Carol French and Carolyn Knapp, dairy farmers and co-founders of Pennsylvania Landowner Group for Awareness and Solutions (PLGAS)from Bradford County present “The ‘Good’, the Bad and the Ugly: Effects of the Gas Extraction Boom on PA’s Most Impacted County” at CWFNC’s summit on the impacts of fracking.
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See the film's website. You can also purchase copies of the film through many online vendors - just Google "GASLAND"! |
Do you: have concerns or ideas for the upcoming NC study of shale gas? Want to participate in the public decision making process? Have personal experience, expertise or resources about fracking? Then please consider attending the Dept. of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR)’s public meeting on Monday, Oct. 10 from 6:30-8:30 p.m. in Sanford at the McSwain Extension Education & Agriculture Center (2420 Tramway Rd.) You can take a look at the draft study plan, and submit written comments by Oct. 18, in addition to any oral comments at the Oct. 10 meeting. Send written comments to Shale_gas_comments@ncdenr.gov; or through the mail to NCDENR, attn: Trina Ozer, 1601 MSC, Raleigh, NC 27699. See some general concerns about the study that CWFNC has identified that may help you as you prepare comments! Summit on Impacts of Fracking at the 27th Annual Meeting of Clean Water for NC. September 10, 2011. Calvin Tillman, former mayor of Dish, TX presents on the effects of natural gas development on small communities. Introduction by Nathanette Mayo, Clean Water for NC Board of Directors. Calvin is the co-founder of Shaletest.org, a nonprofit organization which provides testing and data to low-income families and neighborhoods impacted by natural gas exploration and development. The organization can be contacted at dalsessa@shaletest.org.
A Warning To North Carolina (regarding the realities of fracking & offshore drilling). from Tinkham Town on Vimeo. Preview new video footage, including footage from our September 10 Summit. Please share this widely, and don’t forget to call your legislators asking them to uphold the Governor’s Veto of Senate Bill 709! 1:30 to 5:30 PM, September 10, 2011 Pittsboro NC A packed auditorium of folks at the Pittsboro Campus of Central Carolina Community College was enlightened, inspired and motivated to action by the scientific studies, personal experiences of impacted folks from TX and PA, and legal and leasing expertise shared by great speakers at the Sept. 10 Summit on the impacts of fracking for gas. We’ve received lots of ideas, events and other plans for action from many of those who attended the Summit—please continue to send them! If you did not attend, please sign up for our list of emailed “fracking updates” (approximately weekly), let us know if you’d like to volunteer to help set up an event in your area, follow the links to the speaker presentations below, or explore other fracking resources. “Woes of Fracking Fill Air At Summit”, Raleigh News & Observer, Sept. 11, 2011 Speaker presentationsImpact of Hydraulic Fracturing on Water Resources: Assessing the Broader Environmental Footprint of Shale Gas Drilling Hydraulic Fracturing (pdf) – Dr. Avner Vengosh, Duke University Nicholas School of the Environment, Division of Earth and Ocean Sciences Photo credits: M. Tyler and K. Hicks
Not already on our weekly fracking e-mail alert list? Sign up today! Speakers at the event included:
Dr. Avner Vengosh, Duke University Nicholas School of the Environment, co-author of “Methane Contamination of Drinking Water Accompanying Gas-well Drilling and Hydraulic Fracturing”: “Impact of Hydraulic Fracturing on Water Resources”: Assessing the environmental footprint of hydraulic fracturing for gas. Jordan Treakle, Rural Advancement Foundation International: “Predatory Contracts & Landowner Rights: Mineral Rights Leasing in NC”
There are some great upcoming events and film showings in Pittsboro and Raleigh. See our Fracking Events page for more information! “Mineral Rights Leases – What Landowners Should Know about Natural Gas Leasing” GASLAND GASLAND (Main Fracking Page ) It took a lot of courage for Gov. Perdue to veto several very bad bills that came out of the NC General Assembly last session. However, a short session that starts JULY 13 will offer a chance for legislators to override the Governor’s veto of S709 (bad drill bill that promotes offshore oil drilling and “studies” how to change NC regulations to allow fracking) and S781 (undermines current and future protective environmental rules). 3/5 of present and voting legislators would be needed to override these vetoes of S709 and S781, and it will be very close! Many of you advocated strongly to have the Governor veto S709 and S781, and you were heard. Now your voice is needed again — call your NC Senator and Representatives and ask them to sustain the Governor’s veto by being present at the vote to override the veto and voting NO to the override! (Find your NC legislator’s phone number). Tell your legislators why you are asking them to sustain the veto. Check back here for updates on plans for study of possible hydrofracking in NC under another bill, H242. Today, Clean Water for North Carolina releases our new report, “Privatizing NC’s Water, Undermining Justice.” This 50-page report describes the growing trend of water privatization in North Carolina and the impacts private water and sewer companies are having on water affordability, customer service, and water quality (read the 2-page executive summary). |
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Dr. Simona Perry, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute: “Fractured Communities, Fractured Lives”: Dealing with the social, community and environmental impacts of surging gas extraction.
Ryke Longest, Duke Environmental Law & Policy Clinic: “North Carolina Legal and Regulatory Control of Natural Gas Exploration”
