May 29, 2022

Ezell: Food and Theatre at Willow Wisp Farm June 3 to 5

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Read a review of Ezell: Ballad of a Land Man


Farm Arts Collective presents a site specific performance from Appalachia entitled EZELL: Ballad of a Land Man. The performance by Clear Creek Creative includes a …

March 19, 2021

How the Salvation of NYC Drinking Water Can Be a Model for Saving the Planet

Michael Heller and James Salzman on the Concept of “As-If” Ownership
By Michael Heller and James Salzman, Lit Hub, March 18, 2021

Al Appleton has worked with DCS almost from our start. His forward thinking and respect from the NYC

July 15, 2018

Propane Storage Facility Rejected by NY DEC

Crestwood’s Seneca Lake propane storage facility rejected by DEC
By Jon Campbell, PressConnects, July 12, 2018

It’s over! Crestwood has officially been denied a permit for expanded gas storage on Seneca Lake (see below)! This fight has dragged

December 5, 2014

Terry Greenwood Dies of Brain Cancer After Years of Fighting Fracking

His motto was “Water is more important than gas.”

Ernst v. EnCana Corporation – Landowner Jessica Ernst Sues Over Water Contamination

Terry Greenwood, 66, died after 3 months fighting cancerous brain tumors, years of fighting fracking and for appropriate, accountable

March 13, 2014

Chesapeake Energy’s $5 Billion Shuffle

The energy giant raised the cash it needed to survive by slashing royalties it paid property owners to drill on their land
By Abrahm Lustgarten, ProPublica, March 13, 2014

At the end of 2011, Chesapeake Energy, one of the nation’s …

February 25, 2014

Exxon CEO joins lawsuit against fracking infrastructure

MSNBC’s Chris Hayes interviews Josh Fox in a report on a lawsuit filed by Exxon Mobil Chairman and CEO Rex Tillerson, along with his neighbors in a wealthy suburb of Dallas, to keep fracking infrastructure out of his own backyard. …

November 3, 2013

Who Pays the Cost of Fracking?

The report posted below should be of interest to the general public, which will bear the cost of the failures on the part of companies engaged in horizontal hydrofracking (fracking) to properly insure their projects against the possibility–ever present given …

July 21, 2013

Caught in the Drill Zone

A growing natural-gas industry poses toxic challenges for organic farmers and anyone else living near a fracking operation
By Sue Smith-Heavenrich, Organic Gardening, June/July 2013

Before Carolyn Knapp signed a gas lease, she questioned the industry representatives as to its …

April 24, 2013

NYPIRG Urges Cuomo to Reject dSGEIS Due to Conflicts of Interest

The New York Public Interest Research Group (NYPIRG) has sent a letter to New York State Governor Cuomo urging him to reject the Revised Draft Supplemental Generic Environmental Impact Statement (dSGEIS) due to a conflict of interest on the part …

April 22, 2013

You Have to See It to Believe It: What It's Like to Have Fracking in Your Backyard

You Have to See It to Believe It: What It’s Like to Have Fracking in Your Backyard
Residents in industry-friendly West Virginia share their experiences, photos and videos. April 15, 2013

From Alternet, by Tara Lohan

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April 19, 2013

Research Shows that Fracking is Shrinking the PA Dairy Industry

Open letter to the NY Farm Bureau — Time to protect NY farming
By Ken Jaffe, Slope Farms, April 1, 2013

An Open Letter to New York Farm Bureau,

We now know that gas drilling is shrinking the Pennsylvania dairy

January 29, 2013

Booms and Busts: The Impact of West Virginia's Energy Economy

CLICK HERE to download the report as a pdf.
Conclusion of “Booms and Busts”, by Sean O’Leary and Ted Boettner
In the past, West Virginia counties with a concentration in mining saw their economic performance dramatically decline after an …

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