Articles related to hydraulic fracturing (fracking) to release natural gas
By Mike Bernhard Recently, fracking promoters in Afton circulated a reprint of a press release in the Binghamton Press & Sun-Bulletin. The headline, “Marcellus fee nets $22M for Pa. Counties,” intended to suggest that gas revenues flowing to local government would reduce the tax burden of homeowners here in Afton and/or provide funds for services […]
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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
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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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Josh Fox Brings GASLAND 2, Myth-Busting Documentary on Fracking, to Walton Fox and Local Groups Join to Engage Citizens in the Investigation of Fracking Josh Fox, director of the 2011 Academy Award-nominated documentary Gasland, will attend a free screening of his upcoming film Gasland 2 on Sunday, June 9, at 1pm at the Walton Theatre,
Freedom of Information Law request by The New Franklin Register to Department of Environmental Conservation for the draft regulations resulting from the GEIS on Oil, Gas and Solution Mining Regulatory Program (1992) Backstory While following the developments of gas drilling in Pennsylvania, The New Franklin Register found mention of a review of the PA DEP
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By Eugene Marner What the Landmen Don’t Tell About Shale Gas and Money When discussion about drilling for natural gas in our neighborhood began a few years ago, many understandably saw dollar signs in their future. But it turns out that, along with the environmental dangers, there are many financial perils that come with fracking.
Sean Lennon wrote a op-ed for the New York Times on Monday, August 27, 2012. “A few months ago I was asked by a neighbor near our farm to attend a town meeting at the local high school. Some gas companies at the meeting were trying very hard to sell us on a plan to tear
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Be in Albany Monday August 27th to tell Governor Cuomo and the gas industry the we, the people of New York, will not allow New York State to be cracked! For more information contact dontfrackny.org or your local grassroots group.
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We are the Responsible Associated Landowners of New York State. We are REAL NYS. We are a newly formed association of landowners fighting back against the gas companies that say the majority of landowners in New York State want fracking. They’re claiming that owners representing over 77,000 acres of land are pro-fracking. We believe we
