By Felix Marner Bridel Franklin, NY (Open Form Poem) The frost of winter spreads its wings And echoes over a thousand lands The rain’s dark brother, life of cold Shadow of a thousand springs A hunter, the usher of death Deadens earth with silence Its frosty daggers smite the alive And claim a thousand hearts […]
By Andy Bobrow Here in Franklin and in the surrounding counties, contentious issues are being debated, and the outcome of these debates will have a profound impact on the quality of life in our communities for decades to come. Whether or not to permit gas production by hydraulic fracturing in the Marcellus Shale is one
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Almost six years ago, our state government made it practical for large drilling and fracking operations to begin in New York. None have, as of yet. Back in 2008, the Department of Environmental Conservation slipped through the legislature a seemingly inconsequential bill. It amended the list of spacing-units for oil and gas drilling in New
Back in 2007, when The New Franklin Register started publishing, our focus was often on Peak Oil. As we sought to explain, Peak Oil refers to the moment when the amount of crude oil that can be extracted from the earth reaches its maximum and starts to decline. We also discussed the dire consequences likely
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In early February, I had the good fortune to be part of a small group of people who observed a Golden Eagle up close. This juvenile female raptor, later named Maxine, was captured early one morning and “processed” for the next few hours as part of a research project. Processing entailed weighing, measuring and fitting
by Alexis Green New York will never produce as much shale gas as Pennsylvania. That’s the consensus of four retired experts: a geologist, an engineer, an oil executive and an oil investor. They spoke on January 16 at the New York Society for Ethical Culture in Manhattan. Their topic: “New York Shale Gas Potential: How
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Download a PDF copy of the New Franklin Register Issue #22 (4.2MB) by clicking on the image. See the index of this issue, and links to all previous issues, on the index page. Issue #22, Vol. VIII No. 1, Spring 2014
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