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VIDEO OF THE WEEK Ex-oil worker blasts shale gas industry  A Million Fracking Letters
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Economic Impact of Shale Gas Drilling What do You Know About Hydraulic Fracturing? Catskill Citizens has prepared a brochure for people who've never heard of fracking. It has already been sent to every household in Delaware, Sullivan and Ulster counties. If you'd like to partner with us in sending this to residents in other counties, contact info@catskillcitizens.org  CLICK HERE to Learn More! New Items in Learn More
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Please donate to Catskill Citizens for Safe Energy by clicking on the button below.  WellWatch is a web site that allows citizens to better cope with natural gas facilities on their properties or in their communities. It allows them to find out information about companies or wells, and to record notes or complaints about facilities and enter them into the public record. EPA Tip LineReport suspicious drilling activities If you see suspicious activity, such as possibly unauthorized water withdrawals, illegal wastewater dumping, or other questionable activity, call the EPA's Eyes on Drilling line at 1-877-919-4372 (toll free), or send a message to eyesondrilling@epa.gov. If an emergency is observed related to a well drilling operation, call the National Response Center at 1-800-424-8802. NY DEC Tip LineIn New York State you can also contact the DEC at http://www.dec.ny.gov/regulations/67751.html.
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Welcome to Catskill Citizens for Safe Energy Catskill Citizens for Safe Energy is an all volunteer grassroots organization working to prohibit dangerous hydraulic fracturing (fracking) since 2008.
Latest NewsJan 27, 2012Environmental icons drawn by Le Roy cluster Democrat and Chronicle Steve Orr National environmental and health groups are beating a path to LeRoy, poking into the Genesee County community's startling cluster of teenage students with troubling neurological symptoms. Groups led by environmental-activist icons Erin Brockovich and Lois Gibbs have been talking with parents and... [Full Story] Jan 27, 2012 Fracking Company: EPA Decision to Test Contaminated Wells in Dimock "Undercuts" Obama's Commitment to Natural Gas Truthout Mike Ludwig President Obama proclaimed his support for safely expanding gas and oil drilling on public lands this week, and the announcement received an uncomfortable applause from a fracking company ensnarled in a ongoing controversy over poisoned water wells used by dozens of families in rural Pennsylvania. ... [Full Story] Jan 27, 2012 The biggest winners of Obama's natural gas push The President's effort to make natural gas a viable alternative to gasoline and diesel fuel in cars and trucks could change the fate of the ailing industry. CNN Money Fortune Cyrus Sanati FORTUNE -- President Obama's newfound commitment to natural gas could be the spark needed to reignite the fledgling natural gas industry, while at the same time breathing life into an array of new businesses. Overproduction, coupled with anemic demand, has recently sent natural gas prices tumbling t... [Full Story] Jan 27, 2012 Safe Gas Fracking Touted by Obama Disputed by Environmentalists Bloomberg Mark Drajem & Katarzyna Klimasinska Jan. 26 (Bloomberg) -- President Barack Obama’s promotion of fracking as a safe way to boost natural gas production is disputed by environmentalists who say the government lacks tough rules to safeguard air and water. Groups such as Protecting Our Waters say hydraulic fracturing -- in which a mix... [Full Story] Jan 27, 2012 Fracking Company: EPA Decision to Test Contaminated Wells in Dimock "Undercuts" Obama's Commitment to Natural Gas Truthout Mike Ludwig President Obama proclaimed his support for safely expanding gas and oil drilling on public lands this week, and the announcement received an uncomfortable applause from a fracking company ensnarled in a ongoing controversy over poisoned water wells used by dozens of families in rural Pennsylvania. ... [Full Story] Jan 27, 2012 Voice of the Free Press: Fracking moratorium gives time for answers Burlington Free Press Opinion The Vermont Legislature is taking the right step tackling the use of hydraulic fracturing, or