Recent Gas Drilling News (03-11-10 8PM EST): NY & PA:
"Campaign to Correct NRDC Continues at Bar Association: NRDC again was targeted for supporting gas drilling in NYS and beyond"- http://nyc.indymedia.org/en/2010/03/109948.shtml "Brooklyn Reps Tell Paterson: Protect Our Drinking Water!" (NY)- http://www.brooklyneagle.com/categories/category.php?category_id=31&id=34080 "Calls for Pulteney Town Supervisor to Resign" (NY)- http://www.wetmtv.com/news/local/story/Calls-for-Pulteney-Town-Supervisor-to-Resign/9tFKQCV67E-nLdu4hja7zg.cspx "Lake Twp. antsy about gas drilling" (PA)- http://www.timesleader.com/news/Lake_Twp__antsy_about_gas_drilling_03-11-2010.html "W.Va. demands details on gas drillers' water use" (PA)- http://www.pressconnects.com/article/20100311/NEWS11/100311024/W.Va.+demands+details+on+gas+drillers++water+use "Marcellus Shale Coalition Statement on Calls From Obama Admin. for Increased Fracturing Disclosure" (PA)- http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/marcellus-shale-coalition-statement-on-calls-from-obama-admin-for-increased-fracturing-disclosure-87375017.html "School's gas lesson" (PA)- http://www.wayneindependent.com/news/x313360975/Schools-gas-lesson "School district may sign gas lease" (PA)- http://www.riverreporter.com/issues/10-03-11/news-highlands.html "DEP discusses diesel spill" (PA)- http://www.waterworld.com/index/display/news_display/142365742.html "Poll results pan Rendell performance, budget plan" (PA)- http://www.examiner.com/x-33272-Harrisburg-Political-Buzz-Examiner~y2010m3d11-Poll-results-pan-Rendell-performance-budget-plan "Bradford County residents pin blame for flammable well water on nearby natural gas drilling" (PA)- http://www.morning-times.com/articles/2010/03/11/local_news/doc4b98ecccaaa4f383173546.txt "Editorial: Public lands exploitation a bad way to fund budget" (PA)- http://www.publicopiniononline.com/ci_14652545?source=most_emailed National & Canadian: "Energy: A foot on the gas" (Financial Times)- http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/39c9ebf6-2d48-11df-9c5b-00144feabdc0.html "Obama aide urges listing of gas-drilling chemicals"- http://www.mnn.com/earth-matters/energy/stories/obama-aide-urges-listing-of-gas-drilling-chemicals "Shale gas poised to be 'game changer'"- http://www.upstreamonline.com/live/article208338.ece "Study Links Drilling Wastewater, Earthquakes"- http://www.cleanskies.com/articles/study-links-drilling-water-earthquakes "Report says Proposed Fracking Law Won’t Stop Industry, House Investigates the Controversial Practice"- http://magblog.audubon.org/report-says-proposed-fracking-law-won%E2%80%99t-stop-industry-house-investigates-controversial-practice "An unconventional glut" (The Economist)- http://www.economist.com/business-finance/displaystory.cfm?story_id=15661889 "This changes everything: Natural gas is becoming less like oil and more like coal, which is a good thing" (The Economist)- http://www.economist.com/opinion/displaystory.cfm?story_id=15663500 "Natural Gas From Shale Plays Create 'New World' for Energy Industry" (Texas via The New York Times)- http://www.nytimes.com/gwire/2010/03/11/11greenwire-natural-gas-from-shale-plays-create-new-world-24064.html "Seismologists tie well to DFW earthquakes" (UPI)- http://www.upi.com/Top_News/US/2010/03/11/Seismologists-tie-well-to-DFW-earthquakes/UPI-72791268342912/ "Natural Gas drilling chemicals a concern" (Environmental News Network)- http://www.enn.com/energy/article/41089?