From The Sun Gazette, 3/17:
Spill from drill site likely contains 2-butoxyethanol
WATERVILLE – A substance used in the natural gas drilling process is discoloring and distorting the texture of spring water running off a Cummings Township sidehill.
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The mysterious substance was seen flowing down the slope, under the road and into Pine Creek, said Daniel T. Spadoni, spokesman for DEP’s northcentral region office. Officials from another state agency alerted DEP.
“We were notified (Monday) morning by the Department of Conservation and Natural Resources,” Spadoni said. “There was a white foamy material discharging from a spring down the hill.”
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Terming it a surfactant, Spadoni said a substance known as Airfoam HD was causing the water run-off to be unnatural in appearance.
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Surfactant used to treat Pennsylvania General Energy wells affected the water run-off, which Spadoni said had nothing to do with hydrofracturing.
Workers for the Warren-based energy company are drilling five wells in the area, high above the road, but he said they have yet to reach the point of using highly pressurized water to break the rock underneath the ground.
They were using the whitening substance as a lubricant that lowers the surface tension between air and water, according to Spadoni.
A receptionist answering a Pennsylvania General Energy phone Tuesday afternoon said company officials were not available to comment.
“They’re attempting to determine what caused this problem and what actions they can take to stop it,” Spadoni said of energy company representatives, with whom DEP members have been communicating.
The only precaution Spadoni recommended to residents is to avoid the suspicious spring water run-off in the area.
“I don’t think you would want to drink this discharge,” he said.
The substance leaking down the hill isn’t listed as dangerous on a Material Safety Data Sheet, according to Spadoni.
“I don’t believe there are concerns about drinking water in Waterville at this time,” Spadoni said, adding that area residents can continue regularly using tap water in their homes.
The investigation will continue.
“We don’t know for sure what its chemical composition is,” Spadoni said.
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Now, you have to wonder what Material Safety Data Sheet Spadoni is talking about. The one copied below says the component of Airfoam HD is 2-butoxyethanol, also known as 2BE, which is linked to a particular kind of adrenal tumor that’s rare… unless you happen to be Laura Amos, who was exposed to 2BE, got that adrenal tumor, and wrote the following (click above on her name for complete text):
In August 2004 I came across a memo written to the US Forest Service and BLM Regional offices in Delta County, describing the health hazard posed by a chemical used in fluids that are injected underground to enhance the release of methane. Dr. Theo Colborn of Paonia, Colorado submitted the memo in response to decisions that were being made in Delta County by the government officials to allow gas exploration and development on the Grand Mesa. Colborn is the President of the Endocrine Disruption Exchange, Inc (TEDX) and for over 10 years directed the World Wildlife Fund’s Wildlife and Contaminants Program. She has been honored worldwide for her focus on the effects of synthetic chemicals on human and wildlife health. The focus of Colborn’s memo was on a chemical called 2BE, used in fracturing fluids.
The following information was taken from Colborn’s report: “2BE is a highly soluble, colorless liquid with a very faint, ether like odor.” She wrote that at the concentration to be used in Delta county 2BE might not be detectable through odor or taste. “2-BE has a low volatility, vaporizes slowly when mixed with water and remains well dissolved throughout the water column.” “It mobilizes in soil and can easily leach into groundwater.” “It could remain entrapped underground for years.”
She noted it is readily absorbed by the skin and can easily be inhaled as it off-gasses in the home. Colborn cited the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry Profile that listed the following effects of 2-BE: kidney damage, kidney failure, toxicity to the spleen, the bones in the spinal column and bone marrow, liver cancer, anemia, female fertility reduction, embryo mortality, and the biggie that got my attention – elevated numbers of combined malignant and non-malignant tumors of the adrenal gland.
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Here’s the MSDS that Spadoni mentions, but, hmmm, maybe just hadn’t read?
"Component: 2-butoxyethanol"
A deep bow and sweeping tip of the hat to Nastassja Noel for the Material Safety Data Sheet.