fracking, before the controversial drilling method arrives in the state. Fracking injects water, chemicals and sand under high pressure to release natural gas trapped in rock formations. Natural gas is r... [Full Story] Jan 27, 2012 Superior Energy Falls as U.S. Fracking Costs Grow Bloomberg David Wethe Jan. 26 (Bloomberg) -- Superior Energy Services Inc., which is trying to buy a provider of hydraulic-fracturing services in North America, fell the most in more than two months as more of its contracting peers report additional costs associated with moving from natural gas to oil basins in the U.S. ... [Full Story] Jan 27, 2012 Energy Companies Don’t Like the Term Fracking Tripped Ryan McManus Hydrofracking, or “fracking,” has stirred a great deal of attention, you just might want to watch out who you say it around. Industry leaders reportedly don’t like the term because of its linguistic similarities to another common F word ending in K. Also, that one TV show used “frak” as a repl... [Full Story] Jan 27, 2012 FOIA Friday: The Fracking New York Times - How Industry and the Government Reacted to an Expose Project on Government Oversight Mia Steinle In the aftermath of last summer’s damaging New York Times investigation into fracking—a method of shale gas drilling lauded by investors—industry and the Department of Energy (DOE) went into damage control mode. Internal department emails obtained by POGO through the Freedom of Information Act... [Full Story] Jan 27, 2012 Ohio mayor buys earthquake insurance after alleged fracking incidents Aweb News Jaime L. Brockway A series of earthquakes in Youngstown, Ohio, potentially related to brine-injection wells, caused the city’s mayor to buy earthquake insurance for his home and initiate a moratorium on injection wells near the city. There have been 11 earthquakes in Youngstown in the past 10 months, since D&L Ene... [Full Story] Jan 27, 2012 ‘Fracking’ support by Obama roils N.Y. debate President’s hard sell reverberates locally Capital Connection Jerry Zremski WASHINGTON — President Obama on Thursday doubled down on his sudden support of hydraulic fracturing as a key to the nation’s energy future, a move that has thrilled supporters of “fracking” — and baffled environmentalists — in New York. “We have a supply of natural gas that can last America near... [Full Story] Jan 26, 2012 'Fracking' becoming as profane as original F-word pjstar.mobi Jonathan Fahey A different kind of F-word is stirring a linguistic and political debate as controversial as what it defines. The word is "fracking" - as in hydraulic fracturing, a technique long used by the oil and gas industry to free oil and gas from rock. It's not in the dictionary, the industry hates i... [Full Story] Jan 26, 2012 No energy industry backing for the word 'fracking' Jonathan Fahey, AP NEW YORK (AP) — A different kind of F-word is stirring a linguistic and political debate as controversial as what it defines. The word is "fracking" — as in hydraulic fracturing, a technique long used by the oil and gas industry to free oil and gas from rock. It's not in the dictionary, the in... [Full Story] Jan 26, 2012 DEP weighs mine water for fracking Citizens Voice Robert Swift HARRISBURG - State environmental officials want to give Marcellus Shale drillers an incentive to use mine water in drilling operations by offering a quick response to proposals within 15 days. The policy outlined at a public meeting Tuesday would couple the natural gas industry's need for massiv... [Full Story] Jan 26, 2012 Cabot CEO: EPA investigation of Dimock a waste Pittsburgh Tribune Associated Press DIMOCK, Pa. — The head of a natural gas driller blamed for polluting residential water wells in a northeastern Pennsylvania town is taking issue with federal regulators who are testing the water supplies of dozens of homes in the area. Cabot Oil & Gas Corp. CEO Dan Dinges says the Environmental ... [Full Story] Jan 26, 2012 Fracking moratorium approved in House committee VT Digger.org Alan Panebaker A House committee has approved a three-year moratorium on the controversial practice of hydraulic fracturing, a method of extracting natural gas from shale deposits. The original version of the bill would have banned “fracking,” the common name for the surface drilling method that uses a combina... [Full Story] Jan 26, 2012 In