Recent Gas Drilling News (03-27-10 11PM EDT): NY & PA:
"Energy seminars to be part of Earth Festival" (Milford NY)- http://www.thedailystar.com/local/local_story_086040032.html "'Landmen,' landowners face off" (Cooperstown NY)- http://www.thedailystar.com/local/local_story_086040009.html "Marcellus Shale: Is it safe to drill?" (Press & Sun-Bulletin NY)- http://www.pressconnects.com/article/20100327/NEWS01/3270361/Marcellus-Shale-Is-it-safe-to-drill "Natural Gas Timeline" (NY)- http://www.pressconnects.com/article/20100327/NEWS01/3270380 "Landowners face fight over NYC watershed" (Ithaca Journal)- http://www.theithacajournal.com/article/20100327/NEWS01/3270375/1001/news/Landowners-face-fight-over-NYC-watershed "Natural Gas Drilling in Catskills: Both Unnecessary & Dangerous"- http://www.opednews.com/articles/Natural-Gas-Drilling-in-Ca-by-Scott-Baker-100327-487.html "Supreme Court decision on gas drilling could have local impact" (PA)- http://www.dailyamerican.com/articles/2010/03/26/news/local/news228.txt National & Canadian: "Fracking oil companies advocate no federal drilling regulations"- http://www.examiner.com/x-2903-Energy-Examiner~y2010m3d26-Fracking-oil-companies-advocate-no-federal-drilling-regulations "What the Frac? Ground Water and Natural Gas Extraction in Collision" (Daily Kos)- http://www.dailykos.com/story/2010/3/27/851652/-What-the-Frac-Ground-Water-and-Natural-Gas-Extraction-in-Collision "Frack-O-Rama:"...It's been a hot week in the tug-of-war over how – or whether – the government will regulate hydraulic fracturing (or "fracking"), the drilling method used to extract oil and natural gas, with almost daily headlines coming out of the EPA, Wyoming and Congress..." "- http://www.hcn.org/hcn/blogs/goat/frack-o-rama "Chesapeake deal paying off: Statoil will pay $253 million for 59,000 acres in the Marcellus Shale"- http://www.tulsaworld.com/business/article.aspx?subjectid=49&articleid=20100327_49_E1_OKLAHO636802 "Round the Rotunda: Citizens unhappy with new gas and oil drilling rules" (Ohio)- http://www.cleveland.com/open/index.ssf/2010/03/round_the_rotunda_citizens_unh.html "Flower Mound council discusses new safety measures for gas drilling" (Texas)- http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/news/localnews/stories/032710dnmetfmair.456d318.html "Town looking at drilling safety options" (Flower Mound Texas)- http://www.scntx.com/articles/2010/03/26/flower_mound_leader/news/941.txt "‘Fracking’ approach is a particularly contentious issue: Agency considers rewrite of oil, gas rules" (Wyoming)- http://billingsgazette.com/news/state-and-regional/wyoming/article_e4bf204e-395a-11df-b339-001cc4c03286.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
