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Category Archives: Fracking and Real Estate
Stanley Fish on the Ban in Andes in the New York Times!
A year and a half ago, Stanley Fish, who is a part-time resident of Andes, wrote a beautiful column about how the community had come together to question the wisdom of fracking in our magical little town. (You can read … Continue reading
Please Comment! Urgent!
We have, now, less than thirty days to comment on the proposed draft fracking regulations from the DEC. Cuomo has pushed for this to move quickly, in spite of a woefully inadequate health review. This could allow fracking in New … Continue reading
Posted in Activism, Agriculture, Amazing People, Andes, Bans, DEC Documentation, Fracking, Fracking and Health, Fracking and Real Estate, Fracking and the Environment, Fracking and Water, Legislation, NY, Our Neighbors, Property Rights, Recreation, Science, Tourism, Waterways
Tagged Cuomo, dec, fracking, fracking and health, fracking regulations, hydro-fracking, natural gas, new york, Sandra Steingraber, SGEIS
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REALNYS.com Asked to Blog
New Yorkers Against Fracking invited REALNYS as a blog page. AW members created a new blog page for Responsible Associated Landowners of New York State. Check it out: www.nyagainstfracking.org “New Yorkers Against Fracking … Continue reading
Andes Works! is One Year Old!
A year ago this week, a group of Andes residents met at the Andes Hotel to discuss the upcoming town forum on Hydraulic Fracture Gas Drilling. We decided that we should meet again to find ways to prevent this high … Continue reading
Posted in Activism, Amazing People, Andes, Bans, Community, Community Development, Economic Development, Events, Fracking, Fracking and Health, Fracking and Real Estate, Fun, Jobs, Local Business, Our Neighbors, Recreation, Tourism, Uncategorized, Waterways
Tagged Andes, bands, Catskill Mountain Club, fracking, kayak, Music, Pepacton
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REAL NYS
Check out this great video by area filmmaker Jessica Vecchione about the birth of REAL NYS — The Responsible Associated Landowners of New York State. More info at REALNYS.COM.
Still Thinking Gas Companies Care About Your Property Rights? Think Again.
Compulsory Integration. Have you heard of it yet? You should… In 2007, a landman came calling at Mike and Velda Ward’s 110-acre golf course in Delphi Falls. Their wide open acreage right at the northern edge of the Marcellus Shale natural gas … Continue reading
Posted in Fracking, Fracking and Real Estate, Property Rights
Tagged compulsory integration, dec, fracking, natural gas, property rights
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No property rights when the gas companies come to your front yard…
I (Christine Ruggiero) will start this story by saying that Aruba Petroleum has taken a great deal from my family, but they cannot take away our faith in God. This story may sound like one of defeat, but we are … Continue reading
Gas Companies Try to Deny Landowner’s Property Rights
Want to protect your property rights? Think you have the right to decide what happens to the natural gas under your property? Don’t count on the gas companies to honor your decision if it’s not what they want. Today’s headline … Continue reading
Posted in Fracking, Fracking and Real Estate, Our Neighbors
Tagged law suit, natural gas, property rights, west virginia, xto
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Dateline Australia: Fracking in the Catskills and Pennsylvania
Are landscapes and water supplies being ruined by fracking? Dateline reports on the controversial way of tapping into gas reserves that’s splitting the US.
Map of PA at Full Well Density — A Well Every Square Mile
Many of us have lived with traditional gas drilling in our countryside, which has been fairly unobtrusive. This gas rush is a totally different game. According to US Geological Survey Geologist Bill Kappell, at the initial full drilling density there … Continue reading
Posted in Fracking, Fracking and Real Estate, Fracking and Water, Our Neighbors
Tagged fracking well pad, PA fracking map
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