2011 NEWS ARTICLES
12/31/11: The New York Times: Ian Urbina: South African Farmers See Threat From Fracking:
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/12/31/world/south-african-farmers-see-threat-from-fracking.html
12/29/11: Democrat and Chronicle: Michael Zeigler: Brighton votes for fire service changes (scroll down to second half to read about unanymous vote for 12 month fracking moratorium): http://www.democratandchronicle.com/article/20111229/NEWS01/112290324/West-Brighton-Fire-District?odyssey=tab|topnews|text|Home
12/28/11: PennLive.com: Lycoming County township official blocks road with downed trees to force drilling company to make repairs:
http://www.pennlive.com/midstate/index.ssf/2011/12/lycoming_county_township_offic.html
12/27/11: Gas Well Impacts Add Up: http://www.rochestercitynewspaper.com/news/articles/2011/12/ENVIRONMENT-Gas-well-impacts-add-up/
12/27/11: Niagara at Large: Dough Draper: Great Lakes Mayors Raise Concern Over Proposed Fracking Waste Discharge to Niagara River:
http://niagaraatlarge.com/2011/12/27/great-lakes-mayors-raise-concern-about-proposed-fracking-waste-discharge-to-niagara-river/
12/18/11: Democrat and Chronicle: Steve Orr: Fracking: Bane or Boon: A Look Into Industry's Presence in PA: /uploads/8/0/2/5/8025484/dc_12-18-11_fracking_bane_or_boon
12/14/11: The New York Times: Sabrina Tavernise: As Gas Drilling Spreads, Towns Stand Ground Over Control:
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/12/15/us/towns-fighting-to-stand-ground-against-gas-drillers.html?_r=1&emc=eta1
12/14/11: Pittsford Post-Gazette: Janice Crompton: Municipal Officials Decry State Control of Shale Drilling: http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/11348/1196672-455-0.stm
12/13/11: Watertown Daily Times: Paul Hetzler: Hydrofracking Sure to Contaminate Water:
http://www.watertowndailytimes.com/article/20111213/OPINION02/712139975
12/18/11: Democrat and Chronicle: Steve Orr: Fracking: Bane or Boon" A Look Into Industry's presence in PA: /uploads/8/0/2/5/8025484/12-18-11-dc-_fracking_bane_or_boon_in_pa.docx
12/11/11: Pittsford Post-Gazette: Erich Schwartzel and Elisabeth Ponsot: A Big Firm Moves In: Landowners face new types of shale leases:
http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/11345/1196135-503.stm
12/9/11: ProPublica: Abrahm Lustgarten & Nicholas Kusnetz: Fed Link Water Contamination to Fracking for the First Time:
http://www.propublica.org/article/feds-link-water-contamination-to-fracking-for-first-time
12/5/11: The New Yorker: Elizabeth Kolbert: Burning Love: http://www.newyorker.com/talk/comment/2011/12/05/111205taco_talk_kolbert
12/2/11: The Ithaca Journal: Guest Viewpoint: Harty Miller: Poverty at Care of Fracking Debate:
http://www.theithacajournal.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=2011112020304
12/1/11: The New York Times: Ian Urbina: Learning too Late the Perils of Gas Well Leases:
http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/us/DRILLING_DOWN_SERIES.html
11/28/11: Tompkins Weekly: Sue Smith-Heavenrich: Trends Cited In PA Gas Drilling Areas (scroll down to page 3): http://www.tompkinshosting.com/tompkinsweekly/TompkinsWeekly111128.pdf
11/26/11: The New York Times: Thomas Kaplan: Millions Spent in Albany Fight to Drill for Gas: http://www.nytimes.com/2011/11/26/nyregion/hydrofracking-debate-spurs-huge-spending-by-industry.html?ref=todayspaper
11/26/11: The New York Times: A.G. Sulzberger: Oil Rigs Bring Camps of Men to the Prairie: http://www.nytimes.com/2011/11/26/us/north-dakota-oil-boom-creates-camps-of-men.html?_r=1&ref=todayspaper
11/25/11: Democrat and Chronicle: Steve Orr: Avoca Earthquakes: Information Withheld:
http://blogs.democratandchronicle.com/watchdog/?p=915
11/20/11: The New York Times Magazine: Eliza Griswold: Situation Normal All Fracked Up: http://www.nytimes.com/2011/11/20/magazine/fracking-amwell-township.html?_r=1&scp=1&sq=situation%20normal%20all%20fracked%20up&st=cse
