Natural Gas Drilling in New York
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The Marcellus Shale is a type of rock trapped deep beneath the earth's crust. It contains natural gas, but companies have to use a type of drilling called hydraulic fracturing to extract the gas. Horizontal drilling is employed to capture more gas and is considered economical by the industry. New York is currently analyzing their Supplemental Generic Environmental Impact Statement (SGEIS) prior to allowing horizontal drilling in the Marcellus Shale. While New York reviews the environmental impacts, other states are allowing companies to drill for gas. New York citizens are in a unique position to be able to look to states where this special type of horizontal drilling and hydraulic fracturing are already taking place and decide for themselves if the benefits outweigh the risks. Take a look through this lens to see, not only what New Yorkers are talking about, but also what other states have to say about the consequences of drilling.
Please visit the link below "DEC revised draft SGEIS information and links" for information on the DEC's Revised Draft SGEIS. The comment period has been extended to January 11, 2012.
Please visit the link below "DEC revised draft SGEIS information and links" for information on the DEC's Revised Draft SGEIS. The comment period has been extended to January 11, 2012.
Table of Contents
- un-naturalgas.org
- Tweets about fracking
- Facebook Groups
- Hydrofracking stuff on Zazzle
- Petitions
- RSS feed from gas drilling blogs
- Dimock Natural Gas Drilling Video
- Earthworks Oil and Gas Accountability Project
- Delaware River Before/After Drilling
- Do you know how to find your Department of Health?
- Toxic substances
- Water
- Water Testing - Pennsylvania
- Quote of the day from NY Times "Regulation Lax as Gas Wells' Tainted Water Hits Rivers"
- Legislation
- DEC revised draft SGEIS information and links
- Blogs
- What's important to you?
- What is second in importance to you?
- Maps
- Photos on the web
- Groups
- Landowner Groups
- Forums
- Zazzle products from Barnettshale
- Recent Articles
- News articles - NY
- Articles from ProPublica's "Document Dive"
- News articles - PA
- Look & Listen Links
- Mugs from Cafe Press
- Pipeline and Storage Facility News and Links
- Wastewater
- Stickers from Cafe Press
- News articles - West Virginia
- News articles - Southern and Western States
- News articles - National and International
- Magazine articles
- Health and Safety
- Government websites
- Company and production information
- PDF documents
- Groups in other states
- You Tube videos: Rural Impact
- YouTube video: Gas - Farm ruined
- News from Google
- More from Google
- Related books at Amazon
- Comments
- iTunes
Tweets about fracking
See what the world is saying about fracking.
Facebook Groups
Facebook groups about the environmental effects of gas drilling
- Living the Drill.
- This is a registry for anyone, anywhere in the world, whose water, air quality, health, land, or community has been adversely affected by gas drilling or gas pipelines. Tell your story here.
- Kill the Drill!
- A group that is working to protect the Catskill/Delaware Watershed.
- un-naturalgas.org
- An open group that follows recent fracking news.
Hydrofracking stuff on Zazzle
Petitions
Online petitions related to drilling.
- Pennsylvanians Against Drilling Petition
- Petition addressed to Pennsylvania House of Representatives and Senate.
- Petition to Ban Natural Gas Drilling in NYS
- Target: New York State Governor, DEC Commissioner, State Senate & State Assembly. Sponsored by: multiple groups.
RSS feed from gas drilling blogs
The latest at some of the greatest!
- May 16, 2012 @ 9:59 amThe Otego Scream from OtegoNY.com
- This from Stuart Anderson, who's stylized version of "The Scream" sits on his property on Main St., reminding us of the horrors of what we'd be doing to our town if we allowed horizontal hydraulic fr...
- May 15, 2012 @ 10:32 pmTXSharon Donatons from Calvin Tillman, Former Mayor of DISH, TX
- Take a stand against Range ResourcesDonate now to defend Texas Sharon!Dear Calvin , We can do it! Help Sharon stand up to Range!Range Resources recently subpoenaed Earthworks? own Texas Sharon Wi...
- May 15, 2012 @ 10:29 pmSick From Fracking? Doctors, Patients Seek Answers... from Calvin Tillman, Former Mayor of DISH, TX
- Sick From Fracking? Doctors, Patients Seek Answers : NPR
- May 14, 2012 @ 9:46 pmBrendan DeMelle: Oil and Gas Industry Moving Aggre... from Calvin Tillman, Former Mayor of DISH, TX
- Brendan DeMelle: Oil and Gas Industry Moving Aggressively to Silence Critics
- May 13, 2012 @ 11:25 amMarcellus Drilling Affects Human Health - but no o... from The Marcellus Effect
- A couple weeks ago AP reporter Kevin Begos reportedthat the Pennsylvania Department of Health had received fewer than 30 health complaints on drilling. This information resulted from a FOIL request,...
- May 12, 2012 @ 10:35 amNoxious Gas release May 9th, 2012 - YouTube from Calvin Tillman, Former Mayor of DISH, TX
- Noxious Gas release May 9th, 2012 - YouTube
- May 12, 2012 @ 10:05 amEARTHWORKS | Standing up against intimidation: Oil... from Calvin Tillman, Former Mayor of DISH, TX
- EARTHWORKS | Standing up against intimidation: Oil and gas company targets prominent activist
- May 12, 2012 @ 10:04 amConfirmed: Loans are not the only worry at Chesape... from Calvin Tillman, Former Mayor of DISH, TX
- Confirmed: Loans are not the only worry at Chesapeake
- May 12, 2012 @ 10:03 amHow the Oil Industry has Deceived the US with the... from Calvin Tillman, Former Mayor of DISH, TX
- How the Oil Industry has Deceived the US with the Promise of Energy Independence
Dimock Natural Gas Drilling Video
From Cleanwateraction.org
Earthworks Oil and Gas Accountability Project
- Earthworks
- From their webpage:
"Encouraging Industry to 'Do it Right'
Often, communities or landowners are not opposed to drilling - they simply want to ensure that it is done in a way that minimizes impacts to the environment and their lives.
Learn about best practices, examples of progressive regulations, and about efforts to change government regulations so that when industry drills and produces oil and gas, they are Doing it Right."
Delaware River Before/After Drilling
From: GasDrillingTruth
Are you wondering what the scenic Delaware River is going to look like with a future of Natural Gas Drilling? Well, here's your answer!
Do you know how to find your Department of Health?
The link below is to the NY State Department of Health Drinking Water Protection Program page. If you visit the "Concerns About Surface Water as a Drinking Water Source" link, it states "You can find the number for the local health department in your phone book, or call 1-800-458-1158, extension 27650 for help in locating the office nearest to you."
- NYS Department of Health Drinking Water Protection Program
- NYS Department of Health
Toxic substances
Links to websites giving the facts about toxic substances.
- ATSDR - ToxFAQs: Hazardous Substance Fact Sheets
- A series of summaries about hazardous substances developed by the ATSDR Division of Toxicology. Each fact sheet serves as a quick and easy to understand guide.
Water
- How a gas well is drilled down into the ground, and what can go wrong
- This is a "must see" slide show at the West Virginia Surface Owners' Rights Organization web page.
- Delaware River Basin Commission's Home Page
- See their link entitled "Natural Gas Drilling in the Marcellus Shale Formation". Another link to visit: "What We Do", then "Regulations", then, at the bottom of the page, "Most Recent Notice of Applications Received". They also have an "Information for Watershed Groups" section that is comprehensive if you are looking for a watershed group in your area.
- DRBC News Release
- June 9, 2008 "DRBC NOTIFIES COMPANY THAT WATER USED FOR DEVELOPING NATURAL GAS WELLS IN DELAWARE RIVER BASIN NEEDS APPROVAL"
- DRBC News Releases
- On the left hand sidebar is information on how to subscribe to DRBC News Releases via e-mail.
- Aquafacts
- "The Appalachian Plateau Groundwater Region" by Steven Winkley, Groundwater Specialist, NYRWA
- SRBC Project Review
- Susquehanna River Basin's page on "Marcellus Shale and Natural Gas Well Development"
- The River Reporter
- August 21 - August 27, 2008 "River commissions set drilling standards...
Water protection is the goal" by TOM KANE - WaterWeek - Publications - AWWA
- ISSN 1551-8450 - Volume 17, Issue 34 - August 25, 2008
"NYC worried over gas drilling in watershed" - PennLive.com
- September 2, 2008 "Gas drilling might affect Susquehanna basin" BY GARRY LENTON Of The Patriot-News
- The River Reporter
- September 11 - 17, 2008 "DRBC to find out: What's in frack fluid?" By SANDY LONG
- The Epoch Times
- September 13, 2008 "To Drink or Drill?
Proposed natural gas drilling could taint water supply" By Christine Lin - AlterNet
- September 18, 2008 "A New Boom in Natural Gas Threatens Drinking Water" By Mark Clayton, Christian Science Monitor
- The River Reporter
- October 2 - 8, 2008 "Water log" By RICHARD A. ROSS
- BusinessWeek
- November 11, 2008 "Does Natural-Gas Drilling Endanger Water Supplies?" by Abrahm Lustgarten
- ProPublica
- November 13, 2008 "Buried Secrets: Is Natural Gas Drilling Endangering U.S. Water Supplies?" by Abrahm Lustgarten
- WTAE Pittsburgh
- November 14, 2008 "Team 4: Pa. Streams Drained Dry By Drillers"
- Scientific American
- November 17, 2008 "Drill for Natural Gas, Pollute Water" By Abrahm Lustgarten and ProPublica
- WVPubcast
- December 5, 2008 "Water woes from Marcellus drilling" By Emily Corio
- Post Gazette
- December 21, 2008 "State concerned about waste water from new gas wells" by Don Hopey, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
- The Riverdale Press: Point of view: Poisoning our drinking water
- January 1, 2009 Point of view: "Poisoning our drinking water" By Anne Marie Garti
- Gotham Gazette
- January 12, 2009 "Mixing Gas and Water: Drilling in the City's Watershed" by Dara L. Miles
- The River Reporter
- March 12 - 16, 2009 "Trout Unlimited raises drilling concerns"
"Stone Energy seeks 21 million gallons from Lackawaxen River" By SANDY LONG - ProPublica
- May 22, 2009 "EPA Administrator Forecasts Potential Shift on Bush-Era Drilling Loophole" by Joaquin Sapien
- Truthdig
- May 25, 2009 "'Clean' Energy and Poisoned Water" by Chris Hadges
- Bay Daily
- Bay Daily is a blog about environmental issues in the Chesapeake Bay region. Tom Pelton is senior writer for The Chesapeake Bay Foundation and host of "The Environment in Focus" radio program on WYPR 88.1 FM in Baltimore.
- The River Reporter
- June 25 - July 1, 2009 "Protecting private water wells"
Part one: Who pays? Grab your checkbook...
By SANDY LONG - The River Reporter
- July 2 - 8, 2009 "Protecting private wells"
Part two: Which tests and why?
By SANDY LONG - CALS News
- Spring 2009 Feature: Environmental Sciences "The Complex World of Water" By Lauren Chambliss
- Reuters
- August 27, 2009 "U.S. finds water polluted near gas-drilling sites" By Jon Hurdle
- NY Times
- September 12, 2009 "Clean Water Laws Are Neglected, at a Cost in Suffering" by Charles Duhigg
- CommonDreams.org
- October 1, 2009 "Water Worries Threaten US Push for Natural Gas" by Jon Hurdle
- ProPublica
- October 7, 2009 "Gas Drilling Vs. Drinking Water: New York City Consultant's Report Sets Stage for Fight With Albany" by Abrahm Lustgarten, ProPublica
- Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
- October 22, 2009 "Report finds millions of pounds of chemicals dumped into Pa. waterways" By Vivian Nereim, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
- Rodale News
- November 8, 2009 "Drilling for Natural Gas Jeopardizes Clean Water" By Leah Zerbe
- AlterNet
- December 11, 2009 "Damning New Evidence Raises Concerns About Threats to New York's Water from Gas Drilling" By Byard Duncan
- Environmental Working Group
- "Drinking Water Threatened by Toxic Natural Gas and Oil Drilling Chemicals"
Water Testing - Pennsylvania
Crucial Community Water Tests
From Damascus Citizens.org: Where to test, what to test for, and the cost. This is for Pennsylvania residents.
