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Forum: Drilling's effects on jobs and community

The Unitarian Universalist Church in Athens, PA (next to Sayre), is having its third session of a 3-part public forum on gas drilling. The topic is drilling’s effect on jobs and local community. Speaker will be Tony Ventello, Exec. Dir. of Central Bradford Authority.

Directions: Take exit 60 from Rte. 17/86 and go south on 220 for 2 miles. Follow signs into Athens which puts you onto Pine Street. Go several blocks and turn right at light onto Main Street. Go several more blocks, down a hill, and turn right onto North Street. Church is at 112 North Street on right side.

The third and last session will be held Tuesday, June 2 at 7 p.m. For more information, call the Unitarian Universalist Church of Athens and Sheshequin at 570-888-0252 or email minister@athensnuuc.org.

Fracking on NPR

Check out this segment by Jeff Brady on NPR: Face-off Over ‘Fracking’: Water Battle Brews On Hill (Click for an audio link and synopsis)

The return of regulation?

Natural Gas Politics by Abrahm Lustgarten:

With growing evidence that the drilling can damage water supplies, Democratic leaders in Congress are circulating legislation that would repeal the extraordinary exemption and for the first time require companies to disclose all chemicals used in the key drilling process, called hydraulic fracturing.

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