natural gas drilling
By Lissa Harris on Tuesday, Dec. 7, 2010 - 12:53 pm
Since its passage by the New York State Assembly last week, a bill that would impose a moratorium on hydrofracking for natural gas until May has been sitting on Gov. David Paterson's desk, awaiting his signature. Paterson has til Saturday to decide... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Saturday, Dec. 4, 2010 - 7:26 pm
In Roscoe tomorrow: Flyfishers, filmmakers, and other folks are meeting at Roscoe Central School to watch Gasland and talk about fracking. The event starts at noon, and is open to the public. From an announcement posted on our local-business news channel... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Friday, Dec. 3, 2010 - 1:39 pm
Photo of 12/2 meeting to discuss gas drilling risks held at the Davenport Firehouse, courtesy of Mike Wilkie.
This week, residents of Otsego and Delaware counties got an earful on the risks associated with a rush on horizontal gas drilling in the region.... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Tuesday, Nov. 30, 2010 - 9:59 am
During a special session last night, the New York State Assembly passed a moratorium on issuing new permits for natural gas drilling by hydraulic fracturing (A11443B). Since the Senate has already passed its companion bill, S8129B, the measure now heads... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Monday, Nov. 29, 2010 - 10:38 am
This Thursday evening, December 2, the Davenport Firehouse will host a panel on the risks of natural gas drilling, open to residents of Delaware County and surrounding areas. Speaking at the event will be:
-Lou Allstadt, former executive VP of Mobil Oil... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Thursday, Nov. 25, 2010 - 10:45 am
People are getting mighty excited about gas drilling. An article on the business website The Street yesterday urged its readers to jump on the natural-gas bandwagon before it, er, "explodes:"
2011 is going to be the year for natural gas. Stories keep... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Tuesday, Nov. 16, 2010 - 4:22 pm
Answer: When they're drilling straight down, not sideways.
I admit, I was puzzled last week, when we got word of a company called Gastem getting approval from the New York State DEC to frack a couple of wells in Otsego County. (The announcement sparked a... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Thursday, Nov. 11, 2010 - 2:08 pm
Tonight's episode of CSI: "Fracked." Airs at 9pm on CBS.
Two men are murdered right before exposing a natural gas company for poisoning residents in a farming town, and the CSIs must discover who is responsible for their deaths on the next episode of... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Tuesday, Nov. 9, 2010 - 11:34 am
Do frackers have to get permits to inject diesel fuel into gas wells? The EPA says yes -- a position that's come under industry attack, via a lawsuit that's currently working its way through federal court.
Gas drillers using hydraulic fracturing... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Monday, Nov. 8, 2010 - 9:26 am
Akira Ohiso at Zinc Plate Press recently captured photographic evidence of anti-fracking graffiti taggers in Livingston Manor.
Speaking of fracking: An anti-drilling group called Action Otsego is planning a protest this Thursday, near a hydrofractured... Read more
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