State Environmental Dept. a No-Show at Drilling Meeting
The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation backed out of a community discussion of gas drilling in Oneonta, N.Y. last night. According to local news reports, about 450 people attended the meeting, including speakers from the region's water boards as well as geologists.
The Daily Star reported the DEC canceled its participation because Gov. David Paterson has ordered a supplemental environmental impact statement to assess how drilling will affect the area.
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Abrahm Lustgarten is a former staff writer and contributor for Fortune, and has written for Salon, Esquire, the Washington Post and the New York Times since receiving his master's in journalism from Columbia University in 2003. He is the author of the forthcoming book China’s Great Train: Beijing’s Drive West and the Campaign to Remake Tibet, a project that was funded in part by a grant from the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation.
