Study used to bolster NY fracking ban developed by anti-fracking 'activists'

[Ptarmigan]

Study used to bolster NY fracking ban developed by anti-fracking 'activists'
http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2015/01/19/study-used-to-bolster-ny-fracking-ban-developed-by-anti-fracking-activists/?intcmp=latestnews

New York state’s controversial new fracking ban was bolstered in part by research written and peer-reviewed by scientists with ties to the anti-fracking movement – drawing criticism that their views were not disclosed when the ban was announced last month.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s administration made New York the second state, after Vermont, to ban the oil-and-gas extraction process of hydraulic fracturing, otherwise known as fracking.

At the time of the announcement, Acting Health Commissioner Howard Zucker cited a study published in Environmental Health in October 2014 that warned about “concentrations of volatile compounds” near these drilling sites. He noted the paper, which he included in a presentation, showed “elevated levels of eight different chemicals” in air samples – he said despite some weaknesses in the report, the issue deserves “further study.”

Facts mean nothing to the left.

[thundley4]

The leftist way of scientifically proving something, is to start at the result and work backward.

[Chris_]

Of course.