The Environmental Working Group (EWG) and Physicians, Scientists and Engineers for Healthy Energy (PSE) released a ten point document criticizing the SGEIS.  This is the second part in a two part series examining that document which serves as an example of why environmental activists are having difficulty maintaining support in New York.

They say that necessity is the mother of all invention, watching the debate over natural gas development in New York it becomes apparent anti-natural gas ideologues are at the end of the road.  Unable to gain traction on their claims, they are now recycling debunked talking points and bringing in clean-up hitters like Josh Fox in an attempt to scare Governor Cuomo like they have tried with everyone else.  Luckily, the truth always prevails and the Governor is too smart to be bullied, especially by the likes of Fox and friends.

EWG/PSE Myth #4: Underestimate of radioactive pollution; lack of a disposal plan
When all else fails, and normal scare tactics fail to gain traction, use the word radioactive, over and over again to scare the hell out of anyone listening.  In this document EWG and PSE reference a New York Times investigation (by known shale critic Ian Urbina) which declared radioactive waste was fouling Pennsylvania?s waters. EWG and PSE even use this example to paint a picture of thousands of unsuspecting Manhattan residents drinking radioactive water turning New York City into the next Chernobyl.

EWG/ PSE Myth #5: Use of Outdated Studies to Assess Greenhouse Gas Impacts
The paper criticizes DEC by claiming they understate greenhouse gas emissions that are released from hydraulic fracturing operations citing an EPA study based on estimates from 9,000 natural gas wells.

EWG/PSE Myth # 6: Lack of a health assessment
This one has had anti-natural gas activists in a firestorm and has served as one of their most effective rallying points.  Of course, like so many other claims nothing could be further from the truth.

Read on for the debunking of these myths at http://eidmarcellus.org/marcellus-shale/fear-is-toxic-ewg-and-pse-a...