Cuomo: Fracking no cure-all for Upstate
Casey Seiler
Gov. Andrew Cuomo said in a radio interview Monday morning that the controversial natural gas drilling technique known as hydrofracking isn’t the sole solution to the fiscal woes affecting Upstate America.
“It’s misleading for you to suggest … that hydrofracking in and of itself would be the answer for the Upstate economy,” Cuomo said to WCNY’s Susan Arbetter on “The Capitol Pressroom.” By “you,” Cuomo meant not Arbetter but fracking advocates who have been waiting some five years for the state to complete the massive environmental impact statement that could guide the process if the state moves ahead with allowing it.
The DEC’s work is currently waiting on a state Health Department review of DEC’s chapter on the potential health impacts of fracking. DOH’s work was supposed to be completed months ago but is still in process.
“We don’t have an update, at this time, from the Department of Health,” Cuomo said. “We’re still waiting for it.”
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