11/10/11: ProPublica: Nicolas Kuznetz:Energy Dept. Panel Warns of Environmental Toll of Current Gas Drilling Practices: http://www.propublica.org/article/energy-dept.-panel-warns-of-environmental-toll-of-current-gas-drilling-prac
11/8/11: The Livingston County News: Howard Appell: Fracking fears stir opposition: http://thelcn.com/2011/11/fracking-fears-stir-opposition/
11/6/11: The New York Times: Paul Krugman: Here Comes the Sun:
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/11/07/opinion/krugman-here-comes-solar-energy.html?_r=1&ref=opinion
10/28/11: Ithaca Times: Martha Robertson: The 39th Richest American vs. the Town of Dryden:
http://www.ithaca.com/opinion/guest_opinions/article_236a957a-016a-11e1-bdc3-001cc4c002e0.html
10/20/11: Reader Supported News: Robert F. Kennedy, Jr.: The Fracking Industry's War on the Truth: http://www.readersupportednews.org/opinion2/271-38/7998-the-fracking-industrys-war-on-the-truth
10/19/11: The New York Times: Ian Urbina: Rush to Drill for Natural Gas Creates Conflicts with Mortgages: http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/us/DRILLING_DOWN_SERIES.html
10/9/11: Democrat and Chronicle, Rochester: Steve Orr: HYDROFRACKING, 810,000 acres in Finger Lakes region under lease: http://www.democratandchronicle.com/article/20111009/NEWS01/110090344/Drilling-leases-Some-wary-many-welcoming?odyssey=tab%7Ctopnews%7Ctext%7CHome
10/4/11: Ian Urbina's lecture at Cornell: Investigating the Natural Gas Boom:
http://www.cornell.edu/video/?videoID=1763&utm_source=cornellcast_weekly_update&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=1763
9/27/11: Democrat and Chronicle: Albany: Jon Campbell: DEC plans offices for hydrofracking:
http://www.democratandchronicle.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=2011109270324
9/26/11: New York Times: New Town, North Dakota: Clifford Kraus: In North Dakota, Flames of Wasted Natural Gas Light the Prairie: http://www.nytimes.com/2011/09/27/business/energy-environment/in-north-dakota-wasted-natural-gas-flickers-against-the-sky.html?_r=1&ref=cliffordkrauss
9/22/11: Associated Press: Niagara Falls, NY: NY agency to discuss fracking wastewater plans: http://www.forbes.com/feeds/ap/2011/09/22/business-us-gas-drilling-wastewater-new-york_8694697.html
9/22/11: New York Times: Dryden, NY: Mireya Navarro: Signing Leases for Drilling, and Now Having Regrets: http://www.nytimes.com/2011/09/23/nyregion/hydrofracking-leases-subject-of-regrets-in-new-york.html?_r=1&ref=nyregion
9/21/11: Democrat and Chronicle: Stacy Gittleman: Learn all you can about hydrofracking:
http://www.democratandchronicle.com/article/20110923/NEWS0210/109230305/Learn-all-you-can-about-hydrofracking
9/19/11: Scientific American: Abrahm Lustgarten, Nicholas Kusnetz and ProPublica: Science Lags as Health Problems Emerge Near Natural Gas Fields - The health impacts of the aftermath of natural gas production remain largely unexplored: http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=science-lags-as-health-problems&page=9
Feb-August 2011: The New York Times: all of Ian Urbina's articles on hydrofracking, and more,can be found here: http://topics.nytimes.com/topics/reference/timestopics/people/u/ian_urbina/index.htmlweeblylink_new_window
July 20-26, 2011: CITY Newspaper: Jeremy Moule: DEC cuts may affect gas well monitoring:
http://www.rochestercitynewspaper.com/news/blog/2011/07/DEC-cuts-could-impact-gas-well-monitoring/
7/18/11: Democrat and Chronicle: Steve Orr: Hydrofracking's impact on air quality concerns some: http://www.democratandchronicle.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=2011107180317
7/16/11: Democrat and Chronicle: Mike Benard: Need answers to drilling:
/uploads/8/0/2/5/8025484/mike_benards_letter_to_the_dc_7-16-11.pdf
July 13-19, 2011: CITY Newspaper: Jeremy Moule: Legal test looms for fracking bans:
http://www.rochestercitynewspaper.com/news/articles/2011/07/DEVELOPMENT-Legal-test-looms-for-fracking-bans/