- DamascusCitizens.org
- Crucial Community Water Tests Now Taking Place
Quote of the day from NY Times "Regulation Lax as Gas Wells' Tainted Water Hits Rivers"
"Part of the problem is that industry has outpaced regulators. 'We simply can't keep up,' said one inspector with the [PA DEP] ... 'There's just too much of the waste.'
'If we're too hard on them,' the inspector added, 'the companies might just stop reporting their mistakes.'"
Legislation
Legislation in NY related to gas drilling
- How to contact Governor Cuomo
- Address, phone number, and e-mail to contact the governor's office.
- Bill status search
- Bill status search by bill number.
- New York State bill search
- Search for NY bills by number or keyword.
- NYS DEC
- Draft Supplemental Generic Environmental Impact Statement On The Oil, Gas and Solution Mining Regulatory Program
Well Permit Issuance for Horizontal Drilling And High-Volume Hydraulic Fracturing to Develop the Marcellus Shale and Other Low-Permeability Gas Reservoirs
60 day comment period. DEC will announce times and locations for a series of public information sessions.
DEC revised draft SGEIS information and links
Revised Draft SGEIS on the Oil, Gas and Solution Mining Regulatory Program (September 2011)
Well Permit Issuance for Horizontal Drilling and High-Volume Hydraulic Fracturing in the Marcellus Shale and Other Low-Permeability Gas Reservoirs.
- NYS DEC revised draft SGEIS page
- From the DEC's website: DEC received more than 13,000 public comments on the Draft Supplemental Generic Environmental Impact Statement (SGEIS) issued in September 2009. The Draft SGEIS addresses permit conditions required for gas drilling in Marcellus Shale and other areas of the State.
In response to issues raised, DEC has prepared a Revised Draft SGEIS. As of September 7, the document is available for public review. To help those interested in understanding the issues involving horizontal drilling and high-volume hydraulic fracturing, several fact sheets are also available.
Proposed regulations regarding high-volume hydraulic fracturing (HVHF) are available for public comment. Comments will be accepted through close of business on January 11, 2012. - ProPublica
- September 30, 2009 "New York State Paves Way for Gas Drilling With Release of Environmental Review" by Abrahm Lustgarten, Joaquin Sapien, and Sabrina Shankman, ProPublica
- NY Times
- September 30, 2009 "State Issues Rules on Upstate Natural Gas Drilling Near City's Water" By JAD MOUAWAD
- WNYC - News
- October 1, 2009 "Natural Gas Drilling Deemed Safe for Catskills Region" by Ilya Marritz
- NYC DEP
- NYC DEP response to the DEC's GEIS
"Natural Gas Drilling in Marcellus Shale"
Blogs
- Natural Gas Drilling Blog
- From the Times Tribune in Scranton, PA. Check out their "water withdrawl" label.
- CCE Gas Leasing Blog
- Cornell Cooperative Extension blog on gas leasing and exploration. They also have a forum button to the right in their blog.
- The Hellbender Chronicles
- The Allegheny defense project's daily weblog.
- NYLCV - eco politics daily
- A daily blog of the New York League of Conservation Voters.
- Brooklynian.com/Brooklyn Blog
- July 18, 2008 blog entry "Gas Drilling in the Delaware Watershed affects Brooklynites: ACT NOW!"
- Plummer's Hollow, Pennsylvania
- May 19, 2008 "Gas lease proposal: 'You may already be a sucker!'" by Bruce Bonta.
- The Coozer Files
- "NYC's drinking water in danger of contamination"
- Solomon's Photos: Hydrofracking The Marcellus Shale In Roulette
- Blog photos of a gas well being drilled in Roulette, PA
- OtegoNY.com
- The blog for Otego, NY. Check it out for info on gas drilling and a download and print poster!
- Flower Mound Citizens Against Urban Drilling
- Blog about gas drilling in Flower Mound, TX
- Susan's New York Now
- September 12, 2008 "Now that's some nice shale" by Susan Arbetter
- Essential Dissent
- October 7, 2008 "Marcellus Shale Play"
- Journey of the Forsaken Bracken
- A family in Colorado documents the development of 60 new natural gas wells within an approximate mile radius of their home.
- SPLASHDOWN!
- A PA blog about gas drilling.
- Eye on Texas
- A Blog about the Barnett Shale Natural Gas Boom
- VivaRioArriba
- From the blog: "Retired rancher trying to spark-plug a change in how oil and gas drilling is done on and around Devil's Spring ranch."
- Gas Wells Are Not Our Friends
- A blog from Bradford County, PA that follows gas drilling issues.
- Breathing in Political
- Excellent blog by Liz Bucar.
- MAP Tompkins
- The Marcellus Accountability Project for Tompkins County
- 30x35
- 30x35
Random musings about life in Fort Worth, TX
Contains posts about gas drilling in the area. - Calvin Tillman, Mayor of DISH, TX: The story of Dish, TX and it's fight to protect itself
- Saturday, September 26, 2009
The Results Are In For The DISH, TX Air Study
The results are in and there have been several comments on the study as well as a couple of articles.
Evaluation of Town of DISH, Texas Ambient Air Monitoring Analysis by Wilma Subra - The Erin O'Brien Owner's Manual for Human Beings
- Writer Erin O'Brien comments on all things human.
This is a link to the Wednesday, September 30, 2009 post "Drill Baby Drill" - Gort42: A random journal about local politics, baseball and whatever comes to mind.
- September 30, 2009 blog post: "Gas Pains"
- By The River: Marcellus Shale and rough talk
- By The River blog entry
"Marcellus Shale and rough talk" - The Marcellus Effect
- A central NY resident blogs about gas drilling related issues.
- Bay Daily
- September 22, 2009 "CBF Fights Destructive Gas Drilling in Pennsylvania" by Tom Pelton
- Spectra Energy Watch
- Where Eminent Domain Meets Grassroots & Social Media
- Frack Mountain
- A blog about gas drilling in an area of PA called Back Mountain.
- Danger Drilling
- Blog with information about drilling dangers of the Marcellus Shale.
- Drilling Has Consequences: Home
- A Blog from Pennsylvania that advocates taxing natural gas drilling.
- Chesapeakegate: Texas Eminent Domain Abuse
- "Welcome to Chesapeakegate. The Texas Eminent Domain Abuse Blog Forum where we discuss various issues that concern citizens living in the Barnett Shale area of Texas. Comments will be published in real-time, but will be monitored and moderated."
- Cheap Tricks and Costly Truths
- March 8, 2010 entry "Will You Please Send An E-mail To Judge Sprinkle?"
This is about Carter Avenue Rescue Operation, pipelines and eminent domain. - Neighbors of the Onondaga Nation
- Working in Solidarity with the Onondaga Nation
Hydrofracking--A New Threat - No Fracking!
- Stop Hydraulic Fracturing Natural Gas Stimulation Drilling in New York State
- Faces of Frackland
- "We are Pennsylvania. We care."
- Fracking: Gas Drilling and the Marcellus Shale--Home
- Lots of information about Marcellus Shale and links to other websites under the "Opinions" section.
- Larkin ValleyNo WinnProject
- Larkin Valley No Winn Project  Mission Statement:
"To preserve the quality of life of our families, neighbors and community."
"Larkin Valley No Winn Project, or LVNWP, is a grassroots organization formed in response to a proposed silica/frac sand mine and processing plant in the Town of Preston, near Blair, WI." - AQLPA
- Canadian website about unconventional gas drilling. Utica shale basin.
- Liberty And Justice WV
- A West Virginia blog.
- Jersey City NO Gas Pipeline
- Residents in and around Jersey City, NJ against the pipeline.
- FracTracker - Marcellus Shale Data Tracking
- This blog provides citizens with a common place to learn about & share their Marcellus Shale drilling experiences.
- Marcellus Shale Watch
- A law blog hosted by Saul Ewing LLP.
The intro reads: "Welcome to Marcellus Shale Watch, a law blog hosted by Saul Ewing LLP. Marcellus Shale Watch keeps track of developments in law, regulations and the business of natural gas exploration and development the Marcellus Shale region of Pennsylvania and Maryland." - Contaminated Nation
- January 25, 2011 "Fracking: The Sleeping Giant of Environmental Contamination"
- PUBLIC COMMENT
- A blog from Bradford County, PA.
- 1490 NewsBlog
- March 11, 2010: Oil spill on Hedgehog Lane.
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Maps
- Millennium Pipeline map
- Individual, county maps for the millennium pipeline.
- Skytruth
- Aerial maps of gas drilling sites.
- United States Pipelines map
- Crude Oil (petroleum) pipelines - Natural Gas pipelines - Products pipelines (such as gasolene, propane and ethylene). Scroll all the way to the bottom for the map.
Photos on the web
- Allegheny Defense Project photos
- Visit this link to see several albums, created by Allegheny Defense Project, showing gas and oil drilling projects in the Allegheny National Forest.
- Dallas News.com
- Photo gallery from Dallas News.com called "Radioactive residue"
- DamascusCitizens.org
- PHOTOS OF CUMULATIVE IMPACT OF DRILLING
The real-life view of GAS DRILLING...
Ultra-High-Resolution
Sky-View Images - Print Posters
©2009 Prepared by: Raye Levine
[Very large file sizes - Please allow a minute of download time.] - Marcellus Shale gas drilling - Photos of Marcellus Shale gas wells
- Marcellus Shale photos of Marcellus gas wells and drilling equipment, with news, pics and stories on horizontal gas drilling using hydraulic fracing in Marcellus Shale.
- Susquehanna River Sentinel
- 1/27/10 - Who approved the location of these sites?
Pictures of tanks in flood water. - www.mfrphoto.com
- January 25, 2010 Rally photos at MFR Photo Blog.
Groups
Groups dedicated to protecting our environment
You can become a member of some of these groups, so stop by and have a look!
- Catskill Mountainkeeper Website
- Organization dedicated to preserving and protecting the Catskills.
- Damascus Citizens
- Group dedicted to protecting the Upper Delaware.
- Catskill Citizens for Safe Energy
- A grassroots organization for safe energy.
- Chenango Greens
- Chenango Greens website with some info on Natural Gas leases.
- Delaware Riverkeeper
- Fact sheet on natural gas well drilling and production in the Upper Delaware River Watershed.
- The Community Environmental Legal Defense Fund
- A legal services group. See their website for their description.
- Citizens Power Alliance
- Based in the Finger Lakes, this group is open to organizations nationwide and international in scope.
- Keep Cochecton Rural
- A Sullivan County group.
- The Nature Conservancy
- They have a write up about how gas drilling may impact conservation in Pennsylvania and surrounding states.
- Allegheny Defense Project
- "...working for the protection of the natural heritage of the Alleghenies..."
- NY Marcellus Shale Google Site
- This Google site is an information clearinghouse for upstate residents. Websites, listserves and meetings notices will be posted here.
- Fort Worth Citizens Against Neighborhood Drilling Ordinance | FWCANDO
- Home page for Fort Worth CANDO. Lots of interesting facts and links here.
- Pennsylvania Land Trust Association
- A group dedicated to the conservation of Pennsylvania land.
- CCE Natural Gas Leasing
- Cornell Cooperative Extension Natural Gas Leasing Home
- Environmental Advocates of New York
- Environmental Advocates of New York is the state's government watchdog, holding lawmakers and agencies accountable for enacting and enforcing laws that protect our natural resources and safeguard public health.
Don't miss their section on Marcellus Shale as well as their document "Permission to Pollute". - NYH2O
- "NYH2O is a nonprofit advocacy group based in New York City that is dedicated to protecting New York's water resources from the threat posed by the gas extraction industry."
