1-10-13 Public Hearing: The NYSDEC's Proposed High Volume Hydraulic Fracturing Regulations
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SUBJECT: The Department of Environmental Conservation's proposed High Volume Hydraulic Fracturing regulations
PURPOSE: To receive comment on the High Volume Hydraulic Fracturing regulations proposed by the Department of Environmental Conservation
TIME & LOCATION: January 10, 2013, 9:30 a.m. , Hamilton Hearing Room B, Legislative Office Building, 2nd Floor, Albany, New York
On September 28, 2011, the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC released its proposed High Volume Hydraulic Fracturing regulations. On December 12, 2012, DEC released revised regulations. The purpose of this hearing is to receive public comment on the Department of Environmental Conservation's proposed High Volume Hydraulic Fracturing regulations.
Robert K. Sweeney, Member of Assembly, Chair Committee on Environmental Conservation
Richard N. Gottfried, Member of Assembly, Chair Committee on Health
Charles D. Lavine, Member of Assembly, Assembly Chair Assembly Administrative Regulations Review Commission
SCHEDULED WITNESS LIST:
John H. Williams, Groundwater Specialist, U.S Geological Survey
David O. Carpenter, MD, Director, Institute for Health and the Environment SUNYAlbany
Tim Whitesell, President, Association of Towns of the State of NY
Dominic Frongillo, Deputy Town Supervisor, Town of Caroline
Carl Chipman, Supervisor, Town of Rochester
Sandra Steingraber, Ph.D., Distinguished Scholar in Residence, Ithaca College
Ron Bishop, PhD, Lecturer, SUNY College at Oneonta
Jannette M. Barth Ph.D., Economist, Pepacton Institute LLC
Karen Moreau, Executive Director, NYS Petroleum Council
Darren Suarez, Director of Governmental Affairs, Business Council of New York
Louis W. Allstadt, Former Executive Vice President, Mobil Oil Corporation
James L. Northrup,Private Oil and Gas Investor
Nancy T. Schmitt, President, Taum Sauk Investments LLC
Adrienne Esposito, Executive Director, Citizens Campaign for the Environment
Richard Schrader, New York Legislative Director, Natural Resources Defense Council
Roger Downs, Conservation Director, Sierra Club Atlantic Chapter
Katherine Nadeau, Water & Natural Resources Program Director, Environmental Advocates
Paul Gallay, President, Riverkeeper Inc.
Jake Hays, Program Director, Physicians Scientists and Engineers for Healthy Energy
Larysa Dyrszka M.D., Retired Pediatrician
Donna Flayhan, Ph.D., Director, The Lower Manhattan Public Health Project
Mary Jane Uttech, Deputy Public Health Director, Cortland County Health Department
Ansje Miller, Eastern States Director, Center for Environmental Health
Inge Grafe-Kieklak
Scott R. Kurkoski, Esq., Joint Landowners Coalition, Levene, Gouldin & Thompson, LLP
Victor Furman
Susan Dorsey, Executive Director, Landowner Advocates of New York
Barbara Bartoletti, Legislative Director, League of Women Voters
Julia Walsh, Founder & Campaign Director, Frack Action
Nadia Steinzor,Eastern Program Coordinator, Earth Works Oil and Gas Accountability Project
Adrian Kuzminski, Moderator, Sustainable Otsego
Bette J. Ek, People for a Healthy Environment
Ruth Hardinger, Steering Committee Member, Damascus Citizens for Sustainability
William Huston, Shaleshock
Leland T. Snyder, Spokesperson, Sanford-Oquaga Area Concerned Citizens
Zack Malitz, Campaign Manager, CREDO Action
James Bacon, Attorney, Croton Watershed Clean Water Coalition
Kathleen Nolan, MD, MSL, Director for the High Peaks, Catskill Mountainkeeper
Neil F. Woodworth, Executive Director, Adirondack Mountain Club
Patricia J. Wood, Executive Director, Grassroots Environmental Education
Joseph Stelling, Environmental Campaign Organizer, NYPIRG
Susan Multer
Robert H. Boyle
Julia Armstrong
Jan London
Victoria Lesser
Craig L. Stevens, President/Founder, Energy In Denial, Inc.
