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The following links are provided to help our community learn more about the potential effects of natural gas drilling in the Marcellus Shale.

  

Latest Additions

        Recent Releases
  

New York's Revised Draft SGEIS

        Revised Draft Documentation
  

An Introduction to Shale Gas Extraction & Hydraulic Fracturing

        Investigative Reporting
        Essential Reading on Shale Gas Extraction
        The Marcellus Shale
        Maps
        Shale Gas Extraction
  

Environmental and Health Risks

        Accidents
        General
        Health Impacts
        Fracking Fluid
        Water Contamination
        Catalogs of Contamination Incidents
        Wastewater
        Gas Migration
        Radioactivity
        Greenhouse Emissions
        Air Contamination
        Trucking and Infrastructure Damage
        Cumulative Impact
        Drilling in Our Forests
        Impact on Hunting and Fishing
        Infrastructure: Compressor Stations, Pipelines etc.
        Scientists Weigh In
        Violations and Enforcement
        Dimock, Pennsylvania
        DISH, Texas
  

Water Testing and Best Management Practices

        Best Management Practices
        Water Testing
        Sesimic Testing
  

The Economics of Shale Gas Extraction

        Economic Impact
        Perverse Incentives - How the Federal Government Subsidizes Destructive Shale Gas Extraction
        Gas Bubble:The Economics of Shale Gas Extraction
        Industry Lobbying Expenditures
  

New York State Legislation, Regulations and Resolutions

        NY State Laws & Regulations
        NYS Pending Legislation
        NY Legislation and Regulatons We Need to See
        Protecting the NYC Watershed
  

Municipal Control of Extraction Operations

        NY Home Rule
        NY Local Ordinances
  

Leasing and Compulsory Integration

        NYS Compulsory Integration
        Gas Leasing
  

The NYS DEC

        New York’s Vertical Wells
        The Case Against Division of Mineral Resources Director Bradely J. Field
        Scoping for the SGEIS
        The 2009 NYS Draft SGEIS
        Comments on the 2009 NYS Draft SGEIS
  

Pennsylvania

        PA Regulations
        PA Drilling Maps/Permits & Rig Activity
        Pending PA Legislation
        PA's Non-existent Severence Tax
  

The Delaware River Basin Commission (DRBC)

        The Delaware River Basin Commission (DRBC)
  

The Susquehanna River Basin Commission (SRBC)

        The Susquehanna River Basin Commission (SRBC)
  

The Federal Government

        Regulation and Enforcement
        Pending Federal Legislation
        The 2010 EPA Study: Potential Relationships Between Hydraulic Fracturing and Drinking Water Resources
        Pseudo-Science: The Flawed 2004 EPA Study of Hydraulic Fracturing
        The Oil and Gas Industry: Exempt From Our Most Important Environmental Laws
        Federal Policy
  

Impacts on Communities - Organizing and Outreach

        Accidents
        Impact on Communities
        Community Organizing and Outreach
        Legal Tools
        Speaking Out! Oppostion to Fracking
  

Handouts

        Materials for Distribution
  

Polls and Opinions

        Public Opinion Polls
        Op Eds and Editorials
  

Catskill Citizens for Safe Energy

        CCSE Updates
  

Video

        Entertainment
        Technical Discussions on Drilling
        Living with Fracking
        News & Interviews
        Call to Action
  

Pipelines

        Information About Pipelines
  

Vote Where It Counts

        New Yorkers have the right to vote from their second homes.
  

Sustainable Energy

        Resources