- NYH2O Group on Facebook
- Join NYH2O's Facebook page for updates!
- Shaleshock.org
- Shaleshock Citizens Action Alliance is a grassroots group of Finger Lakes residents who are concerned with understanding and protecting our communities and environment from exploitation by the energy industry with regards to drilling for natural gas in the Marcellus Shale.
- Binghamton Regional Sustainability Coalition
- The Binghamton Regional Sustainability Coalition (BRSC) is a grassroots, democratically-run organization, dedicated to increasing civic participation through education and collaboration to achieve enduring social, environmental and economic well-being.
BRSC committees are currently working on several projects, including Gas Production Education & Action. - Institute for Justice: Litigating for Liberty
- October 7, 2009 "New Report Documents Widespread Eminent Domain Abuse Across New York State" Media Contact: John Kramer (703) 682-9320
Landowner Groups
Landowner groups in NY
Most of these groups have news, a forum or a listserve, photos and other information.
- Tioga County Landlowners Group
- For landowners in, or those seeking information about, gas leasing in Tioga County, NY.
- CNYLC
- Central NY Landowners Coalition. A direct link to their Forum is under the "Forums" module here.
- Hancock Gas Lease
- Community for Hancock, NY area land owners interested in gas leasing. There is a forum and also photos of the pipeline construction at their web page.
Forums
Forums for discussion of natural gas drilling
You may be required to sign up in order to participate in any of these forums.
- Marcellus Gas Info
- Google group designed for the discussion of Natural Gas drilling in NY.
- North Eastern Fly Fishing Forum
- Forum for discussion of impact of drilling on the trout streams at the headwaters of the Delaware. Note that this link is to a Sierra Club Resolution that is under discussion there.
- Natural Gas Lease Forum for Landowners
- Registration is recommended to view state specific info.
- CCE Gas Leasing Forum
- Cornell Cooperative Extension's Gas Leasing Forum
- CNY Landowner's Coalition
- CNY Landowner's Coalition Forum for General Discussion, Contract Issues, Environmental Issues and Latest Offers.
- Wired New York Forum
- "City's Drinking Water Feared Endangered"
Zazzle products from Barnettshale
Products from The Barnett Shale Shop
From the Barnett Shale Shop page: "The purpose of this gallery is to provide a way for those opposed to the natural gas wells and pipelines to vent their spleen thru bumper stickers, coffee mugs and other products. If you don't see a suitable comment here, or a product that you're looking for, please contact us. It's very likely we can add it."
Recent Articles
- Episcopal Live Online
- March 12, 2010 "DALLAS: Interfaith environmental alliance aims for 'creation awareness'" By Pat McCaughan
- Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
- March 14, 2010 "Audit of Game Commission's land use 'disappointing'" By John Hayes
- Houston Chronicle
- March 16, 2010 "White linked to company facing pollution probe" By R.G. RATCLIFFE
- Weekly Press
- March 17, 2010 "Ninety people attend Sierra Club Marcellus Shale Debate" By Iris Marie Bloom
- The Times-Tribune
- March 17, 2010 "PUC mulls over its role in Marcellus pipeline regulation" By David Falchek
- Williamsport Sun-Gazette
- March 18, 2010 "Investigation is continuing into discharge" By PATRICK DONLIN
- EPA Press Release
- March 18, 2010 "EPA Initiates Hydraulic Fracturing Study: Agency seeks input from Science Advisory Board"
- ProPublica
- March 18, 2010 "EPA Launches National Study of Hydraulic Fracturing" by Abrahm Lustgarten
- AltoonaMirror.com
- March 22, 2010 "Locals hope to inform others of Clearville natural gas project" by Wendy Zook
- DC Bureau
- March 22, 2010 "Before the Massa Meltdown: An interview on the Marcellus Shale" by Allison Sickle
- Reuters
- March 25, 2010 "UPDATE 1-Philadelphia seeks ban on natgas-drilling method" By Jon Hurdle
- Cleveland.com
- March 26, 2010 "Round the Rotunda: Citizens unhappy with new gas and oil drilling rules" by Aaron Marshall, The Plain Dealer
- OpEdNews
- March 27, 2010 "Natural Gas Drilling in Catskills: Both Unnecessary & Dangerous" by Scott Baker
- PennLive.com
- March 28, 2010 "Drill first, think later is a reckless formula" By Patriot-News Editorial Board
- NY Daily News
- March 28, 2010 "AG voices opinion - in 128-page report: Andrew Cuomo WOULD ban gas mining near watersheds" by Adam Lisberg
- The Times-Tribune
- March 30, 2010 "Philadelphia dives in to gas drilling issue in Wayne County" by Steve McConnell
- The Times-Tribune
- March 30, 2010 "Spill in state forest moves gas drilling moratorium debate" by Robert Swift
- Standard Speaker
- April 2, 2010 "Mud spill at drilling site contained" By ROBERT SWIFT
- PostIndependent.com
- April 10, 2010 "West Divide Creek resident says water contamination continues" by John Colson
- The Dallas News
- April 14, 2010 "Tests detect Barnett Shale emissions toxins in Dish residents' blood, urine" By PEGGY HEINKEL-WOLFE
- DC Bureau
- April 21, 2010 "PA Politician Calls for Moratorium on Gas Drilling Permits" by Allison Sickle
- The Times-Tribune
- May 4, 2010 "Cabot removes fluids from problem pit" by Laura Legere
- WKYC.com
- May 14, 2010 "Investigator Exclusive: Drilling for disaster near homes and schools?" by Tom Meyer
- National Wildlife Federation
- May 14, 2010 "The Dirty Truth Behind Clean Natural Gas" by Paul Tolmé
- Pittsburgh Tribune-Review
- May 17, 2010 "State to approves a measure to limit drilling" by Bob Frye
- Rochester City Newspaper
- May 17, 2010 "Finger Lakes wine, tourism, and Marcellus Shale drilling" By Jeremy Moule (comments following by Mary S. and jane firstenfeld are "must read").
- The Times-Tribune
- May 18, 2010 "State environmental board approves tougher standards for gas drillers" by Robert Swift
- Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
- May 18, 2010 "Tighter wastewater rules advance for gas wells" By Tom Barnes
- The Times Leader
- May 23, 2010 "Drilling industry concerns anglers, hunters" By Tom Venesky
- DC Bureau
- June 1, 2010 "Conflicts of Interest - New York Style: Senator George Winner's Shale Play" by Allison Sickle
- WJAC Johnstown
- June 4, 2010 "Gas Well Ruptures In State Forest"
- The Cornell Daily Sun
- June 10, 2010 "Students, Community Sound Off in Hydrofracking Debate" By Sun Staff
- Pittsburgh Tribune-Review
- June 11. 2010 "Driller defied permit in West Virginia incident" by Tim Puko
- NPR
- June 16, 2010 "Drilling Poses Risk To Pennsylvania Water Supplies" by Ilya Marritz
- Citizens Voice
- June 18, 2010 "Back Mountain group wants study on area's aquifers" By Elizabeth Skrapits
- Vanity Fair
- June 21, 2010 "A Colossal Fracking Mess" By Christopher Bateman
- The Daily Green
- June 23, 2010 "15 Gulf Oil Spill Myths" By Dan Shapley
- Owego Pennysaver
- June 26, 2010 "Pennsylvania man arrested following accident in Owego that left residents without power" By Wendy Post
- Yale Environment 360
- June 28, 2010 "Natural Gas as Panacea: Dubious Path to a Green Future" by Daniel B. Botkin
- Legislativegazette.com
- June 28, 2010 "Common Cause: Industry dollars playing too big a role in natural gas debate" By Joe Brill
- WTAE Pittsburgh
- June 29, 2010 "Potentially Harmful Chemicals Used In Marcellus Shale Drilling"
- Reuters
- July 1, 2010 "US state quarantine cattle over gas drilling fluid"
- North County Times (San Diego)
- July 5, 2010 "CHATFIELD: Beaches, oil and fracking?" By GAIL CHATFIELD
- Southern Maryland Headline News
- July 6, 2010 "Southern Maryland Headline News: Fracking: a new "f" word enters the language" Commentary by Chris Bolgiano, Bay Journal News Service
- Scientific American
- July 2010 "The Drillers Are Coming: Debate over Hydraulic Fracturing Heats Up" ( Preview )
By Mark Fischetti (requires subscription or purchase to read the entire article) - KDKA.com
- July 23, 2010 "Drinking Water An Issue In Marcellus Shale Debate"
- Recordonline.com
- August 3, 2010 "Marcellus drilling report tallies 1,400 violations"
- CNN.com
- September 17, 2010 "Report: Chemicals found in NE Pennsylvania water wells" By Sarah Hoye, CNN
- DentonRC.com
- September 18, 2010 "Drilling can dig into land value" By Peggy Heinkel-Wolfe
- Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
- October 18, 2010 "Council hears opinions on shale drilling dangers, limits" by Rich Lord, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
- American Farm Bureau
- October 23, 2010 "Cuts in State Agency Are Troubling, Environmentalists and Gas Drillers Agree" by MIREYA NAVARRO, New York Times
- The Huffington Post
- November 16, 2010 "Pittsburgh Bans Natural Gas Drilling Over Fracking Threat" by Brendan DeMelle, Freelance writer and researcher
- News Channel 34
- November 22, 2010 "Brewery Ommegang Statement on Hydrofracking for Shale Gas"
- Newsworks
- November 22, 2010 "13,000 gallons of 'frack fluid' spew from tank" by Susan Phillips
- DC Bureau
- November 23, 2010 "Pennsylvania Gas Drillers Dumping Radioactive Waste in New York" by Peter Mantius
- The Milford Daily News
- November 23, 2010 "Rural residents say natural gas drilling has tainted their drinking water" by Isaac Wolf
- LancasterOnline.com
- November 29, 2010 "OUTDOORS: Marcellus gas drilling may shuffle the deck for hunters" by AD CRABLE
- The Times-Tribune
- November 30, 2010 "Judge denies gas driller's motion to dismiss Dimock lawsuit" By Laura Legere
- The Ecologist
- November 30, 2010 "Exclusive film US natural gas drilling boom linked to pollution and social strife" by Jim Wickens
- NYTimes.com
- December 1, 2010 "Hydraulic Fracturing in the Spotlight" by TOM ZELLER JR.
- Workers World
- December 4, 2010 "Rise in fracking accidents prompts anti-drilling rallies" by Betsey Piette
- The River Reporter
- December 2 - 8, 2010 "Bolstering home rule in New York" (check the poll at the end of the article).
- Region 6 | US EPA
- December 7, 2010 "EPA Issues an Imminent and Substantial Endangerment Order to Protect Drinking Water in Southern Parker County"
- The Denver Post
- December 29, 2010 "Colorado energy companies often able to take advantage of lower agricultural tax rate" By Nancy Lofholm
- WSJ.com
- January 3, 2011 "Pa. allows dumping of tainted waters from gas boom" Associated Press
- Environmental Protection
- January 18, 2011 "Justice Files Complaint against Range Production Company for Aquifer Contamination"
EPA testing confirmed in December that drinking wells in Parker County, Texas, contained methane gas and benzene. - The Express
- January 22, 2011 "It's our land!" by MARTY and WENDY McCORMICK
- Montreal Gazette
- January 29, 2011 "Official calls well leak 'very, very worrying'"
Shale gas Fear of underground water contamination
By KEVIN DOUGHERTY - Star-Gazette
- December 1, 2011 "Spill probed near Pa. gas-drilling site" by Steve Reilly
- Environmental Working Group
- December, 2011 "Drilling Doublespeak
Gas Drillers Disclose Risks to Shareholders - But Not to Landowners" - EPA
- December 8, 2011 "EPA Releases Draft Findings of Pavillion, Wyoming Ground Water Investigation for Public Comment and Independent Scientific Review"
News articles - NY
- Environment, Biosecurity & Health News, Events, Links, Solutions, News Releases & Opinions
- April 7, 2007 "Two Months Without Clean Water" (this is about the North Brookfield, NY natural gas well that affected local wells).
