Marcellus Shale News Compilation

Campaign Launches To Ban All Fracking In New York

BINGHAMTON, NY -
Toxics Targeting, Inc. is launching a campaign to ban all types of High-Volume Hydraulic Fracturing (HVHF) in New York State, including gelled propane fracking that could come to Barton, NY.

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Environmentalists Raise Concerns About Gel-Fracking

Environmentalists in Binghamton are raising concerns about the possibility of gel-fracking in New York State.

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And you thought fracking was banned? This group wants to beat the ban

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Halt the Harm 7/26/18: Walter Hang Discusses Toxics Targeting's Successful Shale Fracking and Fossil Fuel Infrastructure Campaign

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WRFI 7/17/18: Walter Hang Discusses Killing Seneca Lake LPG storage and a Plan to Minimize New York's Energy Demand

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Could Ithaca Falls be re-opened as an EPA Superfund site?

Lead shot found at Ithaca Falls in 2015.

Test results from soil samples collected by the Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) in August 2017, but not publicly disclosed until last week, confirm what investigators found in February 2018 – lead levels on the Ithaca Falls Gorge Trail exceed the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA’s) removal management level at 400 parts per million (PPM).

“Neither DEC nor EPA alerted the public to this documented public health threat. That is why I did,” said environmental advocate Walter Hang.

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Health concerns at Elmira High School focus of meeting

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Toxic lead levels found at Ithaca Falls again after millions spent on cleanup

ITHACA, N.Y. — At the base of the gorge walls at Ithaca Falls, which were mostly clear of debris after the site was cleaned in 2015, are several feet of dirt, leaves, rocks, and brass butt ends of shotgun shells. All of it this debris, which spills onto the nearby trail leading to the city's namesake waterfall, is contaminated with toxic levels of lead again — an issue that has been plaguing the city for years.

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Walter Hang, President of Toxics Targeting, Inc., Releases Previously Withheld Toxic Lead Monitoring Results for Ithaca Falls (4/3/18)

Video courtesy of Matthew Steecker of The Ithaca Journal.

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Extensive pollution persists at Ithaca's two most toxic sites

The City of Ithaca’s future might be bright, but this month city officials were served with two stark reminders that it’s far from leaving behind its toxic past.

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