For more on this story, and more photos, see
Citizens Alarmed By Foam Discharge
Tags: 2-butoxyethanol, 2BE, contamination, DEP, Laura Amos, MSDS, spill
Last month the American Petroleum Institute announced it was hiring a “grassroots” organizer (actually, it’s a stretch to call anything The Nature Conservancy does “grassroots” – but that’s a slightly different story, which we’ll come back to below).
Grass-Roots Organizer Jumps From Nature Conservancy to API
By ANNE C. MULKERN of Greenwire – February 26, 2010 nytimes.com
The oil industry’s biggest trade group has nabbed one of the environmental community’s top grass-roots organizers as it ramps up efforts to build a network of citizen lobbyists.
Deryck Spooner, who ran Nature Conservancy’s push to spur legislative action on climate change, will now head American Petroleum Institute’s grass-roots activism arm. The hiring move sends a nervous flutter through environmental groups. By recruiting Spooner, green groups said, API adds someone with both credibility and deep knowledge of grass-roots strategy. Spooner previously ran campaigns for labor group AFL-CIO and abortion rights organization NARAL.
“He’s a big dog,” said Tyson Slocum, energy program director at watchdog group Public Citizen. “It gives API somebody with enormous grass-roots experience running major campaigns. This indicates that API is taking their grass-roots strategy in a very serious direction.”
The move comes two months after the trade group cut 15 percent of its staff and President Jack Gerard said API had “not been as effective as we could be in educating public officials or the public about the critical role of oil and gas in our economy. … You will see us evolve into a more nimble, more aggressive” organization. “We’re going to be aggressive in our outreach to educate the public,” he said (E&ENews PM, Dec. 11, 2009).
Hiring Spooner is part of Gerard’s strategy to expand grass-roots activism, API spokeswoman Cathy Landry said, adding, “Jack’s vision is to mobilize the 9.2 million people whose jobs rely on the oil and gas industry. We do plan to step that up.”
API’s community activism last year sparked controversy, as environmental critics accused the trade group of steering employees to rallies aimed at killing climate legislation. API said the rallies allowed both employees and other citizens to voice concerns that climate legislation would raise energy prices and affect jobs.
Spooner, 42, doesn’t see the move from Nature Conservancy to API as that big of a jump.
“I have worked for vastly different organizations throughout my career,” Spooner said. “The bottom line is it’s all about advocacy, that’s what I’m passionate about. Mobilizing and organizing people to influence the public process and public policy is what I truly love to do.”
“At the end of the day, I don’t necessarily believe that the views of [the Nature Conservancy] and API are incompatible,” Spooner added. API members use technology “to ensure that the places that they drill are not impacted,” Spooner said, while the Nature Conservancy uses a scientific approach in deciding where to protect land and water. API members, he said, “don’t just want to drill anywhere for drilling’s sake. There’s a lot of science going into where they drill.”
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“There’s no useful contribution that the American Petroleum Institute is making to forwarding our energy economy,” said Kert Davies, research director for Greenpeace. “They’ve been at the center of campaigns to derail climate progress for 20 years.”
Ramping up grass-roots efforts with Spooner shows API believes that’s what’s necessary to achieve its goals, he said.
“They know that ultimately it’s going to come down to a grass-roots toe-to-toe battle on energy policy,” Davies said. And having Spooner at API gives the oil trade group new advantages, he said, including information about environmental group strategies.”
For complete NYTimes article, click here
And now, the other shoe – API’s version of grassroots. How’s about some petrochemical-based synthetic dyes to make that astroturf look like the real thing? – sort of. From API’s “Energy Tomorrow” website:
Tell Congress to Allow for Increased Access to Oil and Natural Gas Resources
Domestic oil and gas will provide the jobs, revenues and energy our nation needs. And Canada, our friendly neighbor to the north and top supplier of oil, will continue to play a vital role as we seek greater energy and economic security. Take action and send a letter now.
Tweet Your Support for Domestic Access
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Post about Energy Access to Facebook
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Yup, that’s the industry’s other major asset: shamelessness. Watch for ongoing efforts to rebrand thoughtless over-consumption as “Domestic Access.” Thanks to the ongoing efforts of industry leaders to exploit every possible drop of hydrocarbons during their own lifetimes, while they can hoard the profits, there may be an “Energy Tomorrow” of sorts, but an “Energy Day After That” becomes somewhat more problematic.
