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As women living in the Marcellus Shale region of the United States, it is important to understand what natural gas means to our families. Having seen the film Women of the Marcellus, I decided to look into what it is like to try to raise a family in an economically deprived area with an abundant natural resource under our feet. Read more at eidmarcellus.org/marcellus-shale/natural...w-york-family/19988/
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As women living in the Marcellus Shale region of the United States, it is important to understand what natural gas means to our families. Having seen the film Women of the Marcellus, I decided to look into what it is like to try to raise a family in an economically deprived area with an abundant natural resource under our feet. Raising a family isn’t easy. Between picking the perfect school systems, to making sure kids have what they need as far as food and clothing, being a parent is certainly tough work. People living in upstate New York face an even more difficult task because the economy is depressed — very depressed, in fact — and the cost of living, especially taxes, is high. It’s a cliche, but true, that parents always want to give their kids everything they can and more than they have. Parents in upstate New York face a unique situation, though. They have an economy virtually demanding children leave the area to prosper, yet parents could give their family nearly everything it needs by just harvesting the natural gas under their land. Governor Cuomo, unfortunately, seems determined to play Rhett Butler (look it up if you’re my age) and, frankly, doesn’t care. eidmarcellus.org/marcellus-shale/natural...w-york-family/19988/
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A review of funding provided to groups opposing hydraulic fracturing shows that NGOs and Foundations provided over $35 million in 2012 to groups working to block shale development which includes $100,000 for the creation of Gasland III before the second iteration of the pathos-driven film series is even released on HBO. Read more at eidmarcellus.org/marcellus-shale/financi...oubt-on-shale/20000/
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A recent incident in Franklin Forks, Pennsylvania, demonstrates just how easily the record can be distorted on natural gas development by special interests determined to exploit accusations, assertions and speculation as if they were facts. Some folks reading the title ”Guilty until Proven Innocent” might not catch the error in this statement. Public opinion has become the new justice system as a mob mentality seems to have taken over. Too often, though, the opinion, unfortunately, is not from research, but from groups who are employed to change public opinion (e.g., NRDC, Food & Water Watch, Sierra Club). These environmental groups seen have no boundaries. A once respected driven cause has now gained enough power to work the opposite of its original intent, damaging those who operate on legitimate foundations. I’ll use just one example. Google “Franklin Forks, PA.” It’s a small town like its neighbor Dimock. Until recently few ever heard of either place. Franklin Forks has a State Park called Salt Springs. Mostly, it’s noted for bubbling methane (better known as natural gas) in the spring water. However, when you google Franklin Forks you’re not going to see this state park on the first or the second page of listings. What you will find is the story of the Manning family and their supposedly contaminated water well. It was all over the TV, internet, and newspapers. naturalgasnow.org/guilty-until-proven-in...-natural-gas-crimes/
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Tom Wilber recently wrote on the decline of journalism and surmised that phenomenon is resulting in limited media coverage of shale development requiring citizen journalists to fill the void. That’s one way of looking at the situation, albeit one that is slightly removed from recent experience. Read more at eidmarcellus.org/marcellus-shale/a-lack-...e-development/19960/
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The Town of Sanford has only a handful of people against natural gas, and these individuals attend every meeting, offering the same arguments at every turn. Read more at eidmarcellus.org/marcellus-shale/sanford...as-opposition/19914/
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What makes the sun shine brighter in the South? Florida Power and Light prides itself on having a 26 percent lower energy bill than the national average; and, to top it off, they like their energy home grown. Bryant LaTourette, an upstate New York landowner, has a second home in Florida and is shocked at how low his electric bills there are. The reason for the lower energy costs? Primarily natural gas! Read more at eidmarcellus.org/marcellus-shale/sun-shi...s-natural-gas/19936/
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Credible means “offering reasonable grounds to be believed.” Consider whether the word “credible” applies to any of the dire predictions made on the first Earth Day in 1970. Ecologist Ken Watt said, “By the year 2000…there won’t be any more crude oil.” Biologist Barry Commoner said, “We are in an environmental crisis which threatens the survival of this nation and the world as a suitable place of human habitation.” Harvard biologist George Wald said, “Civilization will end within 15 or 30 years unless immediate action is taken.” Forty-plus years later, we’re still here and we are awash in oil. naturalgasnow.org/?p=39
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FrackNation was viewed in Sullivan County, New York last week near the homes of some celebrity activists opposed to natural gas development – activists like Mark Ruffalo, who seems unwilling to actually debate the issue with knowledgeable folks who disagree with his opinions. Read more at eidmarcellus.org/marcellus-shale/frackna...ing-the-truth/19877/
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Stories like this remind us that there is a world out there beyond 'our' borders that is thriving and living. New Yorkers? .... We lie here like Dracula, eyes wide open looking up from the crypt, waiting for the hammer swinging downward to strike the stake and end it all. www.forbes.com/sites/pikeresearch/2013/0...els-new-energy-boom/
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To repeat: www.dimockproud.com. This website is a real eye opener and I found nothing in the JLCNY using the search function...:huh:??? This is now no longer a well hidden secret. Put the link on all your Twitter and Facebook pages and email all your friends about the website.
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Henry: good article, however I just experienced the opposite! The last tax bill on my just recently purchased land was actually 4 acres LESS than what was surveyed last summer. I inquired about this to my lawyer and he said it is not uncommon for older surveys to be inaccurate relative to today's surveys which employ lasers.
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Natural gas opponents thought, for the zillionth time last year, they had found a game changer in Dr. Tom Myers report indicating it was theoretically possible for fracturing to migrate thousands of feet upward through multiple layers of rock but new research indicates the Myers study essentially defies gravity, science and hydrogeology and seems to have been done to curry favor with the usual suspects. Read more at eidmarcellus.org/marcellus-shale/curryin...-hydrogeology/19867/
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