So, rj1 what is your compensation package to tout the riches from fracking without revealing the disasters, contamination and lamely debate on their behalf? You cant be doing this for nothing.

with any industrial operation there will be accidents.

Not with a moratorium - no industry, no accidents.
Keep melting those diapers.

Business should file suit against a couple of these groups for their frivolous crap and then maybe they would get the message.

Defending Mother Earth or trying to protect independent local businesses from Wal-Martization is far from being "frivolous".

Urge State Legislators to Ban Fracking in New York Take Action Now We need to enlist legislators in the struggle to ban fracking in New York. With Governor Cuomo moving forward to frack New York, the legislature must take a stand to protect our families, communities, and environment from this dangerous method of gas drilling.

Using records obtained by the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection (PADEP), the PennEnvironment Research and Policy Center identified a total of 3,355 violations of environmental laws by 64 different Marcellus Shale gas drilling companies between January 1, 2008 and December 31, 2011.

Of these violations, the PennEnvironment Research and Policy Center identified 2,392 violations that likely posed a direct threat to our environment and were not reporting or paperwork violations.

Moreover, the PennEnvironment Research and Policy Center believes these numbers offer a conservative view of environmental violations taking place across the Commonwealth by Marcellus Shale gas drilling companies.

This data only includes violations discovered by PADEP’s enforcement staff. Yet based upon the number of wells drilled and limited PADEP enforcement staff, further violations that have gone undetected are likely.

Our analysis of data collected and reported by PADEP between 2008 and 2011 found the following:

•The greatest numbers of environmental violations were related to improper erosion and sedimentation plans: 625 (26% of all violations likely to impact the environment).

The second greatest number involved faulty pollution prevention techniques: 550 (23% of violations likely to impact the environment).

•The top five operators for total number of violations were, in order, Cabot Oil and Gas Corp. with 412; Chesapeake Appalachia, LLC with 393; Chief Oil and Gas, LLC with 313; Talisman Energy USA, Inc. with 303; and East Resources, Inc. with 170.

•The top five operators for average number of violations per well drilled were, in order, Guardian Exploration, LLC with an average of 11 violations per well drilled; AB Resources PA, LLC with 9; JW Operating Co. with 5.3; Flatirons Development, LLC with 4.67 and Novus Operating, LLC with 4.63.

•Between 2008 and 2011, on average, Pennsylvania saw more than two violations per day uncovered by PADEP, roughly 1.5 of which had the greatest potential to impact the environment.

Knew you'd stall on that stat.

That's like saying a little radiation is safe. Or "only 1% of the injection fluid is chemicals" when in fact it only takes 1 part ber billion of benzene to be lethal.

Stall on what? You're trying to make something out of nothing. It's sediment and erosion control. Violations of that sort happen everyday in the construction industry. You wouldn't know that because you have no clue what your talking about. Are you another Cornell person who doesn't have a clue what happens in the real world?

It's true, as another poster pointed out, you only see what you want. You stalled on the erosion....The percentages of violations that are detrimental [read:lethal] environmentally may seem minor to you, however, drinking water in not a luxury, it's a neccessity.

Funny, you have labeled me. Since you insist upon not debating the topic intelligently I will ask is this your only method of diverting from facts? I am no activist I can assure you. "Us" people are armed with facts, incidents of serious detrimental consequence, many that you dismiss as minor. rj1, perhaps you are in need of a job? One that will pay big money for a short period of time, that may cost you and the rest of "us" in the long run...

I need no job I just want NY to prosper and people like you get in the way. Your so called facts and incidents are usually no way as serious as you portray or outright untrue. The economic benefits will last long after the drilling is done by supplying our nation with a reliable cheap source of energy that is American made not foreign made.

Minor incidents?:

*Durango, Colorado - an emergency room nurse almost died of organ failure after handling the clothes of a
rig worker who had been splashed in a fracking fluid spill. The doctors were unable to learn the chemical
makeup of the fluid because the information is proprietary - companies are not required to disclose the
contents of chemicals used. (ProPublica, 11/13/08, Abrahm Lustgarten)

*New Mexico - toxic fluids seeped into water supplies at over 800 drilling sites in 2008. (Vanity Fair, "A
Colossal Fracking Mess" June 21, 2010).

*Wyoming - benzene, a common chemical used in fracking, was discovered throughout a 28-mile long
aquifer. (ProPublica, 12/31/09)

*Wyoming - Upper Green River Basin reported ozone levels above those of Los Angeles on its worst days.
The Wyoming Department of Environmental Quality urged the elderly and children to avoid strenuous
outdoor activity. (AP news article printed in TC Record Eagle, March 2011)

*Sublette, Wyoming - toxic compounds used in fracking including benzene were found at 1500 times safe
level in 88 drinking water wells, documented by the US Bureau of Land Management in July, 2008.
Researchers returned in September to take more samples. They were unable to open the water wells -
monitors showed they contained so much flammable gas that they were likely to explode. (Pro Publica,
"Buried Secrets: Is Natural Gas Drilling Endangering US Water Supplies?" Abrahm Lustgarten,
Nov 13, 2008).

*Dish, Texas - Mayor Calvin Tillman describes how carcinogenic air pollution from drilling has ruined the
quality of life for residents, who report problems with nausea, headaches, breathing difficulties, chronic eye
and throat irritation and brain disorders. Trees are dying and horses have fallen ill. The town hired an
environmental firm to collect air samples and found high levels of 15 chemicals used in fracking fluid,
including benzene, toluene and xylene. In June, 2010, tests by the Texas Railroad Commission showed
high levels of arsenic, barium, chromium, lead and selenium in residential water wells. (Texas Oil and Gas
Accountability Project).

I have plenty more if your still feeling dismissive.

Funny, you have labeled me. Since you insist upon not debating the topic intelligently I will ask is this your only method of diverting from facts? I am no activist I can assure you. "Us" people are armed with facts, incidents of serious detrimental consequence, many that you dismiss as minor. rj1, perhaps you are in need of a job? One that will pay big money for a short period of time, that may cost you and the rest of "us" in the long run...