The Independent Oil and Gas Association of New York today issued a press release encouraging landowners to sign their online petition to New York’s governmental leaders to encourage them to move forward—now—with allowing drilling in the Marcellus Shale in New York. Already, more than 4,300 have signed. Landowners who want to add their signatures to [...]
New York State Senator Tom Duane (Democrat-Manhattan), and New York Assemblyman James Brennan (Democrat-Brooklyn) have introduced bills in the state legislature that would kill Marcellus Shale drilling in New York State.
[The] two bills…would prohibit any permits for oil or gas drilling from being issued for two years, prohibit drilling within five miles of the New [...]
Binghamton Press & Sun-Bulletin (Nov 4):
Debate on drilling rules extended by DEC
The New York Department of Environmental Conservation has caved to the anti-drillers who are screaming for more time to read the 800-page draft Supplemental Generic Environmental Impact Statement (dSGEIS)–the proposed new drilling regulations all drillers in New York would have to follow when [...]
Crain’s New York Business (Nov 1):
The new gold rush
With heavy dollops of anti-drilling sentiment (so the reporter keeps his job), this article is worth a read because of the fountain of good information about economics for landowners in the Marcellus Shale. The theme that runs through it is the story of a truck driver [...]
Middletown Times Herald-Record (Oct 29):
300 folks pack Sullivan fracking forum
The first scheduled meeting for public comments on the draft Supplemental Generic Environmental Impact Statement (SGEIS) held by the New York DEC happened yesterday in Sullivan County, NY. According to the Middletown Times Herald-Record:
Most of the speakers in the standing-room-only, mostly anti-drilling crowd of more [...]
Albany Times Union (Oct 29):
Gas company backs off drilling
There is an important lesson to be learned today: Anti-drilling groups will not be satisfied until there is zero drilling anywhere. This truth is now on full display for all to see. An article in today’s Albany Times Union trumpets the announcement that Chesapeake Energy, sole [...]
In addition to attending the hearings previously mentioned (see Public Hearings on the New York Draft SGEIS for Marcellus Shale Drilling), if you’re a landowner in New York, you can also make your voice heard about the new regulations in the following ways:
(1) Leave a comment on the specially created form on the DEC website: www.dec.ny.gov/cfmx/extapps/SGEISComments/
(2) [...]
New York Dept. of Environmental Conservation (Oct 13):
Press Release: DEC Schedules Public Hearings on Marcellus Shale Drilling Draft SGEIS
Landowners will want to attend the public hearings being held by the New York DEC on the draft regulations for drilling in the Marcellus Shale. The regulations are called the Supplemental Generic Environmental Impact Statement (SGEIS). Why [...]
Binghamton Press & Sun-Bulletin (Oct 15):
Gillibrand urges N.Y. extend comment period on gas drill rules
More delay tactics from the Democrats. Enough already! From the article:
U.S. Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, a member of the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, on Thursday urged New York to extend the public comment period on proposed regulations governing development [...]
Poughkeepsie Journal (Oct 8):
Outdoors: Balance must be struck between energy, environment
More misinformation from the anti-drilling crowd. The “reporter” for this article, Bill Conners, starts with general information that is of interest for everyone in New York:
According to the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation, there have been more than 75,000 oil and gas [...]
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