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By shirari, on July 15th, 2009%
 Experts question treated gas-drilling fluid: Problems noted in Pennsylvania by Krisy Gashler:
The consultant overseeing testing at the Ithaca Area Wastewater Treatment Plant cautioned plant operators Wednesday to think carefully before accepting gas drilling fracking fluid, saying some Pennsylvania plants that have accepted the material have created problems for downstream drinking water plants. One plant also reportedly discovered radioactivity in the fracking waste, said Jimmie Joe Carl, an engineer with Pennfield-based MRB Group.
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By shirari, on June 22nd, 2009%
An upcoming event that you may like to attend and speak up at: The Tompkins County Workforce Investment Board and Cornell Cooperative Extension are holding a meeting on June 24 from 10:30-12:30 in Room 140 at Cornell’s East Hill Office Building. The purpose of the meeting is to explore workforce development opportunities related to the various phases of gas drilling in the Marcellus Shale. This will also entail looking at workforce development resources and connections among various educational institutions. They have invited representatives from Penn College of Technology to give an overview of their approach to this.
East Hill Office Building Directions
Background info
Please RSVP by June 15 to Julia Mattick at jmattick@tompkins-co.org or Rod Howe at rlh13@cornell.edu.
By shirari, on June 2nd, 2009%
 Joe Levine Photoshopped well pads onto an image of the Ithaca area to give an idea of the drilling density natural gas companies have planned for this area. Best viewed large.
By shirari, on March 28th, 2009%
Lisa Ann Wright of Ithaca wrote to the Ithaca Journal,
While I am very pleased The Ithaca Journal headlined with reporter Krisy Gashler’s story last week “Cayuga Heights plant accepts drilling wastewater” on March 12, I have sadly come to expect the sort of collective shrug of Ithacans as to the full meaning of what is happening all around us. Gashler reported that “Erik Whitney, assistant superintendent of public works for water and sewer in the City of Ithaca, said the Ithaca wastewater treatment plant does not accept any gas drilling water, from vertical, horizontal or hydraulic fracture drilling.” So why is Cayuga Heights accepting it? What’s happening to the brine? Is that being spread on our roads as it is in other states? What did Cayuga Heights test the fluids for? Which specific tests did they run? Which certified test methods were used? What were the concentrations in the waste fluids? Would Cayuga Heights be willing to allow an independent lab to test this stuff for the kinds of things that are known to be present in most gas well waste fluids? In Van Etten, Fortuna Energy wants to dispose of produced water from drilling into old gas wells – and now this.
What is it going to take for the people of this community to see how these things are connected, like our water is?
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By shirari, on March 28th, 2009%
People In Ithaca Worried About The Health Effects of Natural Gas Drilling (WENY-TV News):
Former New York City Commissioner of Enviromental Protection, Al Appleton says natural gas companies are haph-hazardly drilling in the Marcellus Shale. He says the low-budget treatment N.Y. is getting is very bad. He says gas companies aren’t adopting 21st century sustainability practices. The get-in, get-out approach is dangerous for local waterways, land, and the people who live on it… Appleton says he wants to see gas companies be held accountable. This means complying with local zoning, developing non-polluting fracking materials, and treating land-owners with respect.
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By shirari, on March 28th, 2009%
Landowners discuss drilling concerns (News 10 Now):
“A lot of people have signed because they were really misinformed about the noise and how deep the drilling is and what they’re going to do with all the water. So I’m really concerned about it,” said Marina Gershon.
“The problem of the 21st century is to make the environmental and the economy work together, not the way we are currently debating this, which is how much environmental damage can we accept for the sake of natural gas drilling,” said Al Appleton, an environmental consultant.
By shirari, on February 18th, 2009%
Natural Gas Drilling: Health Effects, Economics, & the Watershed
Keynote speaker, Albert F. Appleton, Former NYC Commissioner of Environmental Protection
Ithaca High School – Cafeteria
1401 N. Cayuga St.
Thursday, March 26th 2009
Light refreshments and seating begin at 6.30pm
click here for event flier (PDF)
Sponsored by Social Ventures, Catholic Charities of Tompkins/Tioga, CRESP Center for Transformative Action, Sustainable Tompkins, Ithaca Health Alliance, Back to Democracy, Shaleshock Citizens Coalition, Assemblywoman Barbara Lifton, Dept. of City and Regional Planning / Cornell University
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