Water
By wateradmin on Sunday, Jul. 10, 2011 - 10:11 am
"Potshots," by Bovina artist Gary Mayer, runs every Sunday. You can see Gary's collected Sunday cartoons by clicking here.
Mayer is an artist who's lived in Bovina for the past seven years. Originally hailing from Detroit, he lived for many... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Saturday, Jul. 9, 2011 - 10:13 am
Roundup, a common herbicide, was sprayed this week along roads running next to the Pepacton Reservoir, which supplies much of New York City's vast supply of unfiltered drinking water.
Our columnist Ellen Verni sent us a photo of a notice posted on... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Thursday, Jul. 7, 2011 - 5:03 pm
A large crowd of people demonstrated in Albany today to protest the New York Department of Environmental Conservation's decision, announced last week, to recommend that hydraulic fracturing proceed in New York state.
The Journal News' Albany Watch blog... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Wednesday, Jul. 6, 2011 - 4:53 pm
A line of severe thunderstorms is marching across the Catskills this afternoon, as this snapshot of radar taken at 4:41pm shows. The National Weather Service issued a Severe Thunderstorm Watch earlier today for Delaware, Greene, Schoharie and Ulster... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Tuesday, Jul. 5, 2011 - 12:21 am
Above: Slide from DEC Commissioner Joe Martens' presentation on hydraulic fracturing regulations on Friday.
It's officially a draft of a draft. But a 736-page document from the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation, released to the media... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Friday, Jul. 1, 2011 - 10:03 am
As we wrote yesterday, scores of people gathered on the Shavertown Bridge over the Pepacton Reservoir last Saturday to protest hydraulic fracturing of the Marcellus Shale. Today, videographer (and Watershed Post advertiser) Jessica Vecchione, who was at... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Friday, Jul. 1, 2011 - 8:54 am
Right on time for its July 1 deadline, the New York Department of Environmental Conservation will be releasing its recommendations for the statewide regulation of hydraulic fracturing today. There will be a big press conference (viewable via webcast) at... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Thursday, Jun. 30, 2011 - 11:34 am
Photo provided by CDOG/un-naturalgas.org. Video shot by Jessica Vecchione.
On Saturday, scores of people gathered on the Shavertown Bridge that crosses the Pepacton Reservoir in Delaware County to protest the controversial practice of hydraulic... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Tuesday, Jun. 28, 2011 - 2:08 pm
Good news for Wawarsing homeowners sitting atop the leaky Delaware Aqueduct: Last week, the New York City Department of Environmental Protection has agreed to set $3.7 million aside to bail out homeowners whose houses have been damaged by leaks from the... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Friday, Jun. 24, 2011 - 9:25 am
Legislation about hydraulic fracturing isn't even on the table during these last few hours of the New York State Legislature's manic session.
Legislators meeting late last night and re-adjourning today will consider a "Big Ugly" bill that tackles issues... Read more
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