Drilling Down http://www.nytimes.com/2011/02/27/us/27gas.html?_r=1
Articles in the Drilling Down series from The New York Times examine the risks
of natural-gas drilling and efforts to regulate this rapidly growing industry.
Scientist says the spin is on (Times Union,
14 March 2011) http://www.timesunion.com/local/article/Scientist-says-the-spin-is-on-1116437.php
NY
State government's top scientist on the underground features of New York weighs
in on the contentious matter of drilling in the great Marcellus shale layers
stretching beneath a big part of upstate.
Marcellus Shale Gas Drilling and Water (1)
- http://blip.tv/file/2304474
Ron
Bishop, lecturer in chemistry and biochemistry at SUNY Oneonta, gives an overview
of natural gas extraction technology and explain how water contamination can
occur during the gas drilling process.
Marcellus Shale Gas Drilling and Water (2) - http://blip.tv/file/2307863
Steve Penningroth, Executive Director of the state-certified water testing
laboratory at the Community Science Institute in Ithaca, describes how to test
private and municipal water wells so that landowners and municipal officials
can discover problems and have solid scientific baseline water data that will
stand up in court should contamination occur.
Marcellus Shale Gas Drilling and Water (3) - http://blip.tv/file/231269
Andrew Byers, a farmer/botanist from Newfield who has been studying gas drilling
issues, describes how community members who are knowledgeable about these issues
can take action.
Marcellus Shale Gas Drilling and Water (Q&A) - http://blip.tv/file/2314959