Thanks to The Nature Conservancy for being so without ethics that it will apparently hire any amoral crook if s/he’s clever enough. No wonder real climate-protection legislation hasn’t come to pass and isn’t on the horizon either. This is why the bottom is falling out from under the big environmental organizations – they’ve forgotten their [grass]roots.
Tags: API, astroturfing, Energy Access
*Substitute your state environmental regulating agency
Guest post by Lynn Senick:
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On Feb. 2, DEP fined Talisman Energy $3,500 for violations at its “Cease” well pad in Troy Township discovered during inspections in 2009. A February 2009 inspection revealed that the company had not publicly posted the permit number and other required information at the entrance of the well pad. During a follow-up inspection in June 2009, a DEP statement explains, “flow-back fluids — or the fluids that are used to break up underground rock and then return to the surface — were found discharging into a drainage ditch, an adjacent sediment basin, and eventually through a vegetated area into an unnamed tributary of the south branch of Sugar Creek.” The Daily Review
“A vertical drilled well in The Marcellus Shale zone costs $810,000 to drill while a horizontal drilled well will cost you roughly 3-5 million dollars.” oilshalegas.com In the Marcellus shale, Talisman drilled nine gross (nine net) wells during the quarter, for a total of 12 gross (12 net) in the first half of the year. The development plan is ahead of schedule and the company is now producing at rates in excess of 30 million cubic feet of gas per day. ugcenter.com .
COST OF DRILLING ONE HORIZONTAL WELL; $ 4 MILLION
A FINE OF $3500 is 0.0875% – the value of a a used Chevy Caravan.
VALUE OF CLEAN AIR, LAND, & WATER?
PRICELESS
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Tags: DEP, fine, spill, Talisman, violations
Citizens Group Worried About Water Pollution
“Luzerne County Citizens for Clean Water is starting out small . . . but is going to grow, said Dr. Tom Jiunta of Lehman Township… Area residents don’t realize that the number of people who will benefit from Marcellus Shale drilling in the region is small compared to those who could potentially be harmed by it, he said.”
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At ft.com John Dizard writes in part:
The true cost of shale gas production
Published: March 7 2010 09:45 | Last updated: March 7 2010 09:45
I try not to get into arguments over other people’s religious convictions. Even if you win your point, you make an enemy. That’s been a conventional understanding since the Thirty Years War. Sometimes, though, you have to clear your throat and carefully offer a heretical thought, if lives or large amounts of property are at risk.
For example, I think it might not be a bad idea to examine the faith-based assumption that the US has a virtually unlimited supply of natural gas from shale formations that can be extracted at a low price for the indefinite future. Perhaps the few people who think shale gas will be produced at a higher cost, and more slowly, than generally believed should be heard out, rather than be executed or sentenced to work in the salt mines. If you disagree, I will quickly withdraw that comment.
The shale gas religion crosses the usual political boundaries. The environmentalist wing believes that shale gas can displace dirty coal-fired generation. Liberals believe it will help power the clean energy policy. National security conservatives believe shale gas can end dependence on Middle Eastern or Venezuelan oil. Economic conservatives believe it can close the current account deficit and drive an economic recovery, at least until even more nuclear power can come on line.
There are environmentalists, rural landowners, and health advocates who worry that shale drilling could contaminate water supplies. Most of them, though, want to have more careful regulation, rather than prohibition, of shale gas exploitation.
I was prompted to comment on shale gas again after watching a well known, highly emotional American television stock market commentator suggest that shale gas will be so abundant that facilities for importing natural gas could be converted to export the stuff. This when the present low US price for natural gas is about 10 times the economic value of gas stranded in huge Middle Eastern deposits. Never mind that you can’t push a button and make those facilities run backward.
. . . . .To their credit, gas prophets such as Aubrey McClendon, chief executive of Chesapeake Energy Corp, have been saying that gas at USD 5 per thousand cubic foot is not sustainable. In their laudable enthusiasm for their business, though, they may have understated just how unsustainable the price is.
