December 30, 2009

NYS Conference of Environmental Health Directors: Comments on dSGEIS

Conference of Environmental Health Directors (CEHD)

Comments on the draft Supplemental Generic Environmental Impact Statement (dSGEIS) on Gas Drilling in the Marcellus Shale

Dear Mr. Dahl:

The Conference of Environmental Health Directors (CEHD) has reviewed the dSGEIS on Gas Drilling …

December 25, 2009

NYC Wants Ban on Drilling in Its Watershed

New York City Wants Ban on Drilling in Its Watershed
By Jim Polson – December 23, 2009 11:13 EST

Dec. 23 (Bloomberg) — New York, the largest U.S. city, called on state officials to ban drilling for natural gas in …

December 15, 2009

Final Impact Assessment Report of Natural Gas Production in the New York City Water Supply Watershed

Hazen and Sawyer, Environmental Engineers and Scientists

Executive Summary

This report presents the results of an assessment performed by the New York City Department ofEnvironmental Protection (NYCDEP) and its consultants, the Joint Venture of Hazen and Sawyer, P.C., and Leggette, …

December 5, 2009

The Domestic Drilling Backlash

From New York to Texas, energy companies have come under fire as natural gas drilling gets close to big cities
By Steve Hargreaves, CNNMoney.com staff writer, December 3, 2009: 9:55 AM ET

NEW YORK (CNNMoney.com) — “Drill baby drill” is …

November 11, 2009

Is NY’s Marcellus Shale Too Hot to Handle?


Is New York’s Marcellus Shale Too Hot to Handle?

by Abrahm Lustgarten, ProPublica, Nov. 9, 2009, 5:10 a.m.

As New York gears up for a massive expansion of gas drilling in the Marcellus Shale, state officials have made a potentially …

November 11, 2009

PA Lawsuit Says Drilling Polluted Water

Pennsylvania lawsuit says drilling polluted water
By Jon Hurdle, on Nov 9, 2009 9:37am EST

(Reuters) – A Pennsylvania landowner is suing an energy company for polluting his soil and water in an attempt to link a natural gas drilling …

November 9, 2009

Natural Gas Drilling Produces Radioactive Wastewater

Abraham Lustgarten, ProPublica, Scientific American 

Wastewater from natural gas drilling in New York State is radioactive, as high as 267 times the limit safe for discharge into the environment and thousands of times the limit safe for people to drink

October 11, 2009

Firms Drilling for Gas Would 'Destroy' Local State Game Lands


Environmentalist: Firms drilling for natural gas would ‘destroy’ local state game lands

By JESSICA COHEN, Community News Writer, October 09, 2009, Pocono Record

Pat Carullo’s voice bursts from the phone. He’s yelling.

“There’ll be thousands of trucks driving trough 20,000 …

October 10, 2009

Report: Gas Drilling Imperils Water

Problems facing New York City watershed system are serious
By ABRAHM LUSTGARTEN Special to the Times Union, Thursday, October 8, 2009

A preliminary report from a consultant hired by New York City warns that “nearly every activity” associated with natural …

October 5, 2009

With Natural Gas Drilling Boom, Pennsylvania Faces Flood of Wastewater

Joaquin Sapien, ProPublica, Scientific American

Workers at a steel mill and a power plant were the first to notice something strange about the Monongahela River last summer. The water that U.S. Steel and Allegheny Energy used to power their plants …

October 3, 2009

Water Worries Threaten U.S. Push for Natural Gas

Water worries threaten U.S. push for natural gas
By Jon Hurdle, Reuters, Thu Oct 1, 2009 8:26am EDT

(Reuters) – Louis Meeks, a burly 59-year-old alfalfa farmer, fills a metal trough with water from his well and watches an oily …

October 1, 2009

Hidden Costs of Energy: Unpriced Consequences of Energy Production and Use

Committee on Health, Environmental, and Other External Costs and Benefits of Energy Production and Consumption;
National Research Council

Despite the many benefits of energy, most of which are reflected in energy market prices, the production, distribution, and use of energy …

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