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style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='color:black'>&nbsp;<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style='margin-top:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:8.0pt;margin-left: 0in;text-align:justify'><span style='color:black'>PRESS RELEASE<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style='margin-top:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:8.0pt;margin-left: 0in;text-align:justify'><span style='color:black'>December 17, 2014<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style='margin-top:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:8.0pt;margin-left: 0in;text-align:justify'><span style='color:black'>Otsego 2000 is gratified by the decision taken today by Governor Cuomo and DEC Commissioner Martens to prohibit high volume hydraulic fracturing in New York State. Today, the Governor kept his promise to make the decision based on science. <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style='margin-top:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:8.0pt;margin-left: 0in;text-align:justify'><span style='color:black'>The acting Commissioner of Public Health, Dr. Howard Zucker persuasively laid out that existing peer-reviewed studies show a link between hydraulic fracturing and both air and water contamination and public health concerns. These studies could only be refuted by longitudinal studies, which have not yet been done or in some cases initiated. Based on this existing science, Dr. Zucker concluded that fracking must be prohibited in New York.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style='margin-top:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:8.0pt;margin-left: 0in;text-align:justify'><span style='color:black'>It is significant to note that the legal decisions in the Dryden/Middlefield cases played an important role in the analysis. In these cases, the New York Court of Appeals upheld the right of local governments to ban fracking based on zoning and police powers. As a result, much of New York became unavailable for fracking and the economic benefits to the State or proceeding were greatly diminished.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style='margin-top:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:8.0pt;margin-left: 0in'><span style='color:black'>Now this cloud which has hung over our State can be lifted and all the energy and resources devoted to fighting this scourge can be unleashed to foster economic development and renewable energy. However, we must caution that New York is still being inundated with fracking and fossil fuel infrastructure in the form of pipelines, compressor stations, LNG facilities, railcars filled with toxic crude oil and more. Protection against these risks and the climate and environmental damage they cause must still be achieved. 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