Rachel Treichler, Esq.
Ursula Rozum, Organizer, Syracuse Peace Council
Ellen Weininger
Suzannah Glidden, Chair, Hands Across the Border
Jurgen Wekerle
Linda Reik
Margaret Pirera Wood
Keith Schue
David Braun, New Yorkers Against Fracking
Antarctica | Wikipedia audio article
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Antarctica
00:02:48 1 Etymology
00:04:10 2 Change of name
00:05:13 3 History of exploration
00:12:23 4 Geography
00:17:13 5 Geology
00:17:22 5.1 Geological history and palaeontology
00:18:01 5.1.1 Palaeozoic era (540–250 Ma)
00:19:15 5.1.2 Mesozoic era (250–66 Ma)
00:20:41 5.1.3 Gondwana breakup (160–23 Ma)
00:22:10 5.1.4 Neogene Period (23–0.05 Ma)
00:22:27 5.1.5 Meyer Desert Formation biota
00:22:55 5.2 Present-day
00:25:05 6 Climate
00:29:06 7 Population
00:32:09 8 Biodiversity
00:32:18 8.1 Animals
00:34:50 8.2 Fungi
00:36:19 8.3 Plants
00:37:19 8.4 Other organisms
00:37:49 8.5 Conservation
00:39:26 9 Politics
00:42:18 9.1 Antarctic territories
00:43:57 10 Economy
00:47:16 11 Research
00:51:58 11.1 Meteorites
00:54:17 12 Ice mass and global sea level
00:58:23 13 Effects of global warming
01:01:08 14 Ozone depletion
01:02:41 15 See also
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Antarctica (UK: or , US: (listen)) is Earth's southernmost continent. It contains the geographic South Pole and is situated in the Antarctic region of the Southern Hemisphere, almost entirely south of the Antarctic Circle, and is surrounded by the Southern Ocean. At 14,000,000 square kilometres (5,400,000 square miles), it is the fifth-largest continent. For comparison, Antarctica is nearly twice the size of Australia. About 98% of Antarctica is covered by ice that averages 1.9 km (1.2 mi; 6,200 ft) in thickness, which extends to all but the northernmost reaches of the Antarctic Peninsula.
Antarctica, on average, is the coldest, driest, and windiest continent, and has the highest average elevation of all the continents. Antarctica is a desert, with annual precipitation of only 200 mm (8 in) along the coast and far less inland. The temperature in Antarctica has reached −89.2 °C (−128.6 °F) (or even −94.7 °C (−135.8 °F) as measured from space), though the average for the third quarter (the coldest part of the year) is −63 °C (−81 °F). Anywhere from 1,000 to 5,000 people reside throughout the year at research stations scattered across the continent. Organisms native to Antarctica include many types of algae, bacteria, fungi, plants, protista, and certain animals, such as mites, nematodes, penguins, seals and tardigrades. Vegetation, where it occurs, is tundra.
Although myths and speculation about a Terra Australis (Southern Land) date back to antiquity, Antarctica is noted as the last region on Earth in recorded history to be discovered, unseen until 1820 when the Russian expedition of Fabian Gottlieb von Bellingshausen and Mikhail Lazarev on Vostok and Mirny sighted the Fimbul ice shelf. The continent, however, remained largely neglected for the rest of the 19th century because of its hostile environment, lack of easily accessible resources, and isolation. In 1895, the first confirmed landing was conducted by a team of Norwegians.
Antarctica is a de facto condominium, governed by parties to the Antarctic Treaty System that have consulting status. Twelve countries signed the Antarctic Treaty in 1959, and thirty-eight have signed it since then. The treaty prohibits military activities and mineral mining, prohibits nuclear explosions and nuclear waste disposal, supports scientific research, and protects the continent's ecozone. Ongoing experiments are conducted by more than 4,000 scientists from many nations.