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VIDEO OF THE WEEK Other Videos of Interest: UPCOMING EVENTS NON VIOLENT CIVIL DISOBEDIENCE TRAINING Sunday, March 11th, FLEASED Sunday, March 18, 2- 4 PM A Million Fracking Letters Tell Governor Cuomo to say “No!” to fracking. Use this link to send a prepared letter, or better yet, write one of your own. Governor Andrew CuomoState Capitol Building Albany, New York 12224 And don’t forget to call too! (518) 474- 8390  A Million Fracking Letters New Items in Learn More
Economic Impact of Shale Gas Drilling
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 [email protected]. 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. 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. Take The Pledge – Sign an Agreement to NOT lease your land! Sign an agreement not to lease your land for natural gas drilling using High Volume Horizontal Hydrofracture. 
CCSE Updates and Press ReleasesCCSE Update 02/22/2012CCSE Press Release 02/10/2012 CCSE Update 01/17/2012 CCSE Update 01/06/2012 CCSE Update 12/30/2011 CCSE Update 11/02/2011 CCSE Update 10/10/2011 CCSE Update 9/29/2011 CCSE Update 9/13/2011 CCSE Update 8/30/2011 CCSE Update 7/21/2011 CCSE Update 7/6/2011 CCSE Update 7/1/2011 CCSE Update 6/28/2011 CCSE Update 5/12/2011 CCSE Update 5/05/2011 Speak Up! Tell President Barack Obama how you feel about federal exemptions from the Clean Water Act, the Clean Air Act and the Safe Drinking Water Act for gas drilling companies. Energy & Environment — Of the People, By the PeopleSullivan County
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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 NewsMar 8, 2012Why Not Frack? New York Review of Books Bill McKibben In one sense, the analysts who forecast that “peak oil”—i.e., the point at which the rate of global petroleum extraction will begin to decline—would be reached over the last few years were correct. The planet is running short of the easy stuff, where you stick a drill in the ground and crude comes b… [Full Story] Mar 5, 2012 Sullivan farmer: Sustainable living could be an answer to climate change The Times Herald Record John Sullivan A post-climate- change world will ultimately require people to do with less: Less money, less food, less energy — less everything, advocates say. But that doesn’t necessarily mean it will be a world we can’t survive, says Dick Riseling, a Sullivan County farmer and educator. For years, he has … [Full Story] Mar 5, 2012 Fracking could be harmful to nearby ecosystems, study reveals Click Green While the ecological impact of shale gas exploration and extraction on groundwater has received considerable attention, the implications for surface water and terrestrial ecosystems is often overlooked, according to a new US study. Although more data is needed, preliminary results suggest that r… [Full Story] Mar 5, 2012 EPA heightens scrutiny of Pa.’s Marcellus Shale US News Michael Rubinkam, Assoc. Press DIMOCK, Pa. (AP) — Tugging on rubber gloves, a laboratory worker kneels before a gushing spigot behind Kim Grosso’s house and positions an empty bottle under the clear, cold stream. The process is repeated dozens of times as bottles are filled, marked and packed into coolers. After extensive test… [Full Story] Mar 5, 2012 China vigorously promoting shale gas exploration, development Oil & Gas Journal Guo Jian-chun & Zhao Zhi-hong Shale gas exploration and exploitation in China is still at an early stage. Natural gas accounted for 4% of China’s total energy consumption in 2010. The natural gas share of total world energy demand was nearly six times that, according to the BP Statistical Review of World Energy 2011. In th… [Full Story] Mar 5, 2012 EPA testing in Dimock, Pa., feeds drilling debate CBS News DIMOCK, Pa. — The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s testing of scores of water wells will give residents of a small northeastern Pennsylvania village a snapshot of the aquifer they rely on for drinking, cooking and bathing. The first EPA test results, expected this week, are certain to provi… [Full Story] Mar 5, 2012 North Branch Land Trust opens door to drilling Citizens Voice Elizabeth Skrapits In a turnaround from its earlier stance, the North Branch Land Trust has opened the door to natural gas drilling beneath the Wyoming County property the trust pledged to conserve. The trust’s executive director says the change allows the nonprofit organization to keep drilling companies off the … [Full Story] Mar 5, 2012 Natural Gas Eyes Decade Low Wall St. Journal David Bird NEW YORK—Natural-gas futures prices dropped 4% early Monday, as the latest weather forecasts show above-normal temperatures spreading across most of the U.S. into the second half of March. Prices also were under pressure from data showing big noncommercial players, such as hedge funds, increased… [Full Story] Mar 5, 2012 The Natural Gas Fracking Bubble & Scam (Fracking Ponzi Scheme?) Clean Technica Zachary Shahan–Opinion Rolling Stone, which is, surprisingly, one of the best mainstream publications around when it comes to environmental and energy matters, in my humble opinion, published a knock-out piece on the natural gas fracking boom… and “bubble”/”scam” that has taken the U.S. (and other countries) by storm in r… [Full Story] Mar 5, 2012 109 Organizations Take Issue With Obama’s Support for Fracking Environmental Working Group Press Release More than 100 organizations – including environmental, religious and public health groups – expressed concern about President Obama’s endorsement of hydraulic fracturing and shale gas drilling in his recent State of the Union address. “Amid mounting evidence of the harm and significant costs asso… [Full Story] Mar 4, 2012 Sullivan landowners stand by mineral rights Millions of dollars at stake Times Herald-Record Steve Israel BETHEL — Landowners say they could lose millions of dollars for the mineral rights beneath their land when towns like Bethel ban gas drilling. That’s why the Rural Bethel Landowners Coalition has already put the Sullivan County town on notice that it plans to “take legal action” when it bans dril… [Full Story] Mar 4, 2012 EDITORIAL: ‘Let them drink fracking brine’ in the Great Up There Daily Freeman Editorial WE’RE not political podiatrists, but we’re guessing New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg has very small feet. For one thing, his footprints have not been spotted within the Upstate watershed from which his city draws its water. In absentia, thank you very much, he’ll take the water and leave … [Full Story] Mar 4, 2012 Speaking of games The Times Union TU Editorial Board Our opinion: Gov. Cuomo wants more power over the budget. That can’t be a way to proceed with hydrofracking without the Legislature’s approval. Tired of the manipulative ways of state government, Governor Cuomo? Fed up with the legislative gimmicks employed to achieve what otherwise might not be … [Full Story] Mar 3, 2012 Pa. study: If you get a shale check, will you stop milking? Farm & Dairy UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. — There may be a link between natural gas development and a drop in dairy production in Pennsylvania’s Marcellus Shale region, but the exact reasons for the decline are unclear. According to researchers in Penn State’s College of Agricultural Sciences, anecdotal evidence has … [Full Story] More News from Environmental Health News |
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