This Is Your DEP Rep., Alan Eichler

CineplexRex — June 10, 2010 — Head of the SW Pa Region of DEP Oil and Gas, Alan Eichler, provides a skewed look at drilling wastewater issues.

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Daily News Briefs
http://residentsagainstdrilling.org/news.html

Gas Drilling News (06-11-10 9PM EDT):
NY, PA & NJ:

"Drilling moratorium needed: "...With numerous reports of exploding wells, migrating gas and polluted drinking water, how can we afford to not have a moratorium?..." " (The Daily Star NY)- http://thedailystar.com/opinion/x371476576/Drilling-moratorium-needed

(Event) "Film focused on natural gas drilling to be shown: "..."Gasland," winner of the special jury prize at the 2010 Sundance Film Festival, will be shown in the Sterling Auditorium at 7 p.m. Wednesday at Cooperstown High School..." " (The Daily Star NY)- http://thedailystar.com/localnews/x371476616/Film-focused-on-natural-gas-drilling-to-be-shown

"CNY Landowners Coalition: Gas drilling is a matter of dollars and cents" (Video, YNN) (New Berlin NY)- http://watertown.ynn.com/content/top_stories/501364/cny-landowners-coalition--gas-drilling-is-a-matter-of-dollars-and-cents/?ap=1&MP

"Partnership welcomes gas drilling that’s safe: "...The Sullivan County Partnership for Economic Development considers gas drilling to be in line with its core mission and is taking a more visible pro-drilling stance..." " (Sullivan County NY)- http://www.sc-democrat.com/news/0006June/11/news.htm

(Event) "APOV: Marcellus Shale gas drilling will affect community: "...As part of an ongoing examination of the possible impacts of shale gas well development in Wyoming County, the Board of Supervisors has recently established a new standing sub-committee...On Thursday June 17, from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m., the Wyoming County Board of Supervisors, the Agriculture and Farmland Protection Board, New York Farm Bureau, Cornell Cooperative Extension of Wyoming County, Wyoming County Soil & Water Conservation District and the Wyoming County Department of Planning and Development are sponsoring a Marcellus Shale Landowner Workshop at the Wyoming County Fire Training Center, 3651 Wethersfield Rd. located in the town of Wethersfield (next to the wind farm). Interested landowners and town officials are cordially invited to attend. Experts including a land-use attorney, representatives from Farm Bureau, state Agriculture & Markets and Planning & Development will give presentations and be available to answer questions. RSVPs are requested but not mandatory..." " (Wethersfield NY)- http://www.thedailynewsonline.com/articles/2010/06/11/opinion/letters/6827762.txt

Take The Lie Detector Test

See how many lies you can pick-out. Oh and you have to find your own answers by doing your own research. Editor
‘Fracking’ is environmentally safe
By Kathryn Z. Klaber
President and Executive Director
Marcellus Shale Coalition
Canonsburg, Pa.

The Express-Times notes in a June 3 editorial (“Protect the river from floods, drilling”) that hydraulic fracturing — a critical energy production technology that has been safely deployed in Pennsylvania for more than 50 years — has never contaminated groundwater. That’s a fact confirmed by top environmental officials in Harrisburg and by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.

However, in describing this tightly-regulated technology — which has been used to stimulate domestic energy production more than 1.1 million times — the paper mischaracterizes the process. Fracturing fluids are made up of more than 99.5 percent water and sand. The remaining additives, many of which are found in common household products, fight bacteria and allow the fluid to move down the wellbore, which is encased in layers of steel and concrete, ensuring the integrity of groundwater aquifers.

Marcellus Shale producers are now recycling an average of 60 percent of water used in the process; some operators are even recycling 100 percent. These figures will only continue to rise, as technologies continue to advance.

The Marcellus Shale represents a generational opportunity for our region and the nation’s long-term energy security. Look no further than a recent Penn State study, which projects that the safe, environmentally responsible development of these clean-burning, domestic energy reserves can create 212,200 new jobs over the next decade. (Right, the $100,000 Penn State Study that Fuhrer Klaber's propaganda team commissioned from a respected University. That should silence the masses.) While these economic benefits have been impressive across the state, even in the very early stages of this development, our top commitment remains producing these resources in an environmentally world-class way.
http://www.lehighvalleylive.com/opinion/index.ssf/2010/06/post_32.html
KATHRYN Z. KLABER

Where The "Kool-Aid" Comes From. Marcellus Shale Coalition Front Woman

Marcellus Shale group leader excited
Talking with ... Kathryn Z. Klaber
Sunday, January 24, 2010
By Joyce Gannon, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

"But while the shale holds promise as a future natural gas source, Kathryn Klaber points out that "the process of getting to energy in the subsurface is nothing new. ... Natural gas wells have been drilled in Pennsylvania for decades."
Right. And Pennsylvania banks have been refusing to write mortgages against gas drilled properties and their neighbors "for decades". WRONG!

K. Klaber is another mis-information agent. Editor
Read more: http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/10024/1030407-28.stm#ixzz0qdGm0hxP

"Mommy, Where does Kool-Aid come from?"
http://angelo-wwwwashcogas.blogspot.com/2010/05/mommy-where-does-kool-aid-come-from.html

Marcellus Shale Coalition Debunked

http://un-naturalgas.org/weblog/2010/04/tony-ingraffea-drill-here-drill-now-screws-the-grandkids-three-part-video-presentation/
Liars
"In fact, because of new technology, Marcellus shale producers across the commonwealth are now recycling 60 percent of the water used throughout this process, with many recycling nearly 100 percent of their water."
Kathryn Klaber
President of the Marcellus Shale Coalition

Range Resources Corp. announced today that it is now recycling all of the waste water produced by its natural gas drilling operations. … “Range’s recycling program is helping to eliminate wastewater, lower drilling costs, reduce consumptive water needs by 25 percent, and lessen local truck traffic,” said Jeff Ventura, Range’s president and chief operating officer, in a statement. … Recycling won’t be the only long-term water treatment option in reducing waste water from drilling, but it will play a significant role, Ventura added.

The Gulf Spill Solution

"Gasland" Documentary Hits Susquehanna Co.

http://pahomepage.com/fulltext?nxd_id=141385&watch=1
SUSQUEHANNA COUNTY - The documentary, "Gasland," contains stunning images like tap water on fire.

It's a roving documentary on gas drilling that containts stories from nine states.
It attempts to expose some of the dangers that could be the results of natural gas drilling.
Director Josh Fox said, "When you're dealing people with brain damage, neuropathies, and they're saying don't let this happen to you, that's the most compelling part of the film.
Near sell-out crowds came were at both Gasland showings in Montrose.
The show concluded with a question and answer session with Fox.
PBS
http://angelo-wwwwashcogas.blogspot.com/2010/06/hbo-gasland-airs-june-21-9pm.html
HBO
http://www.hbo.com/#/documentaries/gasland.html/eNrjcmbOUM-PSXHMS8ypLMlMDkhMT-VLzE1lztcsy0xJzYeJO+fnlaRWlDAXsjFyMjKyMbJJJ5aW5BfkJFbalhSVpgIATuUXOA