joe martens

A day after the Department of Environmental Conservation announced that a health impact study conducted by the DEC and the Department of Health will be…

Governor Cuomo’s environmental commissioner is rejecting calls by environmentalists for an independent health impact study on hydrofracking.But…

The Department of Environmental Conservation's (DEC) hydrofracking advisory panel is supposed to meet with the agency every few weeks*, but their meeting…

In our latest Innovation Trail report for New York NOW, we put your questions to the man in charge of the state's Department of Environmental Conversation…

As New York State wrestles with how to handle natural gas drilling here, the Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) is at the center of the…

New York’s top environmental regulator, Department of Environmental Conservation Commissioner Joe Martens, says his agency will likely finish its review…

New Yorkers have watched closely as fracking unfolded in Pennsylvania. Some are wary that environmental abuses could happen here - while others are eager…

States around the country are joining the rush to drill for natural gas, but New York is still deciding when and how it will allow hydrofracking, a…

Earlier this week, the Delaware River Basin Commission (DRBC) released an updated version of its fracking regulations for its watershed. The commission…

A meeting scheduled for today, of the state's hydrofracking advisory panel, has been called off.A spokeswoman for the Department of Environmental…