From the Buffalo News:<\/p>\n
Niagara Falls isn\u2019t just a place where newlyweds go to snap pictures.<\/p>\n
It\u2019s an international treasure that feeds into Lake Ontario and provides drinking water to Toronto and beyond. And now, its future is in the hands of Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo\u00a0and the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation, both of which are pushing hydraulic fracturing (fracking) in the state, as well as the Niagara Falls Water Board, which will soon decide whether or not to accept toxic fracking\u00a0waste trucked in from around the state. Get ready Niagara \u2014 you\u2019re about to get fracked.<\/p>\n
Many Americans are familiar with the disaster at Love Canal and the ensuing demand for stronger environmental regulation after a corporation buried massive amounts of toxic chemicals around Niagara Falls \u2014 chemicals that saddled thousands of residents with chronic health problems ranging from birth defects to cancer. Now the oil and gas industry wants to send its toxic waste to the city\u2019s wastewater treatment plant, which discharges into the Niagara River, into Niagara Falls and eventually into Lake Ontario.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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