- The River Reporter
- March 6 - March 12, 2008 article "Congress investigates possible water contamination caused by gas well drilling" by Tom Kane
- Wayne Independent
- May 5, 2008 "Gas drilling's impact on land & water focus of Callicoon meeting" by Sarah Thomas
- The River Reporter
- May 22 - May 28, 2008 article "Regulating gas-drilling" By FRITZ MAYER
- WBNG News
- June 12, 2008 "Gas Drilling Concerns on Susquehanna River"
- NY Times
- June 29, 2008 article "Gas Drillers in Race for Hearts and Land" by PETER APPLEBOME
- The River Reporter
- July 10 - July 16, 2008 article "Radioactivity and gas wells" by By FRITZ MAYER
- Times-Herald Record
- July 21, 2008 article "Town in Colorado advises Sullivan County to plan now for drilling" by Steve Israel. You may want to visit the sidebars at this article "Related Stories" and "boomtown".
- timesunion.com (Albany, NY)
- July 22, 2008 article "'Hydrofracking:' Toxic gas-drilling technique
Plan raises questions about water safety in state"
By ABRAHM LUSTGARTEN, ProPublica /, Special to the Times Union - wnyc.org
- July 22, 2008 news report, slide show, and listen link "Natural Gas Drilling: Is New York Ready?" by Ilya Marritz
- ProPublica
- July 22, 2008 2:42 pm EDT article "New York's Gas Rush Poses Environmental Threat" by Abrahm Lustgarten
- ProPublica
- July 22, 2008 10:27 pm EDT article "New York State Tightens Drilling Controls" by Abrahm Lustgarten (this should be read in conjunction with the prior news article entitled "Upstate New York's looming natural gas nightmare").
- Thirteen/WNET
- July 23, 2008 "Natural Gas Frenzy May Threaten NYC Drinking Water"
- NY Times
- July 27, 2008 "The Light Is Green, and Yellow, on Drilling" by Peter Applebome
- The River Reporter
- July 24 - July 30, 2008 article "What's in that fracking fluid?"
Exposure sends nurse to intensive care
By FRITZ MAYER - CNNMoney.com
- July 29, 2008 article "Natural gas vs. contaminated water" by Steve Hargreaves
- The River Reporter
- July 31 - August 6, 2008 "Gas issue bubbling up in NYC?"
- The River Reporter
- July 31 - August 6, 2008 "Gas Drilling in Paradise"
- The Evening Sun
- August 1, 2008 "Where will water for gas drilling come from, and who will dispose of it?" by: Melissa deCordova, Sun Staff Writer
- Times-Herald Record
- August 3, 2008 article "Gas companies can defy landowners" by Adam Bosch
- NY Sun
- August 6, 2008 "City's Drinking Water Feared Endangered; $10B Cost Seen" By ABRAHM LUSTGARTEN
- Times Union - Albany NY
- August 6, 2008 article "NYC demands drilling ban
Toxic gas may taint city's water" by ABRAHM LUSTGARTEN - Grist
- August 6, 2008 "Dumb as a Layer of Rocks
NYC officials fear natural-gas drilling would taint water supplies" - The Daily Star, Oneonta, NY
- August 07, 2008 "Drilling moratorium urged" by Tom Grace
- The River Reporter
- August 7 - August 13, 2008 "Rushing to a Halt?" by Sandy Long
- NY Times
- August 9, 2008 article "Putting Water Ahead of Natural Gas" by by PETER APPLEBOME
- WNYC - News
- August 12, 2008 "Bloomberg Wary of Natural Gas Drilling Near Water Supply" by Ilya Marritz
- The Times Herald Record
- August 13, 2008 article "State promises strict oversight for gas drilling" by Steve Israel
- AlterNet.org
- August 13, 2008 "The Must-Drill Mentality Is Threatening NYC's Water" by David Sassoon, Huffington Post
- Queens Gazette
- August 13, 2008 "Gennaro Warns Of Threats To NYC Water Supply" by JOHN TOSCANO
- Chenango Greens
- August 15, 2008 "Gas well explosion in Preston"
- The Observer-Dispatch
- August 16, 2008 "Natural gas: Last chance for upstate?" by BRYON ACKERMAN
- Times Union - Albany NY
- August 19, 2008 "Protecting our resources a priority" by RON URBAN
- Environmental Expert.com
- August 20, 2008 "Gas drilling law could endanger NY drinking water, say NRDC experts"
Source: Natural Resources Defense Council - The River Reporter
- August 21 - August 27, 2008 "Bonacic proposes gas legislation...
Bill to enhance local control of gas drilling" by FRITZ MAYER - The River Reporter
- August 28 - September 3, 2008 "Milanville man goes to gas land for first-hand look"
"'The Rage of Nature' film to document experience" by SANDY LONG - ProPublica
- August 28, 2008 "Clinton Concerned About New York Drilling" by Allison Battey
- ProPublica
- September 3, 2008 "NYC Council to Hold Hearing on Gas Drilling Near City Water Supply" by Allison Battey
- The New York Sun
- September 3, 2008 "Hearing To Focus on Effects of Upstate Drilling on Water"
- ProPublica
- September 9, 2008 "N.Y. Plans to Consider Law Limiting Natural Gas Drilling" by Allison Battey, ProPublica
- Newsday.com
- September 9, 2008 "NY official: Gas drilling won't harm NYC water" By MARY ESCH
- NY Daily News
- September 10, 2008 "City pols call drilling plan a biodisaster" BY FRANK LOMBARDI
- The Evening Sun
- September 11, 2008 "What do you know about Norwnew?" By: Melissa deCordova, Sun Staff Writer
- The Times Herald Record
- September 11, 2008 "Limit gas drilling in Catskills, NYC says
Council wants rules to protect water supply" By Adam Bosch - The River Reporter
- September 18 - 24, 2008 "Roadblock for seismic testing thumper trucks?" By FRITZ MAYER
- The Times Herald Record
- September 19, 2008 "Sullivan gas drilling expected to begin in 2009" By Adam Bosch
- NY Daily News
- September 22, 2008 "Natural gas rush will come at expense of NYC's water" Be Our Guest: James Gennaro, councilman
- The Cornell Daily Sun
- September 30, 2008 "Companies Explore New Drilling in N.Y." By Abubakar Jalloh
- The River Reporter
- October 2 - Oct. 8, 2008 "Two Tusten moratoriums" By FRITZ MAYER
- The Evening Sun
- October 3, 2008 "Gas drilling waste hauler rejected" By: Melissa deCordova, Sun Staff Writer
- The Daily Star
- October 18, 2008 "Drilling on hold in town" By Tom Grace
- WBNG News
- October 22, 2008 "Rush of Natural Gas Applications"
- The Daily Star, Oneonta, NY
- December 3, 2008 "Gas-drilling fears abound" By Denise Richardson
- The River Reporter
- December 11 - 17, 2008 "Highway super wants Millennium to fix roads" By FRITZ MAYER
- The Evening Sun
- January 5, 2009 "Smyrna gas rig catches fire" By: Melissa deCordova
- The Ithaca Journal
- "Public health more important than gas drilling" by Lisa Ann Wright / Guest Column
- The River Reporter
- Jan. 29-Feb. 4, 2009 "DEC files notice on Hancock gas well permits" By FRITZ MAYER
- Gotham Gazette
- January 2009 "Mixing Gas and Water: Drilling in the City's Watershed" by Dara L. Miles
- The River Reporter
- March 5 - 11, 2009 "Manhattan politician releases gas drilling report"
"Calls for moratorium" By FRITZ MAYER - 9wsyr
- March 20, 2009 "Town official concerned over gas rig fires"
- The Evening Sun
- March 20, 2009 "Gas well explodes in nearby Lebanon" By: Tyler Murphy
- The NYC Independent Media Center
- March 23, 2009 "Stop ALL Toxic Gas Drilling in NYS, with Rev. Billy" By Mari Budha
- The Evening Sun
- March 26, 2009 "Cause of Lebanon gas rig fire still under investigation" By: Melissa deCordova
- The River Reporter
- April 2 - 8, 2009 "Millennium gas leak frightened local couple"
"Pipe infrastructure is not access for Marcellus drillers" By TOM KANE - The Evening Sun
- April 13, 2009 "Assessors to face steep learning curve" By: Jeff Genung
- The River Reporter
- June 11 - 17, 2009 "Protecting town roads" By FRITZ MAYER
- NYTimes.com
- July 27, 2009 "Walking the Land Where the Drilling Rigs Will Go" By VERLYN KLINKENBORG
- Madison County Courier-Madison County News
- October 19, 2009 "Madison County Board of Supervisors Hear Natural Gas Presentation" By Martha E. Conway
- NY Times
- October 27, 2009 "Gas Company Won't Drill in New York Watershed" By JAD MOUAWAD and CLIFFORD KRAUSS
- DNAinfo Home
- October 29, 2009 "Scott Stringer Leads Fight Against 'Fracking,' Fears Contamination of Water Supply" by Heather Grossmann
- The Indypendent
- October 30, 2009 "Drilling Deep Into Controversy" By Jessica Lee
- Crain's New York Business
- November 1, 2009 "The new gold rush" By Erik Engquist
- ProPublica
- November 11, 2009 "New Yorkers Tell DEC: 'No Fracking Way'" by Sabrina Shankman
- NY Times
- November 27, 2009 "At Odds Over Land, Money and Gas" By MIREYA NAVARRO
- DC Bureau
- December 4, 2009 "The Marcellus Shale: New York is the Natural Gas Industry's New Lab Rat" by Allison Sickle
- ProPublica
- December 4, 2009 "Environmentalists: Revise Gas Drilling Review? Nope - Repeal It!" by Sabrina Shankman, ProPublica
- MPNnow
- December 15, 2009 "Marcellus gas or radium-free drinking water?" By John Jongen, Daily Messenger
- ProPublica
- December 29, 2009 "Drill Wastewater Disposal Options in N.Y. Report Have Problems of Their Own" by Joaquin Sapien and Sabrina Shankman, ProPublica
- NY Daily News
- January 5, 2010 "Critics drill Gov. Paterson on water plan" by Adam Lisberg, News City Hall Bureau Chief
- The Courier
- January 18, 2010 "Wastewater facility proposed near Keuka" by Derrick Ek
- WTEN: Albany, New York
- January 25, 2010 "Rallies in Albany over controversial natural gas drilling" By MARK O'BRIEN
- The Post-Standard - Syracuse
- January 25, 2010 "New York protesters divided over natural gas drilling" By The Post-Standard
- Recordonline.com
- January 26, 2010 "Both sides in gas-drilling dispute rally in Albany" by Steve Israel
- The Cornell Daily Sun
- March 2, 2010 "Groups Work Together to Fight Hydrofracking" By Margo Cohen Ristorucci
- Syracuse.com
- March 5, 2010 "Onondaga County legislators ask Gov. David Paterson to ban hydrofracking until further study" By Delen Goldberg
Articles from ProPublica's "Document Dive"
All of these articles are PDF documents
These articles are from the July 22, 2008 article by ProPublica entitled "New York's Gas Rush Poses Environmental Threat" and are found in their side bar entitled "Document Dive"
- A White Paper Describing Produced Water from Production of Crude Oil, Natural Gas, and Coal Bed Methane
- Prepared by the Argonne National Laboratory, January 2004
- Evaluation of Impacts to Underground Sources of Drinking Water by Hydraulic Fracturing of Coalbed Methane Reservoirs
- Environmental Protection Agency, June 2004
- Audit of the Department of Environmental Conservation
- Lease of State Land for Gas and Oil Exploration and Production, Office of the New York State Comptroller, 2005
- New Mexico Gas Pit Sampling Results
- May 23, 2007
- Written Testimony by Theo Colburn, Ph.D.
