Lennon wants Cuomo to imagine no fracking

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News and analysis by Dan Telvock, Investigative Post's environmental reporter

Yoko Ono, Sean Lennon and their organization “Artists Against Fracking” are using a large billboard off a New York City highway to put pressure on Gov. Cuomo to “imagine there’s no fracking.”

The Rolling Stone magazine  says the Major Deegan Expressway, where the billboard is situated in the skyline, is well traveled by the governor.

Sean Lennon, the only son of John Lennon and Ono, was also critical of the natural gas extraction process in an op/ed in the New York Times. His family farm is under threat from hydrofracking interests, he says.

The governor and the state Department of Environmental Conservation have yet to make a decision on  hydrofracking in New York State, delaying the answer further with a Department of Health study on the public health impacts of the natural gas drilling procedure.

The DEC has a Nov. 29 deadline to complete its review of  hydrofracking regulations unless Cuomo files for a three month extension.

Dan Telvock