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      • Senator Avella's Forum in NYC 7/18/12
      • REPORTS FROM ALBANY RALLY 8/27/12
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    • TOM WILBER'S SERIES June-July 2015
    • The DEC Issues Conference
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    • REV: Reforming the Energy Vision
    • 2014 DRAFT NYS ENERGY PLAN
    • TRANS-PACIFIC PARTNERSHIP & FAST TRACK
    • PROTECT HEMLOCK & CANADICE LAKES >
      • HEMLOCK-CANADICE UMP 2015
    • PETITIONS
  • INFRASTRUCTURE FOR NATURAL GAS & OIL
    • COMPRESSOR STATIONS
    • FRAC SAND MINING
    • FRACKING WASTE DISPOSAL >
      • AKZO-NOBEL SALT MINE
      • AUBURN, NY
      • EARTHQUAKES
      • HYLAND LANDFILL, ANGELICA, NY
    • GAS STORAGE >
      • LIQUID NATURAL GAS STORAGE AND EXPORT
      • LIQUID PETROLEUM GAS STORAGE
    • PIPELINES
    • SPREADING DRILLING WASTE ON NYS ROADS >
      • BRINE APPROVED FOR USE ON MONROE & NEIGHBORING COUNTY ROADS
    • TRANSPORTING FOSSIL FUELS BY RAIL & BARGE
    • TRANSPORTING FRACKING WASTE BY BARGE
    • WATER WITHDRAWAL >
      • PAINTED POST WATER SUIT >
        • PAINTED POST HEARING IN ROCHESTER 2/24/14
  • NEWS
    • NEW YORK STATE BANS FRACKING! >
      • 101 Reasons to Ban HVHF
    • MONROE COUNTY >
      • BRINE APPROVED FOR USE ON MONROE COUNTY ROADS
      • CITY OF ROCHESTER, NY
      • TOWN OF BRIGHTON, NY
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      • CA DROUGHT
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      • ALBERTA TAR SANDS AND THE KEYSTONE XL PIPELINE
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    • BANS & MORATORIA >
      • LOCAL BAN LAWS
    • MAPS
    • FRACKING ART & POETRY >
      • NO FRACK ALMANAC
    • RADIOACTIVE MATERIALS in Fracking Waste
    • BIOFUELS
    • ECONOMICS OF FRACKING
    • EXPORTING NATURAL GAS
    • FRACKING WITH PROPANE
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      • INDUSTRY EXEMPTIONS
    • HOME RULE
    • INJECTION WELLS
    • INSURANCE
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    • NY STATE DEPT OF ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION >
      • DEC Commissioner Martens testifies 2/4/13
      • Health Commissioner Shah Testifies 1/30/13
      • NY Assembly Hearing 1/10/13
      • ABOUT THE DIVISION OF MINERAL RESOURCES
      • DEC PROPOSED FRACKING REGS - RESOURCES & ARTICLES
      • DEC SGEIS 2011 FLAWS and OMISSIONS >
        • TESTIMONIES 10/6/11
        • DEC Public Hearings November-December 2011
        • A SAMPLING OF LETTERS TO THE DEC & GOVERNOR
    • Photos & Videos
    • POWER PLANTS
    • Public Health & Fracking Chemicals Documentation
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    • UTICA SHALE
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  Welcome to R-Cause: Rochesterians Concerned About Unsafe Shale-gas Extraction

DEC Commissioner Martens Testifies at the 
NYS Joint Legislative 

Environmental Conservation Hearing 
2/4/13

 
Thanks to New Yorkers Against Fracking for the following links to the day's questions and discussion where gas extraction was mentioned directly. Shaleshock Media will release a more comprehensive video account of the hearing and the rest of the day.


New York State Department of Environmental Conservation Commissioner Joe Martens-http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IDNm9wfFsUc#t=8m30s (briefly mentioned funding for abandoned gas wells in his opening statements)

Senator Mark J. Grisanti- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IDNm9wfFsUc#t=14m20s

Assembly Member Robert Sweeney- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IDNm9wfFsUc#t=21m11s

Senator Tony Avella
- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IDNm9wfFsUc#t=40m47s

Senator Cecilia Tkaczyk
- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IDNm9wfFsUc#t=58m53s

Assembly Member Ellen Jaffee
- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IDNm9wfFsUc#t=1h22m56s

Senator Terry W. Gibson
- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IDNm9wfFsUc#t=1h28m

Assembly Member Barbara Lifton
- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IDNm9wfFsUc#t=1h35m45s

Senator Liz Krueger- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IDNm9wfFsUc#t=1h49m20s

Senator Mark J. Grisanti- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IDNm9wfFsUc#t=2h51s (quick question)

Assembly Member Steven Englebright
- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IDNm9wfFsUc#t=2h21m

Assembly Member Patricia Fahy- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IDNm9wfFsUc#t=2h33m20s

Assembly Member Barbara Lifton- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IDNm9wfFsUc#t=2h35m