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DEP Issues Citation to Pennsylvania Driller as a Third Spill Occurs

Pennsylvania environment officials have charged Cabot Oil and Gas with five violations after nearly 8,000 gallons of hydraulic fracturing solution spilled [1] from a pipe system in two separate incidents near the town of Dimock last week. The department reported that a third, smaller spill occurred at the site Tuesday morning.

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See "Split Estate" in Elmira Heights

Come see Split Estate in Elmira Heights:
WHEN: Tuesday, September 29th at 7:00 p.m. & Saturday, October 3rd at 1:00 p.m.
WHERE: The Heights Theater, 210 East 14th Street, Elmira Heights, NY 14903
DETAILS: Screening of the 2009 Award-winning film Split Estate, 76 minutes

A photo from Split Estate: People before profit!

Screening and discussion of Split Estate, documentary exploring the damage done to human and animal health, water supply, air quality, property, soil and local economies when high-pressure, horizontal hydraulic fracturing is used to extract gas from shale located deep within the earth. Click here to watch the trailer.

FREE! ALL ARE WELCOME!

These film screenings are brought to you by Red Rock Pictures and Producer Debra Anderson www.splitestate.com and co-sponsored by Bath Peace and Justice Group; Binghamton Regional Sustainability Coalition; Committee to Protect the Finger Lakes; Concerned Citizens of Ulysses; Finger Lakes Progressives; League of Women Voters of Steuben County; Pax Christi Elmira; Pax Christi Upstate New York; Peaceful Gatherings; Shaleshock; Steuben Greens and Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of Big Flats

Gas shale drilling tech under scrutiny

Gas shale drilling tech under scrutiny (Alaska Dispatch):

According to a long feature in the Ithaca Journal, people are wondering about just what’s in the waste liquid that results from horizontal high-pressure hydro-fracture drilling, and what’s the best way to handle it. As full-scale horizontal development of Marcellus Shale gas kicks in, the quantity of waste fluid will increase because horizontal wells require more of the fluid than vertical wells. The high volume of waste fluid will need to be dealt with. But because the industry is exempt from the federal rules that require full disclosure, no one is really sure about what threat the fluid poses to workers or groundwater. The DEC hasn’t issued any permits yet for full-scale development with horizontal hydro-fracture wells in the Marcellus because it is reviewing environmental impact statements, but it has already allowed the technology to be used in traditional vertical wells there. (Read more)