- Before the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, Oct. 25, 2007
- Marcellus Shale Gas Well Development in New York State
- New York State Department of Environmental Conservation, May 27, 2008
- New York State Drilling Application and Environmental Assessment Form
- February 15, 2008
- Drafted Letter From New York's DEC to Well Operators
- Re: Hydraulic Fracturing of Shale Formations for Gas Production, July 11, 2008
News articles - PA
- Williamsport SunGazette
- This links to their "The Future of Gas Leasing" section which lists all of their recently published articles. This paper serves all of North Central Pennsylvania. Check out the July 17, 2008 article "Gas exploration - pros and cons" by DAVID THOMPSON
- Post-Gazette Now/Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
- January 26, 2007 "Oil, gas drilling called out of control" By Don Hopey.
- The River Reporter
- April 10 - April 16, 2008 article "Western PA landowners regret deep gas wells deals...
Gasses bubbling out of the ground and into drinking wells and ponds" by TOM KANE - Campaign for America's Wilderness
- May 6, 2008 "Gas drilling's impact on environment being watched" by Laura Legere
- PA DEP Daily Update
- May 30, 2008 "DEP Orders Partial Shutdown of Two Natural Gas Drilling Operations in Lycoming County"
- Philadelphia Inquirer
- July 6, 2008 article entitled "Betting on a bonanza" by Harold Brubaker.
- nj.com
- July 12, 2008 article at nj.com entitled "Rocky road to gas riches in Pa." by Greg Saitz/The Star-Ledger.
- Star-Gazette.com
- July 15, 2008 article "Pa. seeks gas drillers for Tioga forest
State wants share of Marcellus Shale boom by taking bids on more than 20,000 acres."
By Marc Levy - The Associated Press - NBC SanDiego.com
- June 17, 2008 "Pennsylvania Warns Gas Industry to Respect Natural Treasures"
- Altoona Mirror
- July 26, 2008 "Natural gas battle rages" by Wendy McCardle.
- Altoona Mirror
- July 27, 2008 "Deep concerns" By Greg Bock
- National Eminent Domain Blog
- Scroll down to their July 31, 2008 article "Owner's Gas Storage Rights, August 1, 2008 article "Clearville Storage Rights" and August 6, 2008 article "Pipeline in Pennsylvania"
- The Morning Call
- August 6, 2008 "DEP: Municipalities have limited right to regulate drilling...Pa. agency weighs in on two towns' high court appeals." by Scott Kraus Of The Morning Call
- The River Reporter
- August 7 - August 13, 2008 "Gas meeting draws National Council of Churches" by TOM KANE
- The River Reporter
- August 7 - August 13, 2008 article "Over 1,400 sign gas leases in Wayne" by TOM KANE
- Wayne Independent
- August 8, 2008: "Basin Commission presses gas driller" by Peter Becker
- Ridgway Record
- August 10, 2008 "Gibbs Hill homeowners lose water supply after fracking" by Heidi Zemach
- SOLANCONEWS.com
- August 13, 2008 "Deep-Well Gas Drilling A Concern for State's Water Sources" by Jeff Mulhollem, PSU Ag Science NewsUNIVERSITY PARK—
- The River Reporter
- August 21 - August 27, 2008 "PA officials plan a Texas gas trip...
Two shales up for comparison" by TOM KANE - The River Reporter
- August 28 - September 3, 2008 "Powerlines and pipelines: Here we grow again"
"Tennessee Gas Pipeline seeks expansion" By SANDY LONG - Susquehanna Independent Weekend
- September 3, 2008 "Natural gas main focus of economic development annual meeting" By Staci Wilson
- Pittsburgh Tribune-Review
- September 7, 2008 "Well site owners told to be careful" by Richard Robbins
- Themorningcall.com
- September 9, 2008 "Pa. high court to hear natural gas drilling case...
Decision could affect lawsuit in Bucks County." By Scott Kraus - Themorningcall.com
- September 10, 2008 "Court weighs whether towns can stop gas wells"
"Case in western Pa. will have implications in Upper Bucks." By Dan Nephin - Pittsburgh Tribune-Review
- September 16, 2008 "Ligonier Valley approves gas drilling deal" By A.J. Panian
- The Express - Lockhaven.com
- September 17, 2008 "Natural gas fire still going in Leidy Township"
- The Wall Street Journal - Market Watch
- September 17, 2008 "DEP Issues 73 Marcellus Shale Drilling Permits" PRNewswire - USNewswire via COMTEX
- CNGNews.com
- September 18, 2008 "Gas Drilling Watchdog" By: Steve McConnell (PA)
- The Times-Tribune
- September 28, 2008 "Natural gas industry transforming small Susquehanna County towns" BY LAURA LEGERE
- phillyBurbs.com | Intelligencer
- September 30, 2008 "Judge backs local control in gas drilling" By AMANDA CREGAN
- Indiana Gazette
- October 1, 2008 "DEP: State must gear up for drilling boom" By MARC LEVY, Associated Press Writer
- Philadelphia Inquirer
- October 1, 2008 "A push for more natural gas drilling in Pa." By Amy Worden
- Susquehanna Independent Weekender
- October 8, 2008 "Natural gas info misleading" Opinion letter by James Barth of Damascus Citizens for Sustainability, Inc.
- The Daily & Sunday Review
- October 17, 2008 "Drilling for a deadline" BY JAMES LOEWENSTEIN
- WTAE Pittsburgh
- November 15, 2005 "Team 4 Investigation: Brine"
- Post Gazette
- October 23, 2008 "State probing contaminants in Mon River"
"Problem could cause bad smell, bad taste in drinking water for thousands" By Don Hopey, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette - Post Gazette
- October 24, 2008 "DEP hopes a flush cleans Mon water"
"Releases scheduled from two dams in West Virginia" By Don Hopey, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette - Fallowfield Township Volunteer Fire Company - Call History
- November 3, 2008 "Gas Well Explosion"
- The Times-Tribune
- December 15, 2008 "Gas well scrutiny by DEP knocked" BY LAURA LEGERE
- Pittsburgh Business Times
- December 17, 2008 "Pennsylvania raises Marcellus Shale drilling fees ninefold" by Anya Litvak
- Wayne Independent
- December 20, 2008 "Meeting set to explain gas well 'fracking'"
- The Tribune Democrat, Johnstown, PA
- December 26, 2008 "Gas leasing slows: Environmental concerns prompt new requirements" BY SUSAN EVANS
- The Times-Tribune
- January 3, 2009 "DEP probes blast in gas-drilling region" BY LAURA LEGERE
- The River Reporter
- February 5 - 11, 2009 "Dimock's Dilemma" by Sandy Long
- WBNG
- February 6, 2009 "100 gallons of diesel spilled at Pa. gas well site" by WBNG News
- The River Reporter
- March 5 - 11, 2009 "PA court gas ruling"
"May set a precedent" By TOM KANE - Reuters.com
- March 13, 2009 "U.S. energy future hits snag in rural Pennsylvania" by John Hurdle
- WC Examiner
- "Gas activity leaves some angry" BY ROBERT L. BAKER
- The River Reporter
- March 19 - 25, 2009 "Contaminated wells spark controversy"
"DEP cites Cabot drilling operations; Cabot calls conclusion 'premature'"
By SANDY LONG - The River Reporter
- March 26 - Apr. 1, 2009 "DEP crowds out conservation districts"
"'Refining' permitting process removes local oversight on gas drilling" By FRITZ MAYER - Green Party Of Pennsylvania
- "Green Party Of Pennsylvania Calls For The Resignation Of Acting Dep Secretary John Hanger" Green Party of Pennsylvania
- The River Reporter
- April 2 - 8, 2009 "DEP gas moves called irresponsible, illegal"
- Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
- April 7, 2009 "Laurel Hill Creek a river at risk" By Don Hopey
- The River Reporter
- April 9 - 15, 2009 "Commissioners object to DEP action"
"Stripping districts of oversight ignores home rule" By TOM KANE - SunGazette.com
- April 22, 2009 "Wayne Township residents wary of potential new water treatment plant" By JIM RUNKLE
- Pittsburgh City Paper
- APRIL 23, 2009 "There Will Be Crud" BY BILL O'DRISCOLL
- Post-Gazette.com
- May 3, 2009 "Goddard State Park's gas wells may be first of hundreds"
"Where mineral rights are privately owned, Pennsylvania officials can't prevent drilling" By Don Hopey - Reuters UK
- May 4, 2009 "Gas drillers battle Pennsylvania pollution concerns" By Jon Hurdle
- Post-Gazette.com
- June 5, 2009 "Waste from Marcellus shale drilling in Cross Creek Park kills fish"
- Reuters
- June 15, 2009 "Pennsylvania town fights big coal on mining rights" By Jon Hurdle
- SunGazette.com
- July 9, 2009 "Volume of comments prompts state to meet with public" By DAVID THOMPSON
- Kane Republican
- July 15, 2009 "Work now under way to resurface Turkey Track" by Ted Lutz
- ProPublica
- July 31, 2009 "Water Problems From Drilling Are More Frequent Than PA Officials Said" by Abrahm Lustgarten, ProPublica
- PhillyBurbs.com
- August 18, 2009 "Clean start" By: AMANDA CREGAN, The Intelligencer
- DEP News Releases
- August 27, 2009 "DEP FINES GAS FIELD SPECIALIST INC. FOR ILLEGAL WATER TRANSFER STATION IN CLINTON COUNTY"
- Reuters UK
- September 9, 2009 "Group demands more Pennsylvania natgas regulation" By Jon Hurdle
- Pressconnects.com
- September 17, 2009 "State probes spill at gas-drilling site"
"Up to 8,000 gallons of lubricant leak into wetland, stream" by Tom Wilber - Wayne Independent
- September 17, 2009 "Fracturing fluids spill into Susquehanna County stream" By Steve McConnell
- Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
- September 20, 2009 "Sudden death of ecosystem ravages long creek
'Everything is being killed': 161 aquatic species have died along Dunkard Creek"
By Don Hopey, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette - ProPublica
- September 21, 2009 "Frack Fluid Spill in Dimock Contaminates Stream, Killing Fish"
by Abrahm Lustgarten, ProPublica - Wayne Independent
- September 22, 2009 "Third natural gas chemical spill reported"
By Steve McConnell, GateHouse News Service - Bradford Era
- October 8, 2009 "Schreiner pulls bottled water from Hedgehog Lane residents" By PATRICK CONNOLLY, Era Reporter
- PoconoRecord.com
- October 9, 2009 "Environmentalist: Firms drilling for natural gas would 'destroy' local state game lands" By JESSICA COHEN
- Philadelphia Daily News
- October 16, 2009 "Gas drilling a boon to Pa., but at what cost?" By JOAQUIN SAPIEN
- Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
- October 16, 2009 "Group opposes Mon water facility" By Don Hopey
- Reuters
- October 16, 2009 "UPDATE 1-Cabot Oil to restart natgas fracturing in Penn."
- Lancaster Farming
- October 16, 2009 "Marcellus Shale Will Impact Pa.'s Rural Landscape" Submitted by Editor, Charlene M. Shupp
- News - Citizens Voice
- October 20, 2009 "Lehman Twp. residents express gas drilling concerns" By Elizabeth Skrapits (Staff Writer)
- Reuters UK
- November 9, 2009 "Pennsylvania lawsuit says drilling polluted water" By Jon Hurdle
- ProPublica
- November 20, 2009 "Pa. Residents Sue Gas Driller for Contamination, Health Concerns" by Abrahm Lustgarten
- Philadelphia Inquirer
- November 22, 2009 "Seismic rumbles in the forests" By Andrew Maykuth, Inquirer Staff Writer
- Counterpunch
- November 24, 2009 "Lawsuit Challenges Cabot Oil's Drilling Practices in the Marcellus Shale" Poisoning Dimock By ADAM FEDERMAN
- Susquehanna Independent Weekender
- November 25, 2009 "Carter Rd.: 'It's not worth it.' by ROBERT L. BAKER
- Philadelphia Inquirer
- December 11, 2009 "Monitors to check streams in gas-drilling areas" By Andrew Maykuth
- InjuryBoard.com
- December 21, 2009 "Natural Gas Companies Fined for Hydrochloric Acid Spill in PA" Posted by Paul Napoli
- Examiner.com
- December 25, 2009 "Gas drilling is coming to Luzerne County: will residents be protected?" by Nastassja Noell
- The River Reporter
- December 24 - 30, 2009 "Contaminant confirmed at Robson Site" by SANDY LONG
- Philadelphia Inquirer
- January 20, 2010 "Marcellus rush echoes history of recklessness" By Susan Q. Stranahan
- WBNG
- January 21, 2010 "Gas Boom, Housing Soars in Bradford County" By WBNG News
- The Times Leader, Wilkes-Barre, PA
- January 27, 2010 "Reps withdraw drill bill support over 'forced pooling'" By Rory Sweeney
- ProPublica
- January 27, 2010 "Pennsylvania's Gas Wells Booming-But So Are Spills" by Sabrina Shankman
- Post-Gazette
- February 4, 2010 "Residents question ability to regulate drilling" By Don Hopey and Rich Lord, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
- Philadelphia City Paper
- February 17, 2010 "Drill, Baby, Drill!"
