For Immediate Release July 27, 2010 Contact: Jeff Tittel, NJ Sierra Club Director, 609-558-9100 Commissioner Martin: Don’t Sell New Jersey’s Water Supply Short New Jersey should be deeply concerned with proposals for shale drilling and hydro fracking in the Delaware River Basin. The Delaware River is the source of drinking water for three million New [...]
New Jersey’s Environmental Protection Commissioner says Pennsylvania should develop rules for controversial natural gas drilling in their state, while environmentalists believe the drilling process is a threat to the Delaware River.
Regulators have granted a controversial permit for a natural gas drilling project in the Delaware River water shed.
For Immediate Release July 15, 2010 Contact: Jeff Tittel, NJ Sierra Club Director, 609-558-9100 Sellout Deal Approved State House Commission Violates Public Trust Trenton – The State House Commission today approved a lease of public lands for the Tennessee Gas Pipeline, agreeing to a deal that rips off taxpayers, violates public trust, and sacrifices environmentally [...]
An unregulated drilling technique is putting the water supply for Trenton, Phillipsburg and many South Jersey towns at risk and we need your help to protect it. (Click this link to send an e-mail message and to take other actions!) Natural gas drilling in the Marcellus Shale (PA & NY) is threatening to pollute New [...]
Another battle is brewing over natural gas drilling near the Delaware River in Pennsylvania.
From The Walton Reporter (no website), May 26 On Monday, June 7, at 6:30 PM, the Walton Theater will host one stop of Josh Fox’s 20-stop tour of Pennsylvania and New York, as a run-up to the June 21 HBO premiere of his new film, “Gasland,” winner of this year’s Sundance Special Jury Prize. The [...]
From The Walton Reporter (no website), May 19, 2010 The Drill, the Spill, and the Pill By Nick Albaugh Last Wednesday the Reporter published Joan Tubridy’s timely piece, “Gas Drilling: Economic Boom or Bust,” that concisely countered a number of economic beliefs by drilling advocates and raised cautions about the real costs to affected communities. [...]
Walton Reporter (no website) May 19, 2010 By Robert A. Cairns DELHI – The Delaware County Board of Supervisors wants the Delaware River Basin Commission (DRBC) to hurry up and approve regulations for natural gas drilling. At last week’s board meeting, supervisors adopted a resolution, calling on the DRBC to “expedite the promulgation of rules [...]
Walton Reporter (no website) May 19, 2010 Letter to the Editor: Last week there was an article in The Walton Reporter on page 3 quoting pro-drilling Colchester Supervisor Bart (sic) Homovich, whose position is that because Delaware County sits on top of the New York City watershed, the residents are being denied the rights to [...]
Walton Reporter (no website) May 12, 2010 By Glenn Graves DOWNSVILLE – Colchester Supervisor Robert Homovich has informed the town council that New York City may not be content with the recent decision made by the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) that greatly reduces the chance any natural gas drilling will occur [...]
From The Walton Reporter (no website), May 12, 2010 On Jan. 19 2010, New York State Oil and Gas industry lobbyist Brad Gill stated that because of gas drilling, Pennsylvania is “thriving with tens of thousands of jobs and tremendous economic vitality.” We must closely scrutinize the widely-held assertion that the economic benefits of unconventional [...]
From the Walton Reporter (no website), February 12, 2010. By Glenn Graves DISH, Texas Mayor Calvin Tillman was at Downsville Central School last Wednesday evening to discuss the pitfalls that can be associated with natural gas development. His presentation was sponsored by a coalition of local groups concerned about the impacts of gas drilling in the [...]
On January 25, environmental activists and concerned citizens from across New York State gathered in Albany to rally and speak with legislators about the dangers of natural gas drilling in the Marcellus Shale. Gas drilling companies plan to use a controversial technique called hydraulic fracturing to extract natural gas trapped in the Marcellus Shale. Hydraulic [...]
Originally uploaded by DSchvejda From Environmental Advocates of New York: The natural gas industry is eager to drill in New York State using a risky technique called hydraulic fracturing or “fracking.” Fracking has the potential to endanger our drinking water and will turn parts of New York into industrial drilling zones. Click here to [...]