Ben Dell, of Bernstein Research in New York, who has, so to speak, done some of the deepest drilling into the shale gas industry numbers, believes that the full cost of finding, developing, and operating shale gas wells, and paying an average return on capital to investors, requires a spot gas price of USD 7.50 to USD 8 a thousand cubic foot.
As Mr Dell points out, the horizontal drilling rigs that are needed to drill shale gas wells are in relatively short supply. “We think there will be a 15% to 20% increase in costs from last year to this year. That includes the costs of drilling and fracking [hydraulic fracturing of rock layers holding gas].”
Furthermore, the producers partially insulated themselves from gas price weakness over the past year with hedges that are gradually running off. New hedges have to be put on at lower prices. So revenues will be declining while costs are increasing.
Shale gas is not magic. Production costs are high, and probably underestimated. An even more gas-dependent policy will accelerate the coming price rise. For the producers’ sake, it better.
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On the article, MB comments:
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Waaaay back, in the early days of the Marcellus gas rush, we were told over and over again that a key part of the technology was the magical horizontal well, which, though much more expensive than a verticalwell, would produce much more gas. But Arthur Berman has noted that the horizontal wells don’t necessarily produce enough gas to make their much higher cost a bargain: they start out like gushers, but then they have very steep decline curves. Further, I think that by now most of us have noticed that in shale-gas-producing regions, the gas industry ends up infilling the spacing units with a lot of additional wells. Each new well within each unit adds more cost. I don’t know for certain, but it seems to me that the cost of all of that infilling must at least be approaching the cost of simply drilling many old-fashioned vertical wells — in other words, it looks as if they are duplicating the same costly drilling situation that the magical new horizontal wells were supposedly designed to avoid. Oops.And there are a lot of other problems as well. As mentioned above, it’s going to take a LOT of money to get all of that gas out of the ground, and then there are the costs of converting infrastructure to gas, not to mention the costs involved in cleaning up the mess. All of that is money that could be spent elsewhere–like on coming up with permanent solutions to the energy problem rather than constructing a temporary “bridge” to nowhere.
Unfortunately, a lot of environmental damage has already been done by shale gas drilling, and more is likely to follow before the gas bubble bursts. And when it does burst, a lot of the gas companies will be broke, so don’t look to them for help cleaning up the mess.
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Texas Pipeline Association, backed by Chesapeake, goes after small town to exhaust its budget
Since publishing the results of an air study, performed by Wolf Eagle Environmental, that showed that compressor stations are seriously degrading air quality in Dish, the town has been subjected to threats of legal action from the Texas Pipeline Association. An e-mail reveals that Chesapeake Energy (chk.com) is behind the TPA’s efforts to exhaust Dish’s small budget:
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Sent: Friday, January 29, 2010 6:30 PM
To: Bryn Meredith
Subject: RE: Response Letter to TPACelina,
I’ll try to look this over Monday and give you a list of what might be missing. Mostly I was hoping to get any mail or email correspondence between the Mayor and Wolf Eagle…guess that hasn’t happened?
Grover
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Celina Romero is a lawyer representing the TPA; she signed the letter threatening Dish with legal action if the town does not release more documents to the TPA. According to the mayor, the only documents not released relate to private health issues of Dish residents, information to which the TPA is not entitled.OK, fast forward – Aubrey McClendon, CEO of Chesapeake, sues small town to exhaust its budget:
Tags: Aubrey, Chesapeake, harrassment, lawsuit, McClendon
Why is this man inside this pipe?
It’s because he wants us to know the size of the natural gas pipeline Chesapeake wants to put under his front yard, feet from his house on Carter Avenue in Fort Worth, Texas.
It’s because he doesn’t
want his kids to have to
play a few feet above
Chesapeake’s pipeline.For being a concerned
father & good neighbor,
what has he gotten?Dragged into court against
Chesapeake, that’s what.And if that wasn’t enough,
hassled by the city of
Fort Worth.He can’t afford an
attorney, so he’s had to
take on the suit
(and the suits)
by himself.He’s doing a great job, but he needs our help.
The judge presiding over his case could sign the order any day that would grant Chesapeake the “right” to proceed with its plans to endanger this family and all their neighbors.
