Catskill Citizens for Safe Energy


Latest Additions
New Resources

An Introduction to Shale Gas Extraction & Hydraulic Fracturing
Investigative Reporting
Essential Reading on Shale Gas Extraction
The Marcellus Shale
Shale Gas Extraction
Maps of the Marcellus and Utica Shale
Maps of Fault Lines in New York State
Maps of Gas Wells in NYS and PA

Environmental and Health Risks
General
General -Powerpoints and Videos
Health Impacts
Health Impacts - New York State
Health Impacts - The Battlement Mesa Health Impact Assessment
Health Impacts - Powerpoints & Videos
Abandoned Wells
Air Contamination
Animal Health
Biodiversity
Brine Spreading
Chemicals
Cumulative Impact
Drilling in Our Forests
Earthquakes
Food
Fracking Fluid
Greenhouse Gas Emissions & Climate Change
Human Rights
Impact on Hunting and Fishing
Infrastructure: Compressor Stations, Pipelines etc.
Injection Wells
Methane Migration
Pipeline Safety
Public Lands
Produced Water
Radioactivity
Regulatory Issues
Scientists Weigh In
Soil Contamination
Surface Effects
Trucking and Infrastructure Damage
Violations and Enforcement
Wastewater
Water Contamination
Water Contamination Incidents
Dimock, Pennsylvania
Brookfield, NY
DISH, Texas
Le Roy, NY
Pavilion, WY

Water Testing and Best Management Practices
Best Management Practices
Water Testing
Sesimic Testing

The Economics of Shale Gas Extraction
Economic Impact
Job Claims
Videos
Perverse Incentives - How the Federal Government Subsidizes Destructive Shale Gas Extraction
Gas Bubble:The Economics of Shale Gas Extraction
Industry-Funded Studies
Industry Lobbying Expenditures
Industry Influence on the Media

Pipelines, Compressor Station and LNG Terminals
New Pipelines and Pipeline Expansions (Northeast)
The Constitution Pipeline
The Hancock (Hungry Hill) Compressor Station
The Millenium Pipeline
The Minisink Compressor Station
Port Ambrose, A proposed deepwater LNG port off Long Island
The Rockaway Lateral
Spectra Energy's New Jersey - New York Pipeline Expansion

LNG Exports
Proposed LNG Terminals
The Case Against Exports
Department of Energy Studies of LNG Exports
Criticism of the NERA/DOE Report on the LNG Exports
"Upstream" Impacts of LNG Exports
Pending Federal Legislation The Would Limit LNG Exports
Congressional Testimony on LNG Exports
International Perspective

Home Rule and Municipal Control
Home Rule (NYS)
Home Rule -Powerpoints and Videos
Planning for Fracking
Legal Opinion
The Takings Claim
Local Ordinances
Road Use
Lawsuits: The Town of Dryden
Lawsuits: The Town of Middlefield
Related Case Law
Comprehensive Plans
The Town of Callicoon Draft Comprehensive Plan

Sustainable Alternatives
Resources

The NYS DEC
The Missing Drilling Regulations
Collusion with the Gas Industry
Evidence of High Volume Fracking in NYS
FOILed Documents on New York's Marcellus 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

New York's Revised Draft SGEIS
The Draft SGEIS and Related DEC documents.
Critiques of the Revised Draft SGEIS
Comments on the Revised Draft SGEIS and Proposed Regulations
Testimony Before the NYS Assembly Environmental Conservation Committee
Proposed HVHF Regulations (2013)
Comments on the Revised Draft SGEIS -VIdeos

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

Leasing and Compulsory Integration
NYS Compulsory Integration
Gas Leasing
Non disclosure Agreements

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

Eyewitness Accounts
Print
Video

Handouts
Educational Tools
Handouts

Vote Where It Counts
New Yorkers have the right to vote from their second homes.

Polls
Public Opinion Polls

Catskill Citizens for Safe Energy
CCSE Updates

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

The Delaware River Basin Commission (DRBC)
The Delaware River Basin Commission (DRBC)

The Susquehanna River Basin Commission (SRBC)
The Susquehanna River Basin Commission (SRBC)

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

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