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PROTECTING OUR WATER - DEC. 10 - PHILADELPHIA

Please join in a public forum at Temple University. See presentations by community leaders in response to the gas drilling issue. Participate in the early organizing effort by citizens of the greater Philadelphia region.
http://www.damascuscitizens.org/pow.html

Dark Side of a Natural Gas Boom

By JAD MOUAWAD and CLIFFORD KRAUSS
Published: December 7, 2009
DIMOCK, Pa. — Victoria Switzer dreamed of a peaceful retirement in these Appalachian hills. Instead,
she is coping with a big problem after a nearby natural gas well contaminated her family’s drinking
water with high levels of methane.

Dimock families sue natural gas driller

http://www.thetimes-tribune.com/news/dimock-families-sue-natural-gas-driller

BY LAURA LEGERE (STAFF WRITER)
Published: November 20, 2009

Gas Drilling operations in Tioga State Forest

• DEP Reaches Agreement with Cabot to Prevent Gas Migration, Restore Water Supplies in Dimock Township

MEADVILLE (Nov. 4) – The Department of Environmental Protection and Cabot Oil and Gas Corp. have executed a consent order and agreement that will provide a long-term solution for yellow">migrating gas that has affected 13 water supplies in Dimock Township, Susquehanna County. 

Breaking news: State regulators blame gas company for water troubles

DIMOCK TWP. -- The state Department of Environmental Protection has identified drilling by a natural gas extraction company as the source of methane found in private water wells in Susquehanna County's Dimock Twp.

• Tearing up 100,000 acres of forest is no kind of budget solution!
• DEP ORDERS U.S. ENERGY TO CEASE DRILLING OPERATIONS THROUGHOUT PENNSYLVANIA
• Gas regulations divide House, big oil
• Panel delays ruling in northeastern Pennsylvania gas drilling dispute -- themorningcall.com
• Drinking water trumps natural gas
• Supervisors appeal board's ruling on gas drilling
• Seneca Resources Will Not Sign
• A sobering look at gas drilling
• Trout Unlimited
• Gas Drilling Fact Sheet (Word Doc)

LEGISLATION

• Re: EQB Proposed Rulemaking: Oil & Gas Well Permit Fees (#7-431)
• DRBC ELIMINATES REVIEW THRESHOLDS May 2009

POOLING

Pa. Lawmakers Plan for Jan. 1 Natural Gas Severance Tax
Posted Wednesday, July 7, 2010 ; 02:09 PM |

An issue that has been raised to high profile by the industry’s Marcellus Shale Coalition is that of “forced pooling,” a mechanism that deals with unwilling mineral owners located among those who have leased their rights by forcing them to allow gas companies to gather gas from beneath their land in return for a prescribed royalty share.

The industry argues that forced pooling allows for a more efficient distribution of wells. Opponents contend it amounts to eminent domain for the benefit of private companies. Rendell has told the Scranton Times Tribune that there would be no quid pro quo linking a severance tax and forced pooling.

RESPONSIBLE GROWTH Protecting the Public Interest with a Natural Gas Severance Tax

The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania is rich in mineral resources and has a long history of extracting those resources for export. Since the drilling of the nation’s first commercial oil well in Titusville in 1859, Pennsylvania fortunes have been made in the production and export of coal, oil, and natural gas. Within the next decade, Pennsylvania is poised to enjoy a new mineral development boom. The rising price of natural gas and the advent of advanced drilling techniques have made it economically feasible to extract ntural gas from the nation’s vast oil shale formations, including the Marcellus Shale, a deep formation that underlies 54 of the 67 counties of Pennsylvania – all but the southeastern corner of the state.1

FRIENDS! This is happening now! Please please please click the link and send this email. THOUSANDS of fish died in the last two weeks because no one is watching these drillers. Now we have a chance to get the money in place to pay for eyes on the ground. Tell them!

In the budget deal agreed upon by Senate Leaders and the Governor last Friday, the state is mandated to lease approximately 100,000 acres of our most pristine forests for natural gas exploration.

Make no mistake, natural gas exploration will wreck these areas for hiking, fishing, hunting and the other outdoor activities. Drilling operatios will clearcut wide swaths through the forest and huge well pads, and they won't replace the trees when they are done.

Legislative leaders would rather sell what remains of our wild heritage to the highest bidder, ruining it for hikers, birders, anglers and hunters, rather than pass a modest tax comparable to that of every other state that has this kind of industry.

Take Action:Tell Governor Rendell and your elected leaders that you think Pennsylvania can do better. Pass a budget that funds DEP adequately, that makes polluters pay for the mess they leave behind, and leaves our wild lands alone. http://salsa.democracyinaction.org/o/2155/t/9888/p/dia/action/public/?action_KEY=1488&tag=taf

The push for a natural gas tax
phillyBurbs.com - Philadelphia,PA,USA
In Bucks County, nearly 250 of 1300 homeowners in Nockamixon have signed leases to allow gas exploration on their properties. ...

Bucks County Eco news: A sobering look at gas drilling
By Dave Meiser
As gas drilling looms in Nockamixon's future, Carluccio laid out sobering reports of how natural gas drilling companies continue to ravage natural resources and wreak havoc in communities across the country at a presentation Wednesday ...
Bucks County Eco news - http://bucksenvironment.blogspot.com/

Supervisors appeal board's ruling on gas drilling
phillyBurbs.com - Philadelphia,PA,USA
Township Supervisor Nancy Janyszeski emphasized that she is not opposed to those who seek exploratory natural gas drilling. She asks that Arbor Resources ...
 

Municipalities have limited control

By TOM KANE

HAWLEY, PA - Municipal officials gathered at the PPL Learning Center on May 4 to learn more about the recent PA Supreme Court decisions on cases between two gas drilling companies and two municipalities.

Wednesday, 05. May 2010