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By arimoore, on November 11th, 2009%
Given the threats to our communities from major corporations anxious to extract gas which is tightly-embedded in the Marcellus Shale, learning how we can take back of our communities and safeguard our water and other precious resources is more important than ever. Democracy School teaches us skills and principles that help us protect and restore the rights of local communities to “the commons,” essentials for life which extend beyond private property: clean water, clean air, a safe and healthy ecosystem, and a viable economy for ALL people (not just for the far-away executives of multinational corporations).
Democracy School for the Southern Tier presents:
The Daniel Pennock DEMOCRACY SCHOOL
Friday evening November 13th & All day Saturday November 14th
at the Spencer Municipal Building, Main Street, Spencer, NY
Continue reading The Daniel Pennock DEMOCRACY SCHOOL
By arimoore, on October 7th, 2009%
New York Natural Gas Summit: Challenges and Opportunities is a pro-drilling event that folks with more critical perspectives may be interested in attending.
November 30, 2009
Owego Treadway Inn, Owego, New York
Goals and objectives: To inform and educate; prepare for challenges; prepare for opportunities; gather information for ongoing research; network between multiple stakeholders
Audiences: Local government officials; Landowner Coalition representatives; Citizens seeking more information; Researchers and Educators
Continue reading Of local interest: New York Natural Gas Summit
By arimoore, on August 26th, 2009%
Natural Gas Prices Plummet to a Seven-Year Low by Clifford Krauss for the New York Times attributes the change to “declining demand and a big expansion of domestic production.” This may mean more shut-in wells as companies rush to drill and lock in leases. Many Cortland landowners report that as soon as gas is found the wells are cemented and added to reserves providing no local revenue.
Have you had a well drilled on your property? Tell us your story!
By arimoore, on August 26th, 2009%
The Big Takeover by Peter Gorman for Fort Worth Weekly:
It’s been a tough spring and summer for the gas drilling industry’s public image.
In Caddo Parish in Louisiana’s northwest corner, 17 head of cattle died in late April after drinking “frac” water that entered their pasture. During the last several months, earthquakes in Johnson County and at D/FW International Airport caused gas companies to shut down injection wells thought to be responsible. And then a couple of week ago, a film showing invisible poisonous hydrocarbons escaping into the air at gas well sites in North Texas appeared on YouTube. Closest to home, 14 new wells are planned for a Fort Worth park within 600 feet of a proposed elementary school and community center. Oh, and a gas industry lobbying group has been given the right to put a class in a Fort Worth public high school, with full control of the curriculum.
“Sounds like the apocalypse when you just rattle them off like that,” said Don Young, founder of Fort Worth CanDo and a consistent voice against urban gas drilling. The seemingly endless horror stories have activists like Young shaking their heads in disbelief. “Just when you think you’ve seen it all, something else happens to shock you again,” he said. (Read more)
By shirari, on July 15th, 2009%
Energy Industry Sways Congress With Misleading Data by Abrahm Lustgarten, ProPublica:
“We are all for using science-based information,” said Amy Mall, a senior policy analyst for the Natural Resources Defense Council. “But the underlying information doesn’t really tell the story they claim it does.”
Nonetheless, the arguments have gained traction in Congress and have eroded support for new regulation.
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By shirari, on June 16th, 2009%
Tell the NYS Assembly to Vote “NO” on Vested Rights:
Don’t let the State Assembly pass a law that would put developers’ rights ahead of those of ordinary New Yorkers.
With just one week left in this year’s Legislative Session, the New York State Assembly is considering a bill that would undercut the ability of cities, towns and villages to stop or even limit environmentally damaging development.
Bad idea, right? Tell your Assembly member to protect New York communities by voting “NO” on vested rights.
Get more info and take action!
By shirari, on June 11th, 2009%
New legislation would end Bush-era exemption for oil and gas industry, protect drinking water from drilling toxics: Local governments express support for ending loophole:
Today Senators Casey (D-PA) and Schumer (D-NY), and Representatives DeGette (D-CO), Polis (D-CO) and Hinchey (D-NY) introduced bills in the Senate and House to close the so-called “Halliburton Loophole” in the Safe Drinking Water Act that exempts hydraulic fracturing, and to require the public disclosure of hydraulic fracturing chemicals. The Halliburton loophole authorizes oil and gas drillers, exclusively, to inject known hazardous materials — unchecked — directly into or adjacent to underground drinking water supplies. It passed as part of the Bush Administration’s Energy Policy Act of 2005.
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Earlier related news: Industry Defends Federal Loophole for Drilling Before Packed Congressional Hearing
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