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By shaleshock, on July 13th, 2010%
This just in from Action Otsego:
Date: Wednesday, July 21, 2010
Time: 4:30pm – 8:00pm
City/Town: Cooperstown, NY
Join us at 4:30pm on Wednesday July 21st to
RALLY & MARCH TO BAN HYDROFRACKING!
RALLY LOCATION: Lake Front Park, Cooperstown, NY
Following the Rally, we will March through Cooperstown to the County Courthouse.
At 6pm the County Board is meeting in the courthouse to hear our concerns.
Hydrofracking is the method which has turned traditional gas drilling into an extremely toxic & dangerous pastime.
On July 7th, we turned out in force (100+ people) and overwhelmed the County Board Meeting. Let’s do it again! We will show the County Board & the world that we won’t take this lying down. We must fight to defend our homes and families.
It’s Our World, Let’s Take Care Of It!
No Drill, No Spill!
United, we stand. Divided, we’re fracked!
No Fracking Way!
NEWS Coverage of the Rally & Meeting on 7/7: Video of the march on WBNG.com, Daily Star article, WKTV article
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By arimoore, on January 4th, 2010%
By arimoore, on September 3rd, 2009%
Although the Safe Drinking Water Act regulates most forms of underground injection in order to protect drinking water sources, in 2005 Congress passed the “Halliburton Loophole,” which exempts hydraulic fracturing from the law’s reach (the exemption was given that name because Halliburton is one of the companies that provide hydraulic fracturing services). Since the exemption was enacted, hydraulic fracturing operations have been linked to contaminated drinking water in communities around the country.
Legislation to repeal the exemption has recently been introduced in both the House and Senate. Among other things, the legislation would require public disclosure of the chemicals used in hydraulic fracturing fluids.
Even if you did this in the last session, please do it again now: Send a message urging your senators and representative to co-sponsor legislation to repeal the Halliburton Loophole (H.R. 2766/S. 1215).
Take action now!
By arimoore, on August 25th, 2009%
Read Ithaca council raises natural gas-drilling concerns by Krisy Gashler:
Raising concerns about drinking water, roads and safety for emergency responders, Ithaca’s Common Council is getting involved in the discussion about gas drilling in the Marcellus Shale.
The majority of the city’s watershed for its Six Mile Creek drinking water source is outside the city in the Towns of Ithaca and Caroline. Roughly 38 percent of the total land area in Tompkins County has already been leased for oil and gas drilling, including 12 percent in the Town of Ithaca and 49 percent in Caroline, according to gas lease deed information compiled by the citizen’s action group Shaleshock.
Common Council Planning Committee Chairwoman Jennifer Dotson, I-1st, said city officials have concerns in four major areas: water use and wastewater disposal; impact on roads and infrastructure; safety, especially for firefighters who may have to respond to fires or accidents at drilling sites; and the tax structure for oil and gas revenue.
The planning committee this week discussed strategies they could use to protect the city, including identifying critical natural areas, adopting road preservation laws, and demanding disclosure of all chemicals in hydro-fracturing (fracking) fluid before considering whether to accept it at the wastewater treatment plant, which discharges into Cayuga Lake. (Read more)
By shirari, on July 30th, 2009%
Ithaca Democratic Socialists of America Presents #407: “What the Frack?” Marty Luster asks Ken Zeserson and Judy Abrams about “fracking” – a new method for extracting natural gas from much deeper underground than in conventional drilling. Contracts for such extraction are being signed all over Tompkins County. The environmental threats are severe, and the process is very weakly regulated. Recorded July 22, 2009.
Watch it on Channel 13, on Friday, July 31, 11:30 am-noon.
This week’s program will be available Tuesday in the Alternatives Library in Anabel Taylor Hall on the Cornell Campus. Now on DVD.
If you would like to help out with Ithaca Democratic Socialists’ community access cable television series, call Theresa Alt at 273-3009 or email talt at igc dot org.
By shirari, on May 27th, 2009%
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)
By shirari, on May 22nd, 2009%
Good news in Tompkins County Legislature asks for safeguards on gas drilling by Stacey Shackford:
Tompkins County officials are urging the state to delay the permitting of natural gas drilling in the Marcellus Shale until it has adequately developed and funded an inspection and enforcement program.
At their regular meeting Tuesday, county legislators unanimously passed a resolution outlining some of their concerns about the state regulatory process, which is being re-evaluated by the Department of Environmental Conservation to take into account the potential for large-scale horizontal hydro-fracture drilling.
The controversial process requires pressurized injection of millions of gallons of water containing proprietary chemicals into the underground shale to release the gas, and many have expressed concerns about the potential for aquifer and well water contamination.
Among the legislators’ requests were:
- The state calculates how many inspectors and staff will be needed to adequately oversee the fracking process.
- Gas drilling companies are charged severance taxes and permit fees to underwrite the cost of regulation and oversight.
- Any substances that might be introduced into wells through the drilling process are identified publicly, with special notification to emergency personnel and health care providers.
- The comment period on the state’s draft proposals is extended to at least 60 days.
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