"The inside story of Ed Rendell's plot to pillage Pennsylvania's forests, consequences be damned." By Isaiah Thompson - ProPublica
- February 22, 2010 "Gas Drillers Plead Guilty to Felony Dumping Violations" by Sabrina Shankman
- Daily Review
- March 3, 2010 "Methane detected in Granville Twp." BY ERIC HRIN (STAFF WRITER)
- PoconoRecord.com
- March 6, 2010 "Marcellus shale deposit: Buried treasure, hidden costs" By HOWARD FRANK
- Meadville Tribune
- March 7, 2010 "SUNDAY ISSUE: Threat of gas drilling to state forests weighed" STAFF AND WIRE REPORTS
- Times-news.com
- March 7, 2010 "Clearville residents to meet, talk about natural gas drilling" For the Cumberland Times-News
- News.Gather.com
- March 10, 2010 "University of Pittsburgh scientist warns of imminent danger to ground water in Western Pennsylvania"
- The Bradford Era
- March 10, 2010 "Schreiner Oil and Gas Co. complies with DEP orders" By AMANDA NICHOLS
Look & Listen Links
Links to radio programs and videos
- WNYC - The Brian Lehrer Show
- July 24, 2008 "Marcellus Shale Follow Up"
- NPR
- August 5, 2008 "Urban Gas Drilling Causes Backlash In Boomtown" by John Burnett
- NPR
- August 20, 2008 "Digging For Gas In New York" by Ilya Marritz [4 min 56 sec]
- International WOW Company
- Visit "Gasland", A film by Josh Fox.
- WJFF Audio Archive
- WJFF Connections interview of Joshua Fox on "The Rage of Nature". Look for the "WJFF Connections" show from Monday, September 1, 2008 7:30 pm. You can click "Play", "Download" or "Podcast".
- wamc
- "In Our Backyard #168" Ward Stone answers a listener's question about gas drilling during this program of "In Our Backyard".
- UNWELCOMEGUESTS.ORG
- This is a radio broadcast of the community forum on gas drilling in Montour Falls. Just click on "Show Archive" and then program #446, "Saving the Shire".
- Sierra Club
- Sierra Club Productions
Sierra Club Chronicles
Episode 4: Range Wars Rage On - Times Union - Albany NY
- January 25, 2010 "Listen to WAMC/Times Union hydrofracking debate"
Both sides offer perspectives on natural gas drilling technique - Essential Dissent
- Monday, January 25, 2010
Rally Against Gas Drilling (1) - Shaleshock - Blip TV
- February 7, 2010: Rep. Eric Massa at community forum, Pulteney Firehouse.
- WJFF
- February 15, 2010 Mayor Tillman on WJFF
- Gasland
- Gasland website and blog.
- Photographs of Marcellus Shale Drilling in the Pennsylvania State Forest
- A page of photos by Robert Myers.
- Penn State Cooperative Extension
- October 24, 2010 "Legal Implications of Marcellus Shale: A Video Overview" by Professor Ross Pifer
- WCMessenger.com
- December 26, 2010 "In My Backyard" Video Footage by Joe Duty/Editing by Joe Duty
- wfte fm
- A radio show called Frack Alert. This is a weekly show about news, events and issues surrounding the issue of fracking.
Mugs from Cafe Press
Pipeline and Storage Facility News and Links
- New York Times
- January 25, 1995 "The Public Must Demand Gas Pipeline Safety" Letter To the Editor by ROBERT B. RACKLEFF Tallahassee, Fla., Jan. 19, 1995 The writer, a former speechwriter for President Carter, is a member of a citizens group opposing pipeline construction in northern Florida.
- Info on Millennium Pipeline in Rockland County, NY
- April 5, 2007 Rockland County's Northeast 07 Project
- The Palladium-Times
- March 27, 2008 "Pipeline firm taking landowners to court over eminent-domain battle" By Julie Sherwood (This is the Empire Pipeline)
- The Palladium-Times
- April 11, 2008 "Landowners settle - or nearly so - with pipeline" By Julie Sherwood
- The Palladium-Times
- July 28, 2008 "Crew begins digging upstate natural-gas pipeline" By Julie Sherwood
- CNY Link
- August 6, 2008 "Lebanon board to consider gas pipeline road bore request" by Martha E. Conway
- WSLS 10
- September 16, 2008 "Gas company talks to families about Appomattox explosion" CANDICE NELSON, WSLS REPORTER and CARRIE SIDENER, LYNCHBURG NEWS & ADVANCE REPORTER
- Chambersburg Public Opinion Online
- "Plans for natural gas pipeline through Franklin County on display" By JIM HOOK Senior writer, CHAMBERSBURG, PA
- The Evening Sun
- September 19, 2008 "Landowners, gas companies at odds over pipeline" By: Melissa deCordova
- WJAC Johnstown
- September 23, 2008 "Gas Company To Take Control Of Bedford County Residential Properties"
- The Times Herald Record
- November 6, 2008 "Gas-pipe rupture closes Interstate 84 for an hour" By Stephen Sacco
- The River Reporter
- November 27 - Dec. 3, 2008 "Natural Gas pipeline explodes" By TOM KANE
- Pipeline Safety Trust Homepage
- From the Homepage: "The Pipeline Safety Trust promotes fuel transportation safety through education and advocacy, by increasing access to information, and by building partnerships with residents, safety advocates, government, and industry, that result in safer communities and a healthier environment."
Wastewater
- Post-Gazette.com
- October 4, 2009 "What can be done with wastewater?" By Joaquin Sapien, ProPublica
- Pittsburgh Tribune-Review
- October 20, 2009 "Recycling of waste water to be norm for Marcellus Shale gas wells" By Rick Stouffer, TRIBUNE-REVIEW
- ProPublica
- December 27, 2009 "In New Gas Wells, More Drilling Chemicals Remain Underground" by Abrahm Lustgarten
Stickers from Cafe Press
News articles - West Virginia
- The Charleston Gazette
- July 1, 2008 "Gas drilling lawsuit sent back to lower court" By Paul J. Nyden
- K&L Gates : Newsstand
- July 30, 2007 "West Virginia Court Enters $405 Million Judgment Against Natural Gas Company in Royalty Owner Class Action" by Walter A. Bunt, Jr., Theodore A. McConnell, Paul K. Stockman, Heather L. Lamparter.
- redorbit.com
- June 29, 2006 article "Road Built in Wrong Spot in State Forest: ; Drillers Acknowledge Error, Agree to Pay for Felled Trees" by Rick Steelhammer.
- The Pocahontas Times
- July 23, 2008 article "Drilling deep to find natural gas" by Brynn Kusick.
- The Daily News Record
- August 19, 2008 "Citizens To Drill For Info On Wells
Public Meeting Set on Gas Sites In W.Va." by Joan Ashley - The Intelligencer / Wheeling News-Register
- December 20, 2008 "Groups Meet On Road Concerns" By ART LIMANN
- WTRF.com
- May 20, 2009 "Five Well-Drilling Workers Exposed To Contaminant On Job" Story by D.K. Wright
- WetzelChronicle.com
- August 26, 2009 "Drilling Has Changed Considerably Since The First Boom" BY TAMMY WAYMAN, Staff Writer
- WHSV.com
- March 5, 2010 "Lease Sale in Monongahela National Forest Proceeds"
News articles - Southern and Western States
- www.SaveRoanPlateau.org
- Roan Plateau Fact Sheet
- High Country News
- October 31, 2005 article "Oil and gas drilling clouds the West's air" by Ray Ring.
- nbc5i.com
- December 16, 2005 "Gas Explosion Sparks Fires, Injures 1"
Flash Of Light Seen As Far As 100 Miles - Salon.com News
- May 5, 2006 article "EPA to citizens: Frack you" by Rebecca Clarren
- Fort Worth Business Press
- May 8, 2006 "Task force favors 600-foot buffer between residences, gas wells" by ROBERT FRANCIS
- Helena Independent Record
- April 14, 2007 article "Trout Unlimited buys Rocky Mountain Front petroleum leases" By The Associated Press.
- Dallas/Ft. Worth cbs11tv.com
- October 31, 2007 "Lawsuit Filed Over North Texas Gas Leases"
- Tulane Hullabaloo
- November 30, 2007 "Natural gas explosion halts I-10" by: David Minsky
- Rocky Mountain News
- December 11, 2007: "Beyond the Boom" (PDF document)
- KSLA News 12 Shreveport, Louisiana
- December 24, 2007 news report "Gas Well Explosion Forces Evacuation, Closes Road"
- The Christian Science Monitor
- May 14, 2008 article "In Colorado, an unlikely alliance against drilling"
Plans to open up a swath of wilderness are bringing hunters and environmentalists together - and reshaping state politics.
By Josh McDaniel | Contributor of The Christian Science Monitor - Durango Herald Online
- June 14, 2008 article "County releases gas report
Two-month delay of document critical of industry a 'mistake'" By Chuck Slothower. - GJFreePress.com
- June 19, 2008 article "Colo. study: No health crisis from gas drilling"
Associated Press - YubaNet.com
- July 3, 2008 "Groups Target EPA For Not Safeguarding Rocky Mountain West...Outdated Standards, Air Pollution from Drilling Endanger Communities, Climate"
By: Earthjustice - Texas Kaos
- July 8, 2008 "For Some Barnett Shale Residents, It's a Third World Country" by TX Sharon.
- GJSentinel.com
- July 8, 2008 article "Drilling regulators look source of contaminated water near Parachute" By DENNIS WEBB.
- Texas Kaos
- July 11, 2008 "Poisoned Aquifer: Barnett Shale, fracing up our water" by TX Sharon.
- RedOrbit.com
- July 15, 2008 article "Critics of Oil, Gas Industry Seize on Water Contamination Cases"
By Todd Hartman - Bluedaze
- Thursday, July 17, 2008 "Another Story of Water Poisoned By Gas Wells" by TXSharon
- Pensacola News Journal
- July 20, 2008 "Do not follow Alabama into falling for drilling" by David McGrath.
- Rocky Mountain News
- July 22, 2008 article "Dentry: Natural gas drilling hurting land" by Ed Dentry
- Daily Kos: State of the Nation
- July 25, 2008 "DISTURBING: Domestic Drilling Pollution Pictures" by TXsharon
- ShreveportTimes
- August 1, 2008 article "Playing the Haynesville Shale" By Vickie Welborn
- FWWeekly
- June 18, 2008 "Paradise Lost...
Their acreage in Azle was 'stress-free' until the drilling started." by Peter Gorman - Dallas News.com
- November 11, 2007 "Radioactive waste surfaces at Texas gas sites...
Since '05, 140 Texas cleanups; experts uncertain of risks" by PEGGY HEINKEL-WOLFE, Denton Record-Chronicle - GJ Sentinel.com
- August 18, 2008 "Silt resident fears EnCana well leaking again" by DENNIS WEBB
- Sublette Socioeconomics
- The Socioeconomics of Sublette County, Wyoming. This website has statistics on Sublette County WY, including rig reports, population, crime, traffic, and income, to name a few.
