Fracking phobic New York group wants to ban LNG fuel stations

AP/Fuel Fix:
A coalition of groups dedicated to keeping New York state’s 5-year-old ban on fracking in place is demanding that the Department of Environmental Conservation withdraw its proposed regulations for new liquefied natural gas facilities, citing safety concerns and other issues.

New Yorkers Against Fracking has chartered buses to bring protesters to Albany on Wednesday for DEC’s public hearing on the regulations, which would end a 40-year moratorium on new LNG storage and fueling facilities. The state enacted the ban after an explosion killed 40 workers at a Staten Island LNG storage plant. Officials later lifted the ban, but said no facilities would be allowed until regulations were issued.

Liquefied natural gas is increasingly being adopted as a cheaper, less polluting alternative to diesel fuel for long-haul trucking fleets. At least one fuel company has plans to add LNG to some of its New York truck stops when the regulations are in place.
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The state should ignore these energy Luddites.  Their opposition is irrational if their goal is cleaner air.  It is too bad they can't ride to the event in busses power by LNG.

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