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Category Archives: Fracking and Water
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.
Scientists Warn Cuomo of Danger to Drinking Water
Dozens of scientists, including four from the prestigious National Academy of Sciences, warned Gov. Andrew Cuomo that it will be practically impossible for municipal drinking water systems to protect against chemicals used in natural gas hydraulic fracturing, also called hydrofracking. Their letter to the … Continue reading
Posted in Fracking and Health, Fracking and Water, NY, Press
Tagged Cornell, Cuomo, drinking water, fracking, National Academy of Sciences, water filtration
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Water Contamination in Pennsylvania
Darrell Smitsky of Hickory, PA and Bob Donnan of Hopewell Township, PA discuss issues with their drinking water after Marcellus Shale drilling began.
“It’s all gone.”
This young woman is thoughtful, articulate, and powerful as she describes the end of the area around her in Pennsylvania:
A Million Fracking Letters
___ Have you written your letter yet? The Honorable Andrew M. Cuomo Governor of New York State NYS State Capitol Building Albany, NY 12224 Or click here to email…
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
The DEC’s Draft Environmental Impact Study Released Today
Want to look at it for yourself? Click here to download the entire document in PDF. Click here to download excerpts (it’s 1000 pages long!) Some initial responses from the Natural Resource Defense Council…. Our first impression of the new … Continue reading
“What a frackin’ mess.” Editorial from the Daily Star
A review of the DEC’s proposals tells me that the agency realizes how risky and potentially disastrous fracking is. Otherwise, why would some of its revisions seem so stringent or limiting? Click here to read the whole article…
Destroying Water…
Sometimes a scientist will communicate with technical jargon, sometimes with creative prose. Here is a powerful spoken-word piece by Dr. Sandra Steingraber. Humans have never destroyed water before this time, and hydrofracking destroyes massive amounts of it. What affect with … Continue reading
