The Cuomo administration is considering regulations that would allow widespread drilling and fracking for shale gas.

Food & Water Watch closely examined the analysis the regulations are based on and found that it:

Read more: How New York State Exaggerated Potential Job Creation from Shale Gas Development

• counts many jobs that would be filled by out-of-state workers, or by workers with shale gas industry experience who relocate
• assumes a rapid pace of drilling and fracking under the “average” scenario that would result in more than 20,000 wells being drilled in just three counties
• fails to account for the negative impacts on employment in other industries, such as tourism and agriculture
• overestimates production jobs by assuming that shale gas wells will produce for 30 years
• misapplies an economic multiplier to estimate the economic spillover effect of gas industry jobs

How You Can Help Ban Fracking in New York

• Submit your comments to the DEC online before January 11, 2012.
• Visit our Fracking Action Center to find other ways to get involved.