Recent Gas Drilling News (03-23-10 9PM EDT): NY & PA:
"Leonard Lopate: Drilling, Dancing, and FDR- We’ll look into the controversy over drilling for natural gas in Marcellus shale in Upstate New York, and discuss the challenges landowners face when deciding whether to lease their land to gas companies, the role of landowners coalitions, and how public officials are managing the drilling already occurring in their towns. We’ll speak with Mark Dunau, organic farmer from Delaware County; Jim Bays, Supervisor of the Town of Smyrna, in Chenango County; and Abby Tamber, steering committee member of the Central New York Landowners Coalition." (WNYC Radio)- http://www.wnyc.org/shows/lopate/episodes/2010/03/23 "Lazio: Go for the gas and cap property taxes" (NY)- http://www.stargazette.com/article/20100323/NEWS01/3230339/Lazio++Go+for+the+gas+and+cap+property+taxes "Oilfield Company Failed to Report Fracking Violations to EPA -- Documents" (The New York Times)- http://www.nytimes.com/gwire/2010/03/23/23greenwire-oilfield-company-failed-to-report-fracking-vio-34193.html "BP, Others Push Against Federal Regulation of Fracturing" (The New York Times)- http://www.nytimes.com/gwire/2010/03/23/23greenwire-bp-others-push-against-federal-regulation-of-f-95671.html "DeWitt sets one-year moratorium on drilling process" (NY)- http://www.cnylink.com/cnynews/view_news.php?news_id=1269364912 "Drilling activists: Cornell trustee should not make gas drilling decisions" (NY)- http://www.pressconnects.com/article/20091216/NEWS01/912160353/0/news01&theme=GASLEASE "From Nature to Gas drilling: ...One of the major firms looking to drill for natural gas in New York State’s Marcellus Shale formation has hired a lobbyist from the Nature Conservancy..." (Albany NY)- http://blog.timesunion.com/capitol/archives/24133/from-nature-to-gas-drilling/ "Resolution passed prodding state to move forward with Marcellus Shale drilling" (Belmont NY)- http://www.oleantimesherald.com/articles/2010/03/23/news/doc4ba90129f32c2239662552.txt "E.P.A. to Seek More Data on Emissions" (The New York Times)- http://www.nytimes.com/2010/03/24/science/earth/24epa.html "NY'S ENVIRONMENTAL AGENCY FORCED TO CUT OVERSIGHT OF OIL & CHEMICAL SPILLS"- http://eany.org/capinsider/032210.html "PUC sets hearing on Marcellus shale pipe" (PA)- http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10077/1043759-113.stm "Another World Water Day, another case of drinking water contamination in Pennsylvania" (NRDC)- http://switchboard.nrdc.org/blogs/amall/another_world_water_day_anothe.html "Council opts to explore tax on natural gas" (PA)- http://www.sungazette.com/page/content.detail/id/541058.html?nav=5014 "New drilling tax may be answer to funding Pa. conservation districts"- http://www.farmanddairy.com/news/new-drilling-tax-may-be-answer-to-funding-pa-conservation-districts/14506.html National & Canadian: "EPA Gets Fracking on Study" (Lawyers and Settlements)- http://www.lawyersandsettlements.com/blog/epa-gets-fracking-on-study-03104.html "Wyoming & Federal Gov't: Industry Should Provide More 'Fracking' Info"- http://www.trenchlessonline.com/index/webapp-stories-action?id=1184 "The Energy Report - 3/23/10: Afternoon Edition: Final draft version of the Kerry Graham Lieberman bill could include "hydrofracking"." (Video, Clean Skies)- http://www.cleanskies.com/videos/the-energy-report-32310-afternoon-edition "BP Group CEO Tony Hayward spoke out about what might be included in the upcoming climate bill. He also suggests the future of energy production lies in natural gas." (Video, Clean Skies)- http://www.cleanskies.com/videos/bp-speaks-climate-policy "U.S. EPA seeks carbon data from oil, natgas sectors" (Reuters)- http://www.reuters.com/article/idUKN2311235520100323 "EPA Seeks to Add Oil Industry to U.S. Greenhouse-Gas Reporting" (Bloomberg)- http://www.businessweek.com/news/2010-03-23/epa-seeks-to-add-oil-industry-to-u-s-greenhouse-gas-reporting.html "U.S. Oil, Gas Taxes Face Opposition, Landrieu Says" (Bloomberg)- http://www.businessweek.com/news/2010-03-03/u-s-oil-gas-taxes-face-opposition-landrieu-says-update1-.html "Gas Drilling Regs & Muddy Clean Water Act"- http://www.environmentreport.org/show.php?showID=385 "No fracking in our back yard" (Ohio)- http://www.norwalkreflector.com/articles/2010/03/23/front/iq_947925.txt "GUEST OPINION: Time for Hess to face reality: Withdraw LNG proposal" (Mass)- http://www.heraldnews.com/opinions/x427983444/GUEST-OPINION-Time-for-Hess-to-face-reality-Withdraw-LNG-proposal "R.I. lawmaker wants $1 million tolls for LNG tankers"- http://www.heraldnews.com/news/x1336918067/R-I-lawmaker-wants-1-million-tolls-for-LNG-tankers "EPA Shaking Up Business In Texas"- http://www.triplepundit.com/2010/03/the-epa-shakes-air-emissions-business-regulation-texas/ "Mansfield council reverses course on plan for waterfalls at gas well site" (Texas)- http://www.star-telegram.com/2010/03/22/2059109/mansfield-council-reverses-course.html "Clarifications on natural gas activities" (Response to "Filidoro and Hayden Say ‘Enough is Enough,’" and "Frac fluid spill reported in Flower Mound") (Texas)- http://www.crosstimbersgazette.com/opinion/510-clarifications-on-natural-gas-activities-.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