Fracking Boom, Oil and Gas Companies Boxed In by Sand The Streeet Eric Rosenbaum NEW YORK (TheStreet) -- Every grain of sand is critical in the shale drilling boom of North America, literally. For companies involved in the hydraulic fracturing boom, from the miners of the sand like Carbo Ceramics(CRR) to the oil service companies like RPC(RES) dependent on increased supply, ... [Full Story] Jan 26, 2012 Obama’s 600,000 Fracking-Job Forecast Includes Lawyers, Realtors Bloomberg Jim Efstathiou, Jr. The boom in natural gas produced from shale rock will add U.S. jobs, though whether it supports as many as President Barack Obama predicts depends on how you count them, economists say. In his State of the Union address this week, Obama said hydraulic fracturing, in which a mix of water, sand an... [Full Story] Jan 26, 2012 How a gas boom became a glut Philadelphia Inquirer Louis D. D'Amico Passengers on Pennsylvania's natural-gas roller coaster are advised to check their restraining devices. It's poised to change course again, producing nausea for some and shrieks of joy for others. A combination of powerful forces - Mother Nature and supply and demand - is going to have at least a... [Full Story] Jan 26, 2012 Obama Seeks Tax Break for Natural-Gas Trucks, Oil Lease Sale Bloomberg Julianna Goldman & Jim Snyder President Barack Obama said tax breaks for natural-gas powered trucks will help the U.S. cut its dependence on imported oil. Obama, in his second day promoting policies laid out in his State of the Union address on Jan. 24, proposes a credit equivalent of 50 percent of the extra cost of purchasi... [Full Story] Jan 26, 2012 Senate bloc concerned about curbs to shale rules Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Laura Olson HARRISBURG -- As state negotiators inch closer to finalizing a comprehensive Marcellus Shale regulatory measure, some opposition against overruling local zoning rules has reignited within the General Assembly. Nine Republican state senators sent a letter to their caucus leaders on Wednesday, sig... [Full Story] Jan 25, 2012 NY takes action against Pa. driller over pollution The Observer Dispatch Mary Esch- Associate Press ALBANY — Environmental regulators said Tuesday they are seeking $187,500 in fines against a natural gas drilling company for polluting a trout stream in New York's Allegany State Park while drilling in Pennsylvania. The state Department of Environmental Conservation said it has filed an administr... [Full Story] Jan 25, 2012 Hinchey Reacts to State of the Union Remarks on Fracking Maurice Hinchey, Member of Congress Press Release Washington, DC - Congressman Maurice Hinchey (D-NY) today released the following statement addressing President Obama's State of the Union remarks regarding shale gas. Hinchey is a leader in Congress of the effort to protect drinking water and the environment from the risks of hydraulic fracturi... [Full Story] Jan 25, 2012 North Dakota Oil Boom Brings Blight With Growth as Costs Soar Bloomberg Jennifer Oldham The gravel road that borders Dave Hynek’s North Dakota farm is designed to carry 10 tractor- trailer trucks a day. In a recent 24-hour period, about 800 passed by. Some are traveling 90 minutes west to Williston, where schools Superintendent Viola LaFontaine expects as many as 3,800 students thi... [Full Story] Jan 25, 2012 EPA Releases New Tool with Information about Water Pollution Across the U.S. / EPA to host webinar on how to use tool to access information on pollutants released into local waterways EPA Press Release WASHINGTON – The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced the release of a new tool that provides the public with important information about pollutants that are released into local waterways. Developed under President Obama’s transparency initiative, the Discharge Monitoring Report (DMR... [Full Story] Jan 25, 2012 EPA water arrives in Dimock Independent Weekender Laura Legere The first tanker of water from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency reachedCarter Roadon Friday in what will become a regular delivery to four homes as federal regulators investigate the impact of natural gas drilling on drinking water here. Encouraged by supporters of the affected families ... [Full Story] Jan 25, 2012 Bills limiting local drilling rules draw GOP foes CBS (AP) HARRISBURG, Pa. — Differences over local zoning have surfaced as a new potential obstacle to lawmakers' effort to reach an agreement on wide-ranging legislation to impose an impact fee on Pennsylvania's Marcellus Shale natural gas producers and modernize state safety regulations on the booming... [Full Story] Jan 25, 2012 State Of The Union: President Obama Blames Congress for Inaction on Climate Change, While Calling for Increase in Fossil Fuel Production Here's the problem with Obama's "all-of-the-above" energy strategy. Alter Net Brad Johnson Opinion LIKE THIS ARTICLE ? Join our mailing list: Sign up to stay up to date on the latest headlines via email. President Barack Obama delivered a State of the Union address that aggressively defended his successful work to save the American... [Full Story] Jan 25, 2012 Moms Stand Up to Fracking Healthy Child Healthy World Angie Nordstrum We’ve all seen (or at least heard of) the movie “Erin Brockovich” in which a bold and fiercely determined mom takes on a chemical company for exposing a small town and the families and children that live there to toxic chemicals that have been linked to cancer. It’s Academy Award winning material. ... [Full Story] Jan 24, 2012 Fracking foes push drilling ban Opponents of natural gas drilling method visit Capitol to speak with lawmakers Albany Times Union Brian Nearing ALBANY — Hundreds of opponents to natural gas hydrofracking descended on the state Capitol Monday, vowing to push for a total ban on such drilling and hinting they will make sure the issue is part of any future presidential run by Gov. Andrew Cuomo. More than 570 people among those attending a b... [Full Story] Jan 24, 2012 Susquehanna River Basin panel to reconsider water permits The Philadelphia Inquirer Andrew Maykuth The Susquehanna River Basin Commission will reconsider more than 20 water permits it approved for Marcellus Shale gas drillers during a raucous meeting last month that was disrupted by antidrilling activists. The SRBC said Monday that it would hear new public comment Feb. 16 for 24 water-withdr... [Full Story] Jan 24, 2012 Company proposes building big sand mine in Dane County Wisconsin State Journal Ron Seely A major Wisconsin sand mining company is looking to build one of the controversial mines in Dane County, and at least one town is planning to strengthen its local zoning laws after landowners there were approached by the company and asked to sell their property. Rich Budinger, regional operatio... [Full Story] Jan 24, 2012 DEC Seeks Fines of $187,500 from U.S. Energy for Water Quality Violations in Allegany State Park Stream Inadequate Stormwater Controls Found at Pennsylvania Drilling Sites and Roads NYS DEC Press Release ALBANY, NY (01/24/2012)(readMedia)-- The NYS Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) filed an administrative complaint seeking an order requiring U.S. Energy Development Corporation to pay $187,500 for water quality violations associated with Pennsylvania drilling activities that affected Yea... [Full Story] Jan 24, 2012 Royally Fracked: Those 40,000 Comments on Hydraulic Fracturing Don't Change Anything The Village Voice Victoria Bekiempis Remember how New York's citizens, many of them not too keen on having chemicals blasted into underground rock to extract natural gas, recently submitted 40,000 comments to the state's environmental agency? That public comment period on highly polemic hydraulic fracturing came to a close earlier ... [Full Story] Jan 24, 2012 Shale Gas a Bridge to More Global Warming IPS Stephen Leahy UXBRIDGE, Canada, Jan 24, 2012 (IPS) - Hundreds of thousands of shale gas wells are being "fracked" in the United States and Canada, allowing large amounts of methane, a highly potent greenhouse gas, to escape into the atmosphere, new studies have shown. Shale gas production results in 40 to 60 p... [Full Story] Jan 24, 2012 Marcellus Shale Gas Potential Much Lower than Previously Thought 90.5 Essential Public Radio Deanna Garcia The U.S. Energy Information Administration’s (EIA) latest report finds reserve estimates for the Marcellus Shale formation are dramatically lower than reported last year. The estimate in the Annual Energy Outlook 2012 (AEO2012) is 141 trillion cubic feet of gas, compared to 410 trillion in 2011. [Full Story] Jan 23, 2012 Chesapeake to cut natural gas