Recent Gas Drilling News (04-25-10 11PM EDT): NY & PA:
"Arcuri Response to NYS DEC Commissioner' Decision to Ban 'Hydrofracking' in New York City: "...Natural gas is a tremendous natural resource with great economic potential, but we must move forward in a way that protects an even more vital natural resource - our abundant supply of clean drinking water. I am confident that we can do both..." "- http://www.bignews.biz/?id=864570&keys=Congressman-Michael-Arcuri-SkaneatelesLake & http://arcuri.house.gov/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=972&Itemid=117 "Gas drill plan still offers peril: "...The commissioner also said his agency is not going to wait for the outcome of a two-year study of hydrofrack gas drilling announced in March by the federal Environmental Protection Agency...Grannis' argument is that the EPA study is focused on federal drinking water quality standards, which gas drilling operations are exempted from meeting. New York's drinking water standards already exceed the federal rules that could be imposed as a result of the study, the commissioner noted..." " (Times Union Albany NY)- http://www.timesunion.com/AspStories/story.asp?storyID=925013&category=LEBRUN&BCCode=&newsdate=4/24/2010&TextPage=1 "Flailing High-Pressure Hose Fatally Hits Worker In Head: "...At about 8:30 p.m., a large high-pressure valve burst at the Helmerich and Payne drilling rig on Hopkins Runs Road on Morris Township..." " (PA)- http://www.thepittsburghchannel.com/news/23260545/detail.html "Industrial Accident Kills Gas Drilling Worker: "...One man was injured and another was killed when a high pressure hose valve burst at a Greene County gas well..." " (PA)- http://www.wpxi.com/news/23260440/detail.html "Residents voice concerns about gas drilling: "...EnCana is attempting to establish a baseline for water quality and quantity conditions by requesting property owners participate in a water sampling assessment, which will be collected by Rettew Associates, a third-party environmental-testing firm based in Lancaster...Wiedenbeck said the gas company would be required by the state to correct water contamination problems. "We will take every safeguard to not impact your water," she said to concerned residents..." " (PA)- http://www.timesleader.com/TheDallasPost/news/Residents_voice_concerns_about_gas_drilling_04-25-2010.html "Democratic gubernatorial candidate puts gun violence, job creation at top of agenda: "...Williams said the state needs to require that gas drilling companies train and hire local workers to assist with operations. Many of the companies now drilling are from outside Pennsylvania, but they should hire local workers, he said...At the same time, Williams said, he supports a tax on gas extraction that will provide money for the state and local communities...Some of that money needs to come back home," he said..." " (PA)- http://readingeagle.com/article.aspx?id=215333 "Gas drilling having substantial, and sometimes surprising, economic impact: "...The transitory workers who man the drilling rigs have saturated the rental housing supply - a boon to property and hotel owners - but the demand for housing has caused rents to more than triple around Towanda. Realtors and homeless advocates testified at a hearing in January that even moderate income families are being priced out of housing..." " (PA)- http://thetimes-tribune.com/news/business/gas-drilling-having-substantial-and-sometimes-surprising-economic-impact-1.739031 "Protestors Critical of Gov. Rendell's Stand on Natural Gas" (KYW Newsradio 1060 Philadelphia PA)- http://www.kyw1060.com/Protestors-Critical-of-Gov--Rendell-s-Stand-on-Nat/6885443 "Alleged violation will be defended: "...Another issue on the minds of residents is the encroaching Marcellus Shale gas drilling..."Local authorities cannot do anything," he said. "All we can do is bond the roads for weight limits. Council attorney Charles McCormick said the Pennsylvania Oil and Gas Act precludes all local ordinances."..." " (PA)- http://www.timesleader.com/TheDallasPost/news/Alleged_violation_will_be_defended_04-25-2010.html "Members told to pass ordinances regarding drilling: "...Members of the Back Mountain Community Partnership were advised April 15 to separately pass ordinances that may help protect against gas drilling issues..." " (PA)- http://www.timesleader.com/TheDallasPost/news/Members_told_to_pass_ordinances_regarding_drilling_04-25-2010.html (Event) PSU educator to speak on Marcellus Shale gas development: "...Gary Sheppard, a Penn State Cooperative Extension educator from Westmoreland County, will be the featured speaker during a free web-based seminar, "Perspectives on Marcellus Shale Gas Development in Southwest Pennsylvania," which will air at 1 p.m. Thursday..." " (PA)- http://www.pittsburghlive.com/x/pittsburghtrib/news/westmoreland/s_678041.html National & Canadian: "Sign of the times: Land owners risk more than mineral rights: "...For a one-time payment, it is very possible that the mineral owner(s) and their heirs may never again regain control of their mineral assets and will have forever subjected their property to the possibility that at any time rigs could move in; tank batteries, compressor stations, disposal wells, disposal pipelines, abandon pipelines and roads could be permanently installed and 24 hour traffic, odors and noise could become the daily fair..." " (Michigan)- http://www.morningstarpublishing.com/articles/2010/04/25/leader_and_kalkaskian/opinion/doc4bd05b857624c041017147.txt "EXXON'S trouble in Texas: "...Places like Pennsylvania and New York need strong laws or this is what they're going to get..."- http://www.calgaryherald.com/life/EXXON+trouble+Texas/2948788/story.html "Barnett Shale Hits Big Time TV: "..the Barnett Shale is hitting big time television, with CBS-TV’s 60 Minutes planning to run a piece. DISH Mayor Calvin Tillman is on the interview list and Flower Mound Mayor Jody Smith has already been interviewed for it..." " (Texas)- http://www.fwweekly.com/index.php?option=com_wordpress&p=4189&Itemid=482 _______________________________________________ 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