So it’s time to e-mail or snail mail the judge to let him know that we know that even though something may be legal (like a giant rich corporation using eminent domain to stick a hazardous pipeline through a modest residential neighborhood where people aren’t really in any position to defend themselves), that doesn’t make it moral, or just.
Read more here: Jammin’ Mole writes about Carter Avenue
and here: Durango Texas writes about Steve Doeung
and finally (or better yet, first) here: Please send e-mail to judge
These kids should not have to play over a pipeline
that’s a disaster waiting to happen
On a cold morning in March, Steve & family on the courthouse steps, seeking justice
Tags: Carter Avenue, Chesapeake, eminent domain, Steve Doeung
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Tags: gas drilling, hydraulic fracturing, Marcellus, natural gas, unconventional play
From Don Young:
. Steve Doeung:
I got people
Indeed he does.
Something like a tsunami of outrage
is rolling over Fort Worth
in support of Steve Doeung
and the thousands like him
who have been bullied
by lawless gas drillers who are trying
to ram dangerous NG pipelines
AND extraction operations
into our neighborhoods.
Steve sent out a message in a bottle
last year that has finally been discovered
by a once-sleeping public.
His next court hearing is
this Thursday morning.
You need to be there.
The alarm bell is ringing.
Momentum is growing.
Apathy is yielding to action.
People are angry and ready to fight back,
not just for Steve but what his case stands for.
The multi-headed enemy is clearly defined:
ChesapeakeEnergyMayorMikeMoncriefExxonMobilTXRRCSarahFullenwider
TCEQJulieWilsonXTOKenBarrFWChamberOfCommerceENRONo&gApathy
AubreyMcClendonDevonEnergyIgnoranceGreedRangeResourcesQuicksilverEnergy
BusinessAsUsualAddYourOwn___________Etc.,Etc.,AdNauseam.
If you’ve had enough abuse from gas drillers and their enablers,
come join Steve’s People on the courthouse steps.
What: CARO (Carter Avenue Rescue Operation)
When: Thursday, March 4th, 2010
Time: 7:30 am
Where: Tarrant County Courthouse steps,
100 W. Weatherford St., downtown Fort Worth
Read more on this topic here:
Bluedaze: Drilling Reform for Texas
Stop the Drilling (Flower Mound)
Tags: Carter Avenue, Chesapeake, eminent domain, Steve Doeung
As I return from almost a full week touring the Marcellus, I reflect on all the people I met for the first time. Many of these people had spoke via phone or email with me on several occasions; however, most had never met me in person. These folks welcomed me into their homes as though I was a lifelong friend or family member, not a complete stranger, who lived thousands of miles away. I was impressed with the genuine values that my new friends possessed. I could not begin to try to thank everyone individually, so I will just say thank you to everyone I met on this trip.
Although I was invited, and a few worked extremely hard coordinating my packed schedule, this really was a vacation for me. My new friends just gave me a reason to see this new land, like I had not seen it before. It had been burning inside of me to see how other gas shale plays were being accepted, and if the companies acted better there than they did here in DISH, TX. Although, I spoke at a dozen events during this tour, meeting new people and sharing their experiences was the real joy.
It was purely amazing at how many people traveled across snow-packed roads, and got up early on Saturday morning to let me share our story. Also, there were dozens of public officials who opened their minds to listen to me speak. During five days of speaking, almost 2,000 people came to hear the story of DISH, TX. What further amazed me was that no matter where the event, the seats were full. Whether, the church in Oneonta, school in Downsville, or the movie theater in Elmira, the seats were pretty much full, all the way until my last talk in Callicoon, that was standing room only. It amazes me, that this many people came to share our stories. The crowds continued to grow, and I reached almost 1,000 people on Saturday alone. What was even more amazing was that even those who did not share my views were respectful and courteous. Some of my friends in the industry had went to great lengths to create a hostile environment for me in the Marcellus, and that simple did not happen. Even those who asked the hard questions, which I welcomed, were respectful.
I was further impressed by the convictions of my new friends to their cause. Many had turned down the opportunity for vast fortunes, and chose not to climb into to bed with the energy company landman. When approached with these prospects, they simply said “no”. I am not sure that I have ever met such a large group of unselfish people in my life. Willing to forgo money to hang on to their way of life. I am not sure how to describe the respect I now have for my new friends.