production US: Natural gas glut, low prices, prompt Chesapeake to cut exploration and production Yahoo Finance Jonathan Fahey, Assoc. Press NEW YORK (AP) -- Faced with decade-low natural gas prices that have made some drilling operations unprofitable, Chesapeake Energy Corp. says it will drastically cut drilling and production of the fuel in the U.S. Chesapeake, the second largest U.S. natural gas producer, said Monday that it plans... [Full Story] Jan 23, 2012 Whack to Estimate for Natural Gas Wall St. Journal Tennille Tracy WASHINGTON—U.S. energy officials have cut their natural-gas-resource estimates, saying there is far less gas in a region known as the Marcellus Shale than previously thought. The Energy Information Administration also predicted oil will reach $146 a barrel in 2035 as developing economies in China... [Full Story] Jan 23, 2012 Fracking gets its own "Occupy" movement CBS News Ellen Cantarow This is a story about water, the land surrounding it, and the lives it sustains. Clean water should be a right: there is no life without it. New York is what you might call a “water state.” Its rivers and their tributaries only start with the St. Lawrence, the Hudson, the Delaware, and the Su... [Full Story] Jan 23, 2012 600+ New Yorkers Rally in State Capitol to Voice Concerns about Fracking Toxic Chemical Exposure & Hazardous Waste Top List of Groups' Fracking-Related Concerns Environmental Advocates of New York Press Release ALBANY, NY (01/23/2012)(readMedia)-- A broad coalition of organizations descended on the New York State Capitol today to call on elected officials to safeguard vital water resources, air quality, public health and the environment from industrial gas drilling by means of high volume hydraulic fractur... [Full Story] Jan 23, 2012 Environmental groups seek New York state ban on fracking Times Herald-Record ALBANY (AP) – Health and environmental groups rallied at the Capitol on Monday to call for a legislative ban on hydraulic fracturing of natural gas wells, saying no amount of regulation can adequately safeguard water supplies from contamination. “Fracking is the most important environmental issu... [Full Story] Jan 23, 2012 Federal, state agencies still sparring over shale Correspondence between EPA and DEP reveal a testy relationship at best Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Zack Needles A recent letter from the head of the state Department of Environmental Protection to a U.S. Environmental Protection Agency official called the federal government's understanding of a local well water contamination issue "rudimentary," further straining relations between state and federal regulators... [Full Story] Jan 23, 2012 Environmentalists see reason for alarm in GOP race Wiles-Barre Times Leader (AP) Four years after the GOP's rallying cry became "drill, baby, drill," environmental issues have barely registered a blip in this Republican presidential primary. That's likely to change as the race turns to Florida. The candidates' positions on environmental regulation, global warming as... [Full Story] Jan 23, 2012 SRBC To Hold Hearing On Water Consumption, Withdrawal Requests Feb. 16 PA Environment Digest The Susquehanna River Basin Commission will conduct a public hearing February 16 in Harrisburg to accept public comments on water withdrawal and consumptive use project applications scheduled for action by SRBC at its next business meeting in mid-March. The hearing on the project appl... [Full Story] Jan 23, 2012 Environmental groups rally in Albany for New York ban on fracking Syracuse.com Associated Press ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — Health and environmental groups rallied at the Capitol on Monday to call for a legislative ban on hydraulic fracturing of natural gas wells, saying no amount of regulation can adequately safeguard water supplies from contamination. “Fracking is the most important environmenta... [Full Story] Jan 23, 2012 U.S. Cuts Estimate for Marcellus Shale Gas Reserves by 66% Bloomberg Christine Buurma Jan. 23 (Bloomberg) -- The U.S. Energy Department cut its estimate for natural gas reserves in the Marcellus shale formation by 66 percent, citing improved data on drilling and production. About 141 trillion cubic feet of gas can be recovered from the Marcellus shale using current technology, dow... [Full Story] Jan 