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WATCH: Gas Drilling: Legal Issues For Land Owners

By arimoore, on December 1st, 2009%

The free panel presentation, “Gas Drilling: Legal Issues For Land Owners” held on Thursday, Oct. 29, 7:00-9:30 pm at the Cornell Vet School is now available on the ccetompkins.org website in 2 installments:

http://ccetompkins.org/legalissues1.wmv (167MB)
1 hour 43 minutes – Panel Presentation

http://ccetompkins.org/legalissues2.wmv (146MB)
1 hour 16 minutes – Questions & Answers

The event included presentations by legal experts on the terminology and issues surrounding natural gas leases, and was followed by an opportunity to ask questions. Topics included general lease terminology, force majeure lease extensions, compulsory integration (the legal extraction of gas from under unleased land), liability issues, and the protection of rights and property. it was sponsored by Cornell Cooperative Extension South Central NY Agriculture Team, with Shaleshock Citizens Action Coalition, the Community Science Institute, Finger Lakes Bioneers, Interfaith Action for Healing Earth, NYS Assemblywoman Barbara Lifton, Sustainable Tompkins, and the Tompkins County Farm Bureau.

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Pennsylvania residents sue over gas drilling

By arimoore, on November 30th, 2009%

The lawsuit accuses Cabot of negligence and says it has failed to restore water supplies to residents when it has been disrupted by gas drilling. It seeks a permanent injunction to stop the drilling processes that are blamed for the contamination, as well as unspecified compensatory damages. Read more

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Gas Drilling: Legal Issues for Landowners (with or without a lease)

By arimoore, on October 9th, 2009%

Gas Drilling: Legal Issues for Landowners (with or without a lease)
A free educational forum, open to all

With increased natural gas development in the Southern Tier will come new and complex legal issues that affect both landowners and communities. Please join us on Thursday, October 29, from 7:00 to 9:30 pm to hear presentations by legal experts, followed by an opportunity to ask questions.

The forum will be held at Cornell Vet School’s James Law Auditorium on Tower Road, just a block from Rt. 366.

Topics will include

  • lease terms and considerations
  • “force majeure” lease extensions
  • intricacies of lease extension/expiration
  • compulsory integration (the legal extraction of gas from under unleased lands)
  • liability issues
  • protection of rights and property

All are encouraged to attend this unique event sponsored by the Cornell Cooperative Extension (CCE) South Central NY Agricultural Team, together with Shaleshock Citizens Action Coalition, Community Science Institute, Finger Lakes Bioneers, Interfaith Action for Healing Earth, NYS Assemblywoman Barbara Lifton, Sustainable Tompkins, and Tompkins County Farm Bureau.

For more information, please contact Schuyler CCE at 607-535-7161, or Tompkins CCE at 272-2292, or by email at: cab377@cornell.edu. More details will soon be posted to the CCE Natural Gas Development Resource Center website: http://gasleasing.cce.cornell.edu/ .

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