- NewsOK.com
- August 24, 2008 "Chesapeake well sparking reform talk" by Jack Money
- Aspen Times
- August 28, 2008 "Natural gas drilling rig burns near Rulison" by Phillip Yates
- Front Range Environmental Resource Coalition
- This site is about protecting Pike National Forest, located in northern El Paso County.
- Barnett shale oil.com
- "Barnett Shale
Barnett Shale Oil Natural Gas Fort Worth Texas" - Environmental Working Group
- September 3, 2008 "Potential ESA Listing Could Chill Natural Gas Boom" by Law360, Jesse Greenspan
- High Country News
- July 16, 2008 "Why I fight: The coming gas explosion in the West" by Tweeti Blancett
- The Texas Observer
- April 4, 2008 "War of the Wells"
"The Railroad Commission has failed to protect Texans from oil and gas drillers, so citizens are learning to fight back on their own." by Rusty Middleton - TradingMarkets News
- October 3, 2008 "Grand Prairie sued over drilling"
- Channel 7 News
- October 7, 2008 "Conway Co. Gas Well Catches Fire"
- NWAnews.com
- October 7, 2008 "Blast at gas rig burns worker, starts fire" BY JOHN KRUPA
- CNN Money
- October 20, 2008 "Small town, big changes"
"Want more domestic energy? Take a look at how big oil and gas companies are transforming lives in a small cow-town." By Steve Hargreaves, CNNMoney.com staff writer - Dallas News
- November 1, 2008 "Earthquakes hit Grand Prairie, Irving area" By JEFFREY WEISS / The Dallas Morning News. Arlinda Arriaga contributed to this report.
- NY Times
- November 14, 2008 The Ethicist "Say No to the Gas Companies" By RANDY COHEN
- KSWO, Lawton, OK
- November 14, 2008 "Three homes destroyed, two people injured in Alex gas explosion"
- Daily Yonder
- March 5, 2009 "Energy-Producing Counties in the West Fall Behind"
"Basing a county's economy on mining coal or drilling for oil and gas can produce high incomes in boom times, but over the long run rural counties were better off without fossil fuels."
By Bill Bishop - Opposing Views
- March 26, 2009 "FOX and MSNBC Agree on Colorado Couple's Flaming Water" By Natural Resources Defense Council
- Chagrin Valley Times
- March 26, 2009 "ODNR director may get special delivery" by Joan Demirjian
- Greeley Tribune
- March 28, 2009 "Residents are fearing gassed up well water" By Jordan Steffen
- Chagrin Valley Times
- April 2, 2008 "Governor invited to discuss gas-well woes" By JOAN DEMIRJIAN
- Arkansas Times
- Arkansas Blog: "Beware of drillers bearing gifts"
- Denver Post.com
- April 22, 2009 "Digging at mystery of methane in wells"
"The oil and gas industry says water contamination is rare, but a recent Garfield County study faults drillers." By Abrahm Lustgarten, ProPublica - Daily Kos
- April 30, 2009 "Hydraulic Fracture Fluid Kills 18 Cattle Near Chesapeake Well in LA" by TXsharon
- ProPublica
- April 30, 2009 "16 Cattle Drop Dead Near Mysterious Fluid at Gas Drilling Site"
by Abrahm Lustgarten, ProPublica - NPR
- June 30, 2009 "Is Drilling To Blame For Texas Quakes?" by Wade Goodwyn
- Cleveland.com
- July 5, 2009 "Ohio laws governing gas drilling among most lenient in nation, experts say" Posted by Laura Johnston/Plain Dealer Reporter
- Cleveland.com
- July 5, 2009 "Ohio panel that hears gas well drilling disputes is tied to oil and natural gas industry" Posted by Laura Johnston/Plain Dealer Reporter
- Billings Gazette
- August 14, 2009 "EPA says 11 Pavillion water wells tainted" Gazette News Service
- Earthworks
- August 20, 2009 "Well, Frack! EPA Water Investigation in Rural Wyoming Strikes a Nerve with the Oil and Gas Industry" Submitted by Jennifer Goldman
- ProPublica
- August 25, 2009 "EPA: Chemicals Found in Wyo. Drinking Water Might Be From Fracking" by Abrahm Lustgarten, ProPublica
- GJ Sentinel
- August 31, 2009 "Wyoming testing increases chance for passage of fracking legislation" By Bill Grant
- WTOV Steubenville
- September 10, 2009 "1 Killed, 4 Wounded In Gas Well Accident"
- Cleveland Scene
- September 30, 2009 "Drill, Baby, Drill"
Suburban oil and gas drilling is sometimes dangerous and often divisive by Erin O'Brien - The Denver Post
- October 11, 2009 "Fears of tainted water well up in western Colorado" By Nancy Lofholm
- Colorado Independent
- October 13, 2009 "GarCo commissioners delay FRAC Act decision after viewing anti-drilling film" By David O. Williams
- Fort Worth Weekly
- October 14, 2009 "Sacrificed to Shale" by PETER GORMAN
- PostIndependent.com
- October 15, 2009 "Garfield County man waits for the Colorado Oil and Gas Conservation Commission to make a move in contamination case" by John Colson, Post Independent staff
- The Oilprice.com
- February 26, 2010 "Growing Environmental Concerns on U.S. Shale Oil and Gas Projects" Contributed By : Editorial Dept
- AspenTimes.com
- March 1, 2010 "Battlement Mesa residents battle oil, gas industry" by John Colson, Glenwood Springs correspondent
- Dallas News
- March 3, 2010 "Researcher finds methane plumes near natural gas facilities in Barnett Shale counties" By PEGGY HEINKEL-WOLFE/Denton Record-Chronicle
News articles - National and International
- Chemical and Engineering News
- February 11, 2008, Volume 86, Number 06, pp. 38-42
"Balancing Energy Needs and Safety...Push to boost natural gas production gives rise to environmental concerns" by Bette Hileman. - cbcnews.ca
- June 12, 2008 (last updated) article "Water safe after drilling in watershed, city says". This is from Canada.
- Gristmill
- July 22, 2008 "Shale Mary" by David Roberts.
- The Calgary Sun
- July 26, 2008 "Natural gas prices may curb drilling" By Markus Ermisch, Sun Media (Canada).
- Commondreams.org
- October 14, 2004 article by the Los Angeles Times
"Halliburton's Interests Assisted by White House"
The administration has lent support to a lucrative drilling technique. Some in the EPA consider it an environmental concern.
by Tom Hamburger and Alan C. Miller - Outside Online
- March 2005 article "As a Matter of Fact, Money Does Grow on Trees"
"With an anti-environmental backlash inflicting one defeat after another on conservationists, a band of maverick economists is riding to the rescue with a startling revelation about the true value of our natural resources: Follow the money, and you end up in a very green place."
By Bruce Barcott - ngsa.org
- PDF document "Using Advanced Technology to Safely Produce Natural Gas". Here is a quote from this article "Directional drills can reach as far as six miles away to tap natural gas fields."
- Whistleblower Law Blog
- August 16, 2007 "Conoco Phillips' Subsidiary to Pay United States $97.5 Million for Fraudulent Underpayment of Natural Gas Royalties" by LaBovick Law
- The Edmonton Journal
- August 18, 2008 "Natives unite to fight oilsands
Vow to go to court to stop 'poisoning' of rivers"
Darcy Henton, The Edmonton Journal - Energy Resources Conservation Board
- A fact sheet about critical sour wells.
- AlterNet
- August 21, 2008 "Why T. Boone Pickens' 'Clean Energy' Plan Is a Ponzi Scheme" By Scott Thill
- Los Angeles Times
- August 30, 2008 "Gov. Sarah Palin has put drilling above environment" by Julie Cart, Los Angeles Times Staff Writer
- CBS News
- September 18, 2008 "Heads May Roll After Sex-For-Oil Scandal" (AP Story)
- CTV.ca
- February 7, 2009 "Alberta Gas: Battle over wells wages in pristine valley" by CTV.ca News Staff
- CommonDreams.org
- March 31, 2009 "Oil & Gas Drilling Labeled Major Threat to Eastern Forests"
"U.S. Forest Service Flying Blind on Drilling Impacts Yet Still Issues More Permits" - ProPublica
- April 26, 2009 "Officials in Three States Pin Water Woes on Gas Drilling" by Abrahm Lustgarten
- The Huffington Post
- June 3, 2009 "The Future of Natural Gas Drilling" by Abrahm Lustgarten, ProPublica
- ProPublica
- June 5, 2009 "Industry Defends Federal Loophole for Drilling Before Packed Congressional Hearing" by Abrahm Lustgarten
- ProPublica
- July 8, 2009 "Lax Laws Often Govern Waste Pits" by Abrahm Lustgarten
- ProPublica
- July 8, 2009 "Energy Industry Sways Congress With Misleading Data" by Abrahm Lustgarten
- ProPublica
- July 13, 2009 "Democrats Call for Studies as Industry Assails Proposals to Regulate Hydraulic Fracturing" by Abrahm Lustgarten
- High Country News
- August 11, 2009 "Natural gas, the miracle fuel!" by Jonathan Thompson
- Signs of the Times News
- August 24, 2009 "Water For Oil: The Devil's Bargain For Natural Gas" by Alice Joyce
Dirty water cannot be washed - African proverb - CommonDreams.org
- November 4, 2009 "Unnatural Gas: The Inflated Promise of a Not-So-Clean Fuel" by Stan Cox
- Variety
- January 25, 2010 Sundance "GasLand" (Documentary) by ROBERT KOEHLER
- ProPublica
- February 19, 2010 "Congress Launches Investigation Into Gas Drilling Practices" by Sabrina Shankman and Abrahm Lustgarten, ProPublica
- Reuters
- March 8, 2010 "UPDATE 1-US EPA chief concerned about gas drilling fluids" By Jon Hurdle and Timothy Gardner
- OpEdNews
- March 10, 2009 "Will The Natural Gas Boom Undercut Renewable Energy?" By Todd Darling
Magazine articles
- National Geographic
- July 2005 feature "Drilling the West" By John G. Mitchell, Photographs by Joel Sartore. Note the left hand side bar includes links to items such as: Photo Gallery, On Assignment, Learn More, Map and Sights and Sounds.
- The New Yorker
- February 5, 2007 article: Alexandra Fuller, Letter from Wyoming, "Boomtown Blues," The New Yorker
- Time
- July 8, 2008 article "Web-Savvy Homeowners vs. Landmen" by Hilary Hylton/Austin.
- Orion magazine
- Published in the November/December 2006 issue of Orion magazine
"Voices from the Gas Fields"
"For residents of a western valley, methane gas development has meant uncertainly, doubt, and dragging fear"
by Rebecca Clarren
photographs by Christopher LaMarca - Newsweek.com
- August 20, 2008 "A Toxic Spew?"
"Officials worry about impact of 'fracking' of oil and gas." by Jim Moscou - New York Magazine
- September 21, 2008 "The Catskills Gas Rush", By David France
Health and Safety
How drilling for natural gas affects your health and safety
- The Endocrine Disruption Exchange
- See "Chemicals and Natural Gas" on their web page.
- Document on Oil and Gas Pollution
- A 2 page PDF document about oil and gas pollution.
- Flyer from Damascus Citizens
- A one page PDF document summarizing some of the effects of Natural Gas drilling.
- unbossed.com
- Health risks are provided near the end of the article.
- Energy Justice Network
- Their page on Natural Gas Health and Environmental Hazards.
- Durango Herald Online
- July 17, 2008 article "Nurse sick after aiding gas worker
Driller refuses to disclose chemicals that would have helped treatment"
By Joe Hanel | Herald Denver Bureau - Laura Amos' story at Earthworks
- "Family's water well was contaminated after hydraulic fracturing near their home"
- Peggy Hocutt's story at Earthworks
- "Excerpts from a letter to Senator Bingaman - documenting first-hand experiences of why the oil and gas industry should not be exempted from The Safe Drinking Water Act.
