December 10, 2009, NPR On Point with Tom Ashbrook: Gas, Shale, and ‘Hydrofracking’
link to complete article is here: https://www.onpointradio.org/2009/12/gas-shale-and-hydrofracking
A drilling rig used to bore thousands of feet into the earth to extract natural gas from the Marcellus shale deep underground is seen on a farm in Houston, Penn., in October 2008...
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Poem: 'Poison Drills' Rob Jagodzinski, December 2009
Poison Drills
Rob Jagodzinski
December 2009
Take me to our stream, papa
It dances in our dreams, papa...
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Natural gas locked in the Marcellus Shale has companies rushing to cash in on possibilities
December 3, 2009, Washington Post: An energy answer in the shale below?
An energy answer in the shale below?
New technology opens vast stores of natural gas, and the land rush is on
By Steven Mufson
Washington Post Staff Writer
Thursday, December 3, 2009
link is here: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/12/02/AR2009120204305_pf.html
The first time Chesapeake Energy tried to buy mineral rights from Diana Whitmore, a 74-year-old retired real estate broker in southern New York, it offered her $125 for every acre of land plus a 12 percent royalty on whatever natural gas it extracts...
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November 13, 2009, News 10 Now: Final DEC public comment session on gas drilling draws hundreds
link to complete article: http://news10now.com/cny-news-1013-content/top_stories/488074/final-dec-public-comment-session-on-gas-drilling-draws-hundreds?ap=1&MP4
Updated 11/19/2009 06:13 AM
Final DEC public comment session on gas drilling draws hundreds
Marcellus shale gas drilling is a hot topic across the state and hundreds packed into Corning Painted Post East High School Wednesday to share their opinions on it. It was the final public comment session offered by the DEC as it completes an environmental review on drilling in New York. Our Vince Slomsky caught up with people on both sides of the topic.
CORNING, N.Y. -- It was a packed house inside and outside the auditorium at Corning Painted Post East High School Wednesday for the final DEC public comment session on drilling for natural gas in the Marcellus Shale...
November 27, 2009, The New York Times: At Odds Over Land, Money and Gas
At Odds Over Land, Money and Gas
link to complete article is here: http://www.nytimes.com/2009/11/28/science/earth/28drill.html?pagewanted=all
NOT INTERESTED Lisa Wujnovich and her husband, Mark Dunau, refuse to sign a lease to allow natural gas drilling on their 50 farmland acres in Hancock, N.Y.
CHENANGO, N.Y. — Chris and Robert Lacey own 80 acres of idyllic upstate New York countryside, a place where they can fish for bass in their own pond, hike through white pines and chase deer away...
Read moreNovember 18, 2009, Corning Leader: Gas drilling concerns aired at DEC hearing
Gas drilling concerns aired at DEC hearing
By ERIC WENSEL
People show their concerns about hydraulic fracturing in the Marcellus Shale during Wednesday’s DEC hearing on its proposed gas drilling regulations.
link to complete article is here: https://www.the-leader.com/news/x215398597/Gas-drilling-concerns-aired-at-DEC-hearing
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A simple thing to do
November 10, 2009, Times Herald Record: NYC rally aims to stop drilling in watershed Local groups seek same
Sure, Tuesday's "Kill the Drill" rally in New York City aims to stop gas drilling in the city watershed...
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