7/10/11: Democrat and Chronicle: Joe Martens: Safe Hydrofracking in NY: http://www.democratandchronicle.com/article/20110710/OPINION02/107100322/Proposed-regs-will-make-hydrofracking-safe-New-York?odyssey=nav|head
7/8/11: DEC SGEIS: updated study of high volume fracturing in Marcellus Shale:The document (over 1,000 pages) can be downloaded either by chapter or as a whole document from the web page: http://www.dec.ny.gov/energy/75370.html
7/2/11: Democrat & Chronicle: Fracking Advances: DEC says it can be done safely: http://www.democratandchronicle.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=2011107020335
7/1/11: DEC Executive Summary: Preliminary Revised Draft Supplemental generic Environmental Impact Statement on the Oil, Gas and Solution Mining Regulatory Program: http://www.dec.ny.gov/docs/materials_minerals_pdf/ogprdsgeisexec.pdf
6/30/11: DEC PRESS RELEASE: New Recommendations Issued in Hydraulic Fracturing: http://www.dec.ny.gov/energy/75370.html
June 2011: Rolling Stone Politics: Al Gore: Climate of Denial: http://www.rollingstone.com/politics/news/climate-of-denial-20110622weeblylink_new_window
2/26/11: The New York Times: Ian Urbina: Regulation Lax as Gas Wells’ Tainted Water Hits Rivers: http://www.nytimes.com/2011/02/27/us/27gas.html?ref=us
12/7/10: Natural Resources News Service: Peter Mantius: Marcellus Shale: The Real Price of Compulsory Integration in New York: http://www.dcbureau.org/20101207775/natural-resources-news-service/marcellus-shale-the-real-price-of-compulsory-integration-in-new-york.html
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/12/31/world/south-african-farmers-see-threat-from-fracking.html
12/29/11: Democrat and Chronicle: Michael Zeigler: Brighton votes for fire service changes (scroll down to second half to read about unanymous vote for 12 month fracking moratorium): http://www.democratandchronicle.com/article/20111229/NEWS01/112290324/West-Brighton-Fire-District?odyssey=tab|topnews|text|Home
12/28/11: PennLive.com: Lycoming County township official blocks road with downed trees to force drilling company to make repairs:
http://www.pennlive.com/midstate/index.ssf/2011/12/lycoming_county_township_offic.html
12/27/11: Gas Well Impacts Add Up: http://www.rochestercitynewspaper.com/news/articles/2011/12/ENVIRONMENT-Gas-well-impacts-add-up/
12/27/11: Niagara at Large: Dough Draper: Great Lakes Mayors Raise Concern Over Proposed Fracking Waste Discharge to Niagara River:
http://niagaraatlarge.com/2011/12/27/great-lakes-mayors-raise-concern-about-proposed-fracking-waste-discharge-to-niagara-river/
12/18/11: Democrat and Chronicle: Steve Orr: Fracking: Bane or Boon: A Look Into Industry's Presence in PA: /uploads/8/0/2/5/8025484/dc_12-18-11_fracking_bane_or_boon
12/14/11: The New York Times: Sabrina Tavernise: As Gas Drilling Spreads, Towns Stand Ground Over Control:
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/12/15/us/towns-fighting-to-stand-ground-against-gas-drillers.html?_r=1&emc=eta1
12/14/11: Pittsford Post-Gazette: Janice Crompton: Municipal Officials Decry State Control of Shale Drilling: http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/11348/1196672-455-0.stm
12/13/11: Watertown Daily Times: Paul Hetzler: Hydrofracking Sure to Contaminate Water:
http://www.watertowndailytimes.com/article/20111213/OPINION02/712139975
12/18/11: Democrat and Chronicle: Steve Orr: Fracking: Bane or Boon" A Look Into Industry's presence in PA: /uploads/8/0/2/5/8025484/12-18-11-dc-_fracking_bane_or_boon_in_pa.docx
12/11/11: Pittsford Post-Gazette: Erich Schwartzel and Elisabeth Ponsot: A Big Firm Moves In: Landowners face new types of shale leases:
http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/11345/1196135-503.stm
12/9/11: ProPublica: Abrahm Lustgarten & Nicholas Kusnetz: Fed Link Water Contamination to Fracking for the First Time:
http://www.propublica.org/article/feds-link-water-contamination-to-fracking-for-first-time
12/5/11: The New Yorker: Elizabeth Kolbert: Burning Love: http://