23, 2012 Environmental Coalition Moves to Block Natural Gas Pipeline Transco project involves drilling under Raritan River, source of drinking water for some 1 million people NJ Spotlight Tom Johnson In a reflection of the growing opposition to the expansion of energy infrastructure projects, a coalition of New Jersey environmental groups is seeking to intervene in a case involving a natural gas pipeline through northern New Jersey. The groups are seeking to intercede in the proposed Northeas... [Full Story] Jan 23, 2012 Fracking Opponents Rally at the Capitol WNYC Karen DeWitt Actor Debra Winger and “Gasland” filmmaker Josh Fox were among hundreds of anti-fracking protesters who descended upon the State Capitol Monday, in one of the largest demonstrations against the natural gas drilling process so far. Hundreds of protesters, many holding signs directed against Gover... [Full Story] Jan 23, 2012 Halliburton Fourth-Quarter Net Grows as U.S. Hydraulic Fracturing Surges Bloomberg David Wethe Halliburton Co. (HAL), the world’s largest provider of hydraulic-fracturing services, expects its North America operating margins to decline further after falling in the fourth quarter as companies cut natural-gas drilling. Halliburton, based in Houston, reported a profit margin of 27.2 percent ... [Full Story] Jan 23, 2012 Could Fracking Earthquakes Shake Pennsylvania? State Impact PA Susan Phillips The New Year’s Eve earthquake that shook Youngstown, Ohio measured 4.0 on the Richter scale. The temblor was the largest of a series of quakes that had been rocking the area around Youngstown for several months and are blamed on a deep injection well. No fracking happens at deep injection w... [Full Story] Jan 23, 2012 Fracking ban overturned, Morgantown considers zoning instead The State Journal Pam Kasey MORGANTOWN - Thwarted by a court ruling in its attempt to ban hydraulic fracturing with horizontal drilling within a mile of its border, the city of Morgantown will try, instead, to limit it through zoning. "Our objective is not to single out this particular industry, but to allow them to go w... [Full Story] Jan 23, 2012 EPA Finally Supplies Drinking Water to Pennsylvania Fracking Victims AllGov In yet another case of drinking water contamination in areas where energy companies have engaged in the controversial practice of hydraulic fracturing, or fracking, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is supplying clean water to some residents of Dimock Township, Pennsylvania (pop.: 1,398... [Full Story] Jan 23, 2012 Crapo, Other Senators Ask for Greater Review of Fracking Study Boise Weekly George Prentice Idaho senior U.S. Sen. Mike Crapo has joined nine other Republicans in asking the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency for greater scrutiny of a draft report that links fracking to groundwater pollution in a Wyoming gas field. A Dec. 9 report from the EPA theorized that gas exploration activity,... [Full Story] Jan 23, 2012 U.S. Seen Being Liquefied Gas Exporter in 2016 on Fracking Gains Bloomberg Katarzyna Klimasinska The U.S. will become a net exporter of liquefied natural gas in 2016 as hydraulic fracturing boosts domestic supplies, the Energy Information Administration said. U.S. will sell abroad 1.1 billion cubic feet of LNG (LNG) a day in 2016, and add 1.1 billion cubic feet three years later, the agency... [Full Story] Jan 23, 2012 Regulators: New rules mean less ND oil production waste, disclosure of 'fracking' fluids The Republic Associated Press BISMARCK, N.D. — North Dakota regulators have approved new rules to reduce the number of open pits used to dump oil drilling wastes. The rules also require oil companies to disclose the makeup of fluid that is used in an oil drilling process called hydraulic fracturing. The chemicals used in "fra... [Full Story] Jan 23, 2012 Obama to tout natural gas benefits in State of Union Reuters Ayesha Rascoe and Richard Cowan (Reuters) - President Barack Obama will encourage the country's booming natural gas output in his State of the Union address on Tuesday, while defending his administration's energy record, according to sources familiar with the matter. Obama was expected to devote a significant portion of his spe... [Full Story] More News from Environmental Health News |
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