Tag Archives: Sullivan County

When a Rig Moves In Next Door

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/11/07/business/energy-environment/07frack.html?_r=1&scp=2&sq=fracking&st=cse

Posted in Barnett Shale, Cabot Oil & Gas, Catskill, Chemicals, Chesapeake, Contamination, DEC, Delaware River Basin, EnCana, Energy, Environmental violations, EPA, Fracking, Fracking Fluid, Gas Drilling, Gas explosion, Halliburton, Hydraulic Fracturing, leaks from badly cased wells, Lobbying, Marcellus Shale, Methane, Moratorium NY State, New York State, Pennsylvania, Poisons, Politics, Produced Water, Special interests, Texas, Toxicity | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

NY State & Compulsory integration: originally intended to compensate landowners, it forces people to sign gas leases…

http://www.theithacajournal.com/article/20101014/NEWS01/10140437/Tompkins+anti-fracking+group+fight+leasing+tactics

Posted in "Forced pooling", "use by right", Compulsory integration, Fracking, Gas Drilling, Gas Lobby, Legislation, Lobbying, Marcellus Shale, Moratorium NY State, New York State, Special interests, Sullivan County, Toxicity | Tagged , , , , , | Leave a comment

Environmental and community groups launched a new website to educate New Yorkers about the potential degradation of New York State’s water resources by “natural” gas development

http://readme.readmedia.com/With-Website-Launch-Groups-Ask-New-York-State-Policymakers-to-Choose-Clean-Water-over-Dirty-Gas-Drilling/1699844 http://www.cleanwaternotdirtydrilling.org/

Posted in Chemicals, Contamination, Delaware River Basin, Environmental violations, Fracking Fluid, Gas Drilling, Hydraulic Fracturing, Marcellus Shale, Moratorium NY State, New York State, Pennsylvania, Poisons, Sullivan County, Toxicity | Tagged , , , , , , | Leave a comment

Upstate NY farmers divided by differing perspectives

http://www.usatoday.com/tech/science/environment/2010-08-23-fracking-natural-gas_N.htm Among the prime targets for gas leases are dairy farmers, who have been losing money since milk prices plunged in 2008.  “The money is tempting, but what you have to do for it isn’t,” Alice Diehl says. She believes … Continue reading

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Andrew Cuomo … too soft of a position on Fracking… TAKE ACTION NOW!

Our friends at Catskill Citizens for Safe Energy, have studied carefully Cuomo’s position on Fracking… Very soft, too soft… Please send a fax to Andrew Cuomo and let him known that shale gas extraction is a highly polluting industry that … Continue reading

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Reflections on so called “proven technologies”: Off-shore drilling & Fracking…

http://www.timesunion.com/local/article/Let-us-beware-of-shortcuts-616215.php

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Sullivan County groups fight the “natural” gas industry

http://www.recordonline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20100822/NEWS/8220329/-1/SITEMAP

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The Upper Delaware Council (UDC) needs to take a clear position on natural gas drilling

http://www.riverreporter.com/issues/10-08-19/editorial.shtml

Posted in Catskill, Chemicals, Clean Air Act, Contamination, Delaware River Basin, Energy, Environmental violations, EPA, Gas Drilling, Hydraulic Fracturing, Legislation, Marcellus Shale, Methane, Moratorium NY State, New York State, Pennsylvania, Safe Water Drinking Act, Sullivan County, Toxicity, Upper Delaware Council (UDC), Wild and Scenic Rivers Act | Tagged , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

Jim Gennaro, councilman-geologist, questions “natural” gas drilling at length

Gennaro, a 53-year-old with a bachelors degree in geology and environmental science, has the retail political skills of a research scientist; he speaks quickly and tends, sometimes, to ramble a little. He also gives the impression of being genuinely enthusiastic about rock formations.

He is skeptical that any amount of study will make fracking workable in New York.

In a recent interview, he said, “As a geologist, if this were to be done safely—if that were even possible—there would have to be certain geological conditions that I think would have to apply for where this could be done.” Continue reading

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Hydro-Fracking Issue Follows Cuomo On The Campaign Trail

http://www.ny1.com/content/news_beats/politics/124098/hydro-fracking-issue-follows-cuomo-on-the-campaign-trail/

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