- NY Times
- January 4, 2004 article " China Blames State-Owned Company in Gas Blast That Killed 233" by JOSEPH KAHN. Here is a quote from this article: "During a drilling operation late that night, a gas well burst and spewed toxic fumes over farming villages in a 10-mile radius. Many victims died of poisoning or chemical burns in their homes or while trying to flee the area on foot."
- EPA
- "Radioactive Wastes from Oil and Gas Drilling"
- OSHA
- "Oil and Gas Well Drilling and Servicing eTool". This document has a section entitled "Comprehensive training should be provided for workers in H2S operations." This may be something local fire departments will have to be trained in and the equipment pictured may have to be purchased.
- Environmental Working Group
- Colorado's Chemical Injection
By Dusty Horwitt, EWG Public Lands Analyst, June 2008 - Cleburne Times-Review, Cleburne, TX
- July 22, 2008 "Rescue workers pull man from Chesapeake well near Cresson" by Matt Smith
Although this accident involved an employee who belonged at the work site, it should be kept in mind that our local police and fire departments are going to have to be prepared to deal with this type of accident or emergency. - WFAA.com, Channel 8
- April 22, 2006 "Gas well capped after blowout" (one of the workers at the gas well site was killed as a result of this accident).
- EARTHWORKS - WY county fracing regulations
- EMS Adopts New Rules For Frac Fluids
by Derek Farr - Union of Concerned Scientists
- "EPA Findings on Hydraulic Fracturing Deemed 'Unsupportable'"
- The Denver Post
- May 6, 2007 "Oil and gas well-ness checkup"
"Ailing residents believe nearby oil and gas drilling is to blame for their conditions, but proof of any link remains elusive."
By Nancy Lofholm - The River Reporter
- September 25 - Oct. 2, 2008 "Drilling disasters" By SANDY LONG
- OMB Watch
- December 2, 2008 "Gas Drilling Threatens Public with Undisclosed Chemicals"
- The River Reporter
- December 4 - 10, 2008 "What's in that fracking fluid?"
"Pennsylvania discloses the chemicals used by the drilling companies"
by Sandy Long
This article and the 277.82KB PDF document linked to it are both a "MUST READ"! - Benzene Leukemia Law Blog
- "Colorado Commissioners Call For Natural Gas Drilling Moratorium" Posted on March 18, 2009 by David Austin
- Occupational Health & Safety
- July 1, 2009 "Oil and Gas Drilling Rig Hazards" By Jonathan L. Pennington, Paul Pennington, Jeffery Bennett
- Star Local News
- January 12, 2010 "State to investigate possible cancer cluster in Flower Mound" By Chris Roark
- EARTHWORKS
- March 4, 2010
2010 Press Releases
'Stealth' Measurements of Air Quality Contradict Shale Gas Industry Claims of Safe Air
New technology finds huge methane plumes around shale gas drilling and processing facilities
Technology is new arrow in quiver of shale gas impacted communities nationwide
Government websites
- NYS DEC Oil and Gas section
- This will take you directly to the NYS DEC "Oil and Gas" section of their website. After you get there, check out their links to the left for more detailed information.
- Trenton-Black River Activity Map
- NYS DEC link to their map of State Lands proposed for gas drilling lease in 2003.
- NYC DEP homepage
- Once here, click on the link entitled "Watershed Protection" to the left on their home page.
- County of Delaware website
- Once here, click on the "Watershed Affairs" link on the right hand side of the page.
- City of Binghamton
- This link will take you to their page on Marcellus Shale Gas Rush.
- NYS DEC - Whitesville Field
- This link goes to the DEC's page for Whitesville Field, East Resources Proposal for Field-Wide Setback Variance and Gas-Oil Ratio. Make sure you click on the map of the proposed Whitesville Field and potential spacing units link at the bottom of the narrative.
- PA DEP Daily News Releases
- This database has a search engine, so if you enter "natural gas" you will get the most recent PA DEP News Releases regarding natural gas.
- NYS DEC Landowner Option Guide
- A brief summary by NYS DEC of what happens if you don't lease you oil and gas rights, but your acreage is assigned to a well.
- Otsego County, NY
- Otsego County's web page section on natural gas leasing.
- PA DCNR
- April 1, 2008 Bureau of Forestry, Oil & Gas Position Statement
- PA PERMIT & RIG ACTIVITY REPORT - 2008
- Searchable database includes "New Wells Drilled by Month, 2008 (Spud Report) for PA
- US EPA
- The EPA's web page on Crude Oil and Natural Gas Waste
- Energy Citations Database (ECD)
- Bibliographic Citation; Title: Evaluating system for ground-water contamination hazards due to gas-well drilling on the Glaciated Appalachian Plateau (Journal Article: Ground Water; Vol/Issue: 21:6)
- NYS DEC report on NORM in Oil and Gas Wells in NYS
- An Investigation of Naturally Occurring Radioactive Materials (NORM) in Oil and Gas Wells in New York State, Executive Summary
- NYS DEC Draft Supplemental GEIS
- DEC's Final Scope for Draft Supplemental Generic Environmental Impact Statement on the Oil, Gas and Solution Mining Regulatory Program. Well Permit Issuance for Horizontal Drilling and High-Volume Hydraulic Fracturing to Develop the Marcellus Shale and Other Low-Permeability Gas Reservoirs
- NYS DEC - GEIS on Marcellus Shale
- Generic Environmental Impact Statement on the Oil, Gas and Solution Mining Regulatory Program
- Natural Gas Drilling Tip Line | Mid-Atlantic Region | US EPA
- EPA's Mid-Atlantic Region has a natural gas drilling tip line for reporting dumping and other illegal or suspicious hauling and/or disposal activities.
Tip line number (toll free): 877-919-4372 (877-919-4EPA)
Tip email address: eyesondrilling@epa.gov
Tip mailing address: EPA Region 3
1650 Arch Street (3CEOO)
Philadelphia, PA 19103-2029
(Remind me again why the EPA needs a tip line for illegal hauling and/or disposal activities related to natural gas drilling when the industry asserts "Operators want to be a good neighbor coming into an area" [according to Brad Gill, a director for the Independent Oil and Gas Association of New York]).
Company and production information
Links to Energy Companies and articles on production
Is natural gas production in NY a benign activity? Will it really have an impact on the environment and infrastructure in NY? See what companies and news articles are saying about natural gas production in NY and you decide!
- Chesapeake Energy
- Drilling Video demonstrating fracturing a vertical well in Barnett Shale.
- New York Times
- August 25, 2008 "Drilling Deeper Into a Natural Gas Deal"
- New York Times
- August 24, 2008 "Drilling Boom Revives Hopes for Natural Gas" by CLIFFORD KRAUSS
- PennWell Publishing
- Oil & Gas Publications by PennWell Publishing.
- Chesapeake Energy Corp. Q2 2008 Earnings Call Transcript - Seeking Alpha
- Page 7 of Chesapeake Energy Corp. Q2 2008 Earnings Call Transcript. Note the comment from Aubrey K. McClendon, Chairman of the Board, Chief Executive Officer, about overseas markets.
- EXPLORER
- March 2008 "Appalachian Basin's Marcellus - the new target"
"Another Shale Making Seismic Waves" by Louise S. Durham - Norse Energy Corp. 2nd Quarter and Half Year Report 2008
- This is a 359.72KB pdf document
- Norse Energy Corp. ASA 2nd Quarter Financials
- This is a 797.63 KB pdf document
- Norse Energy
- WEBCAST (LARGE FILE NOTICE): Norse Energy 2nd Quarter Presentation Presented by CEO, Øivind Risberg and CFO, Anders Kapstad. The second speaker talks about Central NY and the Herkimer, Utica and Marcellus formations.
- Geology.com
- Geology.com section on Marcellus Shale
- Fort Worth Business Press
- September 15, 2008 "Barnett Shale a template for other shale plays" BY JOHN-LAURENT TRONCHE
- Star-Telegram.com
- September 23, 2008 "Chesapeake Energy is scaling back" By JIM FUQUAY
- Seeking Alpha
- November 14, 2008 "The Norwegians Are Coming" by: Prudent Speculations
- Taxpayers for Common Sense
- November 14, 2008 "Oil and Gas Subsidies: Overview"
- West And Clear
- "Fort Worth's Problem Isn't Urban Gas Drilling, Fort Worth's Problem Is Chesapeake Energy" by Jim Bradbury
- Washington Post
- August 16, 2009 "Oil Group's 'Citizen' Rally Memo Stirs Debate" Firms Asked to Recruit Employees, Retirees, By David A. Fahrenthold
- Natural Gas Industry Watch
- A Random News Blog: Natural Gas Industry Watch
PDF documents
- Known and Potential Environmental Effects of Oil and Gas Drilling Activity in the Great Lakes
- November 2005 final report by the Department of the Army - U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. This is a 244 page document (5MB), so you may want to consider this before opening the window.
- Drilling Down
- October 2007 "Drilling Down - Protecting Western Communities from the Health and Environmental Effects of Oil and Gas Production". 48 pages (13.74MB)
- Pennsylvania Geology
- Spring 2008 (Vol. 38, No. 1) publication "Pennsylvania Geology" (2.69 MB)
The articles entitled "Shale we look for gas?" and "The Marcellus shale - An old 'new' gas reservoir in Pennsylvania" are must read articles to shed light on the difference between drilling vertically vs. horizontally for gas in Marcellus shale. - Oil and Gas glossary
- From the Petroleum Communication Foundation (204.85KB)
- Cornell University, Department of Development Sociology
- PDF document (1.31MB)
July 2009 (ISSUE NUMBER 30) Research & Policy Brief Series "Emerging Trends in the Marcellus Shale*" By Jeffrey Jacquet and Richard Stedman, Cornell University - Cornell CCE New York Zoning Law and Practice Report
- January/February 2010 "Natural Gas Production and Municipal Home Rule in New York" by Michael E. Kenneally and Todd M. Mathes (897.72 KB pdf)
Groups in other states
Those that have been there before us
Some links to groups in other states that have already dealt with mining and drilling issues.
- Grand Valley Citizens Alliance
- A Colorado Group
- Powder River Basin Resource Council
- A Wyoming Group
- Coal Bed Methane Drilling in the Mat-Su Valley
- This group is located Alaska, in the Mat-Su Valley
Information provided is about Coal Bed Methane Drilling
You Tube videos: Rural Impact
What to expect from the gas industry
YouTube video: Gas - Farm ruined
From www.DamascusCitizens.org
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popworm
Dec 1, 2011 @ 9:59 am | delete
- Thanks, everyone, for the kind words.
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mkewilliams
Nov 30, 2011 @ 8:44 am | delete
- The resources are very useful. I'm currently researching the threat brought the oil and gas industry in the surrounding marine life. This is a great lens to start my studies :)
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crudeoilsystems
Nov 11, 2011 @ 1:40 am | delete
- Plenty of good informations on your lens, well done!
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schmidtm
Nov 1, 2011 @ 11:14 am | delete
- This is a great list of information about natural gas drilling. Thanks for sharing it with us. These are very helpful in keeping us aware of what's happening around us. :)
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- Thank you so much for this information I am going to use some of it on my website offering CP12 certificates if you don't mind.
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jobo9968
Sep 1, 2011 @ 8:22 am | delete
- Loads of very useful information in this lens. Thanks
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jvhector Aug 30, 2011 @ 6:04 pm | delete
- if us like clients don't put a stop to the big companies, they'll do everything they want.
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- Good, informative Lens. Didn't know natural gas drilling worked like that!
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- Wow! You have so much information about this! I'm doing a report for my summer environmental science class and you have helped me a lot. This site helped a lot too. There are a lot of lenses about the topic that I'll have to look at.
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- You have collected an impressive amount of information about fracking. I'm just starting a location-specific lens about fracking in Ohio.
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