Fracking Waste in New York State: A Business Perspective (Recorded Webinar)

Watch a recorded version of “Fracking Waste in New York: A Business Perspective,” hosted by Riverkeeper and the New York State Sustainable Business Council.

See below for some action steps you can take, resources (many of which were discussed during the webinar), and the webinar slides.

ACTION ITEMS

• Urge Your State Senator to Close the Hazardous Waste Loophole, by visiting our Action Center and asking them to vote to pass the Hazardous Waste Loophole Bill, S.884/A.6859 (Learn more about this by reading our recent blog post).
• Write an op-ed in support of the bill.
• Use #NoFrackWaste on social media to express your support for closing the hazardous waste loophole on Wednesdays.
• Support passage of a local fracking waste ban in your community using Riverkeeper’s model ban and examples of county bans (Contact Riverkeeper with questions and requests for support).
• Educate your community about this important issue by signing up to volunteer at one of our upcoming tabling events.

RESOURCES

• American Sustainable Business Council’s Business Case for Rethinking Fracking (which has some discussion of waste)
• NYSSBC webpage on fracking waste with links to memos of support for various bills on hazardous waste loophole & disposal prohibitions
• Newsweek article on Fracking Waste
• FracTracker maps: Road spreading and Pennsylvania waste