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+EnvironmentalNewsNetwork+%28Environmental+News+Network%29 "Drilling Disposal Process, Quakes Possibly Related: Study" (NBC DFW Texas)- http://www.nbcdfw.com/news/local-beat/Gas-Drilling-Earthquakes-Possibly-Related-Study-87258857.html "CERAWeek: Commitment to gas most obvious climate measure" (Texas)- http://www.ogj.com/index/article-display/1665720388/articles/oil-gas-journal/general-interest-2/economics-markets/2010/03/ceraweek_-commitment.html "Dropping values: Governments likely will have to further tighten belts; passing of Grace Shore" (Texas)- http://www.news-journal.com/opin/content/news/opinion/stories/2010/03/11/03112010_taxable_edit.html "Robinson hopes to eliminate divisiveness" (Texas)- http://www.scntx.com/articles/2010/03/11/news_update/825.txt "Jerry Jones' oil, gas company sued in fraud case" (AP)- http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/APStories/stories/D9ECNAL80.html "Comments on Hydraulic Fracturing to the Louisiana Senate Environmental Quality Committee"- http://leanweb.org/campaigns/produced-waters/additional-comments-on-henry-gas-storage-llc-lpdes-water-discharge-permit-application.html "Questions Surround Offshore Drilling in VA"- http://www.wtvr.com/news/wtvr-offshore-oil-benefits031110,0,2735348.story "Court to hear Chief Logan drilling appeal" (West Virginia)- http://sundaygazettemail.com/News/201003111095 "W.Va. Supreme Court to Hear Chief Logan Drilling Case"- http://wowktv.com/story.cfm?func=viewstory&storyid=76606 "Constitutional amendment moves to Senate Finance" (West Virginia)- http://www.wvpubcast.org/newsarticle.aspx?id=13828 "Drilling law is outdated" (Letter to Editor, West Virginia)- http://sundaygazettemail.com/Opinion/201003100743 "HAWVER: Migrating gas issue is on the move" (Kansas)- http://www.thekansan.com/newsnow/x1224404635/HAWVER-Migrating-gas-issue-is-on-the-move "Wyo., Neighboring States Bear Burden of Grouse 'Candidate' Listing" (Wyoming)- http://www.nytimes.com/gwire/2010/03/11/11greenwire-wyo-neighboring-states-bear-burden-of-grouse-c-72073.html "Energy industry awaits changes to Alberta's oil and gas royalty regime" (Canada)- http://www.google.com/hostednews/canadianpress/article/ALeqM5imMWyabn4NxgAwz93WshV1ocT-xQ "Alberta rolls back royalties" (Canada)- http://www.theglobeandmail.com/report-on-business/industry-news/energy-and-resources/alberta-rolls-back-royalties/article1497481/ "Alberta readies new royalty regime" (Canada)- http://www.globaltvbc.com/money/Alberta+readies+royalty+regime/2672209/story.html "Alberta slashes royalty rates for petroleum industry" (Canada)- http://www.montrealgazette.com/Alberta+slashes+royalty+rates+petroleum+industry/2672353/story.html "Alberta To Cut Oil, Gas Royalties To Compete With Neighbors" (The Wall Street Journal)- http://online.wsj.com/article/BT-CO-20100311-716052.html?mod=WSJ_latestheadlines "Alberta delivers on oil and gas competitiveness" (Canada)- http://www.newswire.ca/en/releases/archive/March2010/11/c9256.html "Background: Highlights of Alberta's royalty changes in 2007" (Canada)- http://www.vancouversun.com/business/Highlights+Alberta+royalty+changes+2007/2671882/story.html "Royalties review: Alberta's new package of rates" (Canada)- http://www.vancouversun.com/news/Royalties+review+Alberta+package+rates/2672257/story.html "Alberta retreats on energy royalties" (Canada)- http://www.cbc.ca/money/story/2010/03/11/alberta-royalty-changes.html "B.C. employers hit with $4.5 million in penalties for health and safety violations" (Canada)- http://www.vancouversun.com/business/employers+with+million+penalties+health+safety+violations/2671291/story.html _______________________________________________ For more information about sustainability in the Tompkins County area, please visit: http://www.sustainabletompkins.org/ RSS, archives, subscription & listserv information for: [email protected] http://lists.mutualaid.org/mailman/listinfo/sustainabletompkins Questions about the list? ask [email protected] free hosting by http://www.mutualaid.org
