New York to ban fracking due to health risks Event

Als erster US-Bundesstaat verbietet New York Fracking, die umstrittene Fördermethode zur Schiefergasgewinnung. Das kündigte Gouverneur Andrew Cuomo am 17. Dezember 2014 an. Der Gouverneur des US-Bundesstaates New York begründete seine Entscheidung, dass die Gesundheit der Bevölkerung in Gefahr sei. Der demokratische Politiker hatte zunächst ein Fracking-Moratorium verhängt.

On 17 December 2014 Governor Andrew Cuomo said he would defer a decision to extend New York's existing ban on fracking to his environmental commissioner Joe Martens and health commissioner Howard Zucker. Cuomo made the announcement after Martens and Zucker presented findings of their environmental and health reviews on the controversial drilling technique on 17 December 2014. The report concluded that hydraulic fracturing for shale gas and oil carried "significant public health risks" that required "long-term studies" before it could be called safe.