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Contact: Shaleshock Citizens Action Coalition For Immediate
Release
Phone: 202-368-8753
March 1. 2009
Email: [email protected]
NATURAL GAS DRILLING: HEALTH EFFECTS, ECONOMICS AND THE WATERSHED
Al Appleton, former NYC Commissioner of Environmental Protection, and
international consultant on water resource management will outline potential
health effects, economic consequences, and risks to the watershed from
unconventional gas-drilling techniques at a March 26 forum in Ithaca. Joining
him will be Barbara Arrindell and Joseph Levine of Damascus Citizens for
Sustainability.
Advancements in technology have made natural gas trapped in the Marcellus Shale
recoverable. The Appalachian Basin, which contains the shale underlying West
Virginia, Pennsylvania, Ohio and the southern half of New York State, is the
largest known shale gas reserve in the United States. With an estimated well
head value at 1 trillion dollars, there is intense pressure from industry to
begin extracting the gas when the DEC starts issuing drilling permits this
summer. But what risks does high volume horizontal hydraulic fracturing pose to
our health and environment and what costs will our communities bear?
You are invited to learn more at this free event to be held at the Ithaca High
School Cafeteria, 1401 N. Cayuga Street, Ithaca, NY, on Thursday, March 26th,
from 7:00-9:15 PM. Light refreshments and seating will begin at 6:30 PM.
Following the presentation, the audience is encouraged to participate in a
question/answer session with the panel.
About The Presenters:
Albert F. Appleton is an international consultant on water resource management,
the environmental management of watershed and rural landscapes, and the
economics of sustainable development. As NYC Commissioner of Environmental
Protection in the 1990s, he designed and initiated the world renowned New York
City-Catskill watershed protection program.
Barbara Arrindell holds a degree in Bioengineering from Columbia Universitys
School of Engineering, is one of the founders of Damascus Citizens for
Sustainability (www.DamascusCitizens.org), and serves as DCS's Director and
Chief Science Officer.
Joseph Levine, another DCS founder, is an architect and partner in the NYC firm
Bone/Levine Architects, founded in 1982. The firm has been involved in many
research projects focusing on the infrastructure of New York City's river
walls, wetlands, tunnels, watersheds, aqueducts, reservoirs and other essential
structures.
This forum is sponsored by: Assemblywoman Barbara Lifton; Department of City
and Regional Planning/Cornell University; Social Ventures; Catholic Charities
of Tompkins/Tioga; CRESP Center for Transformative Action; Sustainable
Tompkins; Shaleshock Citizens Action Coalition; Ithaca Health Alliance; Back to
Democracy
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