fracking Protesters Send Message to Governor
Cuomo unlikely to reveal fracking plans in State of the State address
Thousands gather in Albany for anti-fracking rally
Fracking Foe Calls On Health Experts to Push For Public Input
NY lawmakers want public input on fracking review
Lifton calls for further, public fracking review
Cuomo on fracking: Decision too important to rush
Campaign Launched to Require Formal Public Participation and Major Revisions for DOH Fracking Review
Coalition writes governor a letter against fracking
Fracktivists Push for Public Input
Fracking opponents want a say in the state's review of health impacts
Push for public comment on fracking review
Fracking roundup: Anti-frackers push Martens on health review; Pro-frackers tout Ed Rendell’s op-ed
Anti-fracking advocates sending letter to governor about health analysis
Fractivists Demand Health Study
Cuomo Deluged by 1,000+ Public Health Impact Study Letters
Activists Write Governor Cuomo on Health Impact Study
Fracking opponents send letters to Governor Cuomo
Cuomo: Decision On Fracking By 2014 Election
Drilling supporters and opposition press their case as Cuomo visits
Walter Hang Interview on WNBF Re: President Obama's 8/23/13 Visit to Binghamton
As Obama Visits Upstate New York, the Fracking Debate Takes Center Stage
Walter Hang Interview on WHAM Re: President Obama's 8/23/13 Visit to Binghamton
Anti-Frackers Respond to Cuomo's Comments
Protests planned for President’s visit
Obama heads to center of NY fracking debate
Walter Hang Interview on WNBF 8/20/13 Re: President Obama's Upcoming Binghamton Visit on 8/23/13
Obama to be Greeted by Anti Fracking Protesters In Upstate New York
Fracking panel member wants NY health review put on hold
Key Assembly Member On Fracking Panel Calls For Health Study Do-Over