HERD ABOUT IT?
by Ana Grarian
NYC has managed to bring a major gas drilling company to its knees. Chesapeake Energy won’t drill for natural gas in the NYC watershed.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/andrew-reinbach/gas-drilling-in-new-york_b_332831.html
In case that has you taking a big breath of relief – hold it a minute. That’s the New York CITY watershed. The rest of us NY bumpkins (who live over and around most of the Marcellus shale), are not so fortunate. But hey – if fracking is dangerous to the NYC watershed – isn’t it dangerous to ours? And doesn’t our water flow out of our region into others? Or am I just showing quaint, country folk lore reasoning here
If I was caught dumping dangerous chemicals like toluene onto my neighbors lawn I’d be put in jail. If I was caught near our town wells I would probably be jailed under Homeland Security provisions. But somehow if a big company wants to pump them for miles UNDER my community, it’s progress?
No way, no how! My little corner of the earth is still for the most part a Garden of Eden and I think we know what part the Gas Drilling Co. representative is playing. Hisssssss!
So you’re saying they’re playing the part of snake in the… gas?
Wonder what plans they may have for the Adirondacks. I would think drilling through mountains made of mostly granite would have less appeal, and less gas. Then you also have Forever Wild which has been a NY State legality since the 1800s.
Either way it stinks. The last column you did had me saying, “What about the water table?” …before you even went there.
One important note is that the Company Officials said that Chesapeake Energy wouldn’t drill there. This is not legally binding and they can change their minds. They could also create a new company, or sell lease rights to another company which would work behind the screen made by this announcement. Many think the announcement is to get folks mollified so that they can proceed unimpeded in the rest of the state.
The article is ver good. Put down like more
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