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“There’s No Time Left”: Day of Action Against Fracking speech & video, Shavertown Bridge, Delaware County, NY, 6/25/11
Thank you all for coming to help preserve life in this peaceful spot in the universe. But please keep in mind: There’s no time left. There’s plenty of time left for the earth. But there’s no time left for us. What does that mean in this beautiful setting where everything appears so calm, where we […]
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Ken Jaffe: groundwater, equal protection & the SGEIS
In its Executive Summary of the revised SGEIS released yesterday, the DEC states clearly that groundwater is at sufficient risk from gas drilling to restrict gas drilling to protect those drinking groundwater. But they only afford that protection to those drinking from primary aquifers. The DEC leaves the great majority of drinkers of groundwater in […]
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Mel Packer addresses the DoE Fracking Advisory Board
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ShaleTest’s Truth Tour
The gas industry talks the talk about being a good neighbor. But do they walk the walk? What are they really like to live with? Calvin Tillman and Tim Ruggiero know firsthand from living up close and personal with the industry in Texas, and they’ve formed ShaleTest to help people across the country document the pre-drilling condition […]
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What’s all this about propane fracking?
From Ron Bishop, 4/11/2010: “A few “eco-friendly” fracturing schemes are out and about, but they all come with some* issues.” “Propane is a gas at ordinary pressures, but can be fairly easily liquefied with pressure. It is, of course, a fossil fuel itself. Using propane would get around using millions of gallons of water, but would not […]
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“People aren’t going to be happy with the changes”
It’s not free money.Landowners and communities must count the costs. Thanks to Gas Drilling Awareness Coalition for this outstanding video
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Send lawyers, guns and money
Actually, looks as if the lawyers have already arrived: http://water-contamination-from-shale.com/ (This is not an endorsement – just news.)
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“What about the money?”
When I was preparing for my first trip to the Marcellus Shale, I was approached by someone who lived in Upstate New York to discuss the issues that was going on in DISH as well as the Barnett Shale in general. As we began discussing the lessons learned here about leasing, and the amount of money […]
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Out of the landman’s mouth, an occasional truth
“‘I’ve signed farmers who were sitting there with broken-down equipment, a broken roof, losing money because they wouldn’t put a fence up to keep critters out of their corn silo,’ Casale said. ‘You go and write them a check and they’ve got a brand-new tractor and a brand-new Ford truck, and the corn silo’s still […]
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