Environmental Activism Press Coverage

An environmental advocacy and consulting group is calling on the state Department of Environmental Conservation and Gov. Andrew Cuomo to deny Dominion Transmission's request for a water quality certification permit that is necessary to upgrade the company's pipeline.

Assemblywoman Barbara Lifton spoke about a moratorium on fossil fuel infrastructure in Binghamton earlier this month.

Assemblywoman Barbara Lifton (D/WFP-125th District) and 21 other state lawmakers are asking Governor Andrew Cuomo to impose a statewide moratorium on permits for new pipelines, compressor stations, power plants and gas storage facilities. Earlier this month, Lifton penned the sign-on letter to the governor outlining environmental and health concerns.

BINGHAMTON, N.Y. -
A number of environmental activists and 22 members of the State Legislature are calling on Governor Cuomo to prohibit permits for new fossil fuel infrastructure.

Assemblywoman Barbara Lifton, D-Ithaca, and Walter Hang of the Ithaca-based Toxics Targeting Inc., announce in Binghamton on July 7, 2016 an initiative to halt further fossil fuel infrastructure development in New York.
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Stop further fossil fuel development in New York, say 22 state legislators who are asking Gov. Andrew Cuomo to halt New York's reliance on "highly polluting" energy sources.

BINGHAMTON, N.Y. -- Toxics Targeting is fighting against waterless hydraulic fracking.