My main purpose for this trip was to let people know that there was more to natural gas exploration than a signing bonus, and a monthly royalty check. It had been my hope to allow folks to make a decision with their eyes wide open, not their eyes wide shut. I think there were many that began to think about this for the first time after listening to the story of the town that was sacrificed for the good of the shale. There are some that will never listen, and only look for the one thing that can give them a reason to say “it won’t happen here”. For those, it would not have mattered what I would have said, their minds would not be clouded with the facts, it was already made up.
Another reason for wanting to take this tour, was to see for my own eyes how others were being affected by the shale boom. I have been trying to get stricter regulations here in TX and urged my new friends in the Marcellus to pursue the same. If this extraction of natural gas is going to take place, it must be tightly regulated. However, some of my new friends don’t believe that it is possible to perform this safely, even with the tightest regulations. After visiting Dimock, PA, it was hard to argue with their logic. I got to meet the lady whose water well exploded, and tears filled my eyes when I heard the story told by another lady whose children would get sick after drinking the water from their once clean water well. I saw the tainted water from another poisoned well, and frankly, was not prepared for the emotions felt when we delivered fresh water to a family that had been refused this right by the drilling company. Some were getting water delivered by the company who poisoned the water, but a few were denied one of the simple rights that we should all expect as hard working Americans. Cabot Oil and Gas, has essentially turned this small neighborhood into a third world country, and won’t even show those they are poisoning the courtesy of delivering water to them. These families would have surely been better off, if the shale had passed them by.
In DISH we have dealt with the air toxins, but unfortunately we have not given the water much thought. There certainly have been issues with water here in the Barnett Shale, but nothing like water wells exploding. However, that does not mean that we do not have water quality issues, it just means we don’t know it if we do. No one knew six months ago that we had toxic levels of chemicals in the air surrounding several natural gas wells and production facilities, and therefore, we should think about our water here as well. This trip made me think about issues that I not previously thought about, and that was the greatest gift I received.
I have never been to a place where I received such a warm reception, and on some days I was passed through several people. By the end of the week, you would have thought, I had lived there my entire life. I even got to see the local hero Josh Fox, who put me in his now famous documentary GasLand. Some even went as far as to declare that I had been adopted as their own mayor. And though I missed my family something terrible, I was saddened to have to leave such a clean and beautiful place, and return to the dirty ole town. I can now see why my new friends want to maintain their clean air and clean water, and I hope to help them do it. I am glad to announce that I will be returning to the Marcellus Shale in April, to complete my tour, and see my new friends again. Thanks again for accepting that crazy mayor from Texas into you homes and lives. I hope it was a good for you as it was for me. Please post this on your blogs or pass on to your mailing groups.
Calvin Tillman
Mayor, DISH, TX
(940) 453-3640
“Those who say it can not be done, should get out of the way of those that are doing it”
Tags: DISH
Long time Green Party member Hank Bardel is running for congress in New York’s 13th Congressional District. Hank owns acreage in eastern Pennsyvania which is over the Marcellus Shale formation. Recently Hank was offered over $264,000 with 21% royalties to allow companies to drill there and he turned them down.
“I’m very worried about keeping the ground water, where I own the property, very clean. We have a lot of dairy farms in the area and I would like to see them and the people who live in the area to continue to get good clean water. Until the oil and gas companies can prove to me scientifically that the fracturing process will not leave harmful chemicals behind, I cannot in good conscience allow the drilling to start.
“Many New Yorkers are very concerned about the the New York City water supply, especially since a lot of its water comes from water sheds that sit over the Marcellus Shale. I think many gas and oil companies would like to drill in near those areas.”
Hank Bardel’s website.
- excerpted from Congressional candidate turns down money to avoid gas drilling
Click on image for video:
Albany, NY, January 25, 2010 (see previous posts below): While approximately 500 people were inside the Convention Center (under The Egg), a group of demonstrators paused on the New York State Capitol Building’s steps — despite the rain and 40 mph gusts — demanding a “STATEWIDE BAN” on unconventional gas drilling.
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