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This is from the Scientific American website from November 17, 2008:

In July a hydrologist dropped a plastic sampling pipe 300 feet down a water well in rural Sublette County, Wy. and pulled up a load of brown oily water with a foul smell. Tests showed it contained benzene, a chemical believed to cause aplastic anemia and leukemia, in a concentration 1,500 times the level safe for people.

Read the article at the Scientific American .

I’d like to thank the webmaster at EssentialDissent for letting us embed these video’s his blog that blog.

The following 3 videos are from the meeting called “Health, Land, Law and Natural Gas Production”

Binghamton, NY; October 29, 2008
(please be patient while the videos load – they are pretty long)
 

The videos are “Making Sure We Get It Right”, Part 1 though 3

Part I:

Part II:

Part III:

It’s taken us a while, but we have finally organized a presentation addressing concerns about natural gas drilling in our area.  Our meeting will be held at Unatego High School on Wednesday, October 22 at 7 pm.  We hope that you will be able to join us then.
 
Also, we have attached a flyer about the meeting to this e-mail.  Please feel free to copy this for distribution and display in your area.  All communities and interested individuals are welcome to attend.
 
Sincerely,
 
The Concerned Citizens for Otego group
  

Shale Shock iof Ithaca is getting a Swartout Coach bus to take anybody who wants to go to the public hearing Oct 15th in Albany of The State Assembly’s Committee on Environmental Conservation. Please contact shaleshock08@yahoo.com for more info. Cost per seat is $30. If you are able to do so, please add additional money for scholarships for those who cannot afford the entire $30. For those to whom the cost is prohibitive, please send what you can.

The bus holds 55 people. Bus leaves from Ithaca and will stop in Binghamton, but reservations are required. For reservations and more info, please contact shaleshock08@yahoo.com

Ithaca Folks: We’ll meet the bus behind the Ramada Inn (up by Pyramid Mall). We can park cars there. Bus will be there at 5:45am and will leave at 6:00am.

Binghamton Folks: The bus will stop in Binghamton, at the Cracker Barrel parking lot off Rte. 81 at 7:00am. Bus will arrive back in Binghamton at 8:00pm and Ithaca at 9:00pm

Apologies to any and all who have received this message earlier via another server. However, I think that it would be great if we could get some more representation from our area and this bus idea (below) will make it easy for many to attentd. We need to establish a presence at the upcoming Oct. 15 State Assembly meeting of the Committee on Environmental Conservation.
Not only can we mention concerns that we have about natural gas drilling, but we can urge our representatives to do their jobs and tell them that they will be held accountable if they ignore their constituents’ wishes and best interests.

For those who cannot possibly attend the meeting on Oct. 15 in Albany, I urge you to print out a copy of the Damascus Citizens’ petition to Gov. Paterson, obtain five signatures, and mail it before the 15. The Damascus group will present them en masse to the Commission on Environmental Conservation on the 15th.

http://www.damascuscitizens.org/images/Petition-NY.pdf

Thank you very much for getting involved!

National Geographic Magazine has posted a photo essay about gas drilling. It’s a powerful and informative 4-minute audio/visual presentation.

Here’s the link to it:
http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/ngm/0507/sights_n_sounds/index.html

An Important Announcement and Fundraising Drive:

Your Donations Urgently Needed for Forum.

Making Sure We Get It Right:

Health, Land, Law and Natural Gas Drilling

October 29, 2008, 7:00 – 9:00 PM

West Middle School, Binghamton NY

This powerful forum featuring international, national, and local leaders on the issues, will provide our community members and our leaders with the information they need in order to understand the impact of natural gas drilling and how we can protect ourselves. With our region all too familiar with the toxic legacy of IBM, we need to make sure we get this right for the long-term health and safety of our communities.

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Video of Landowner’s Rights Forum at Broome Community College, Sept. 16, 2008. 

Watch the other videos

Just ran across this despicable example of what’s wrong with the system. This bit of unadulterated greed could be the poster for how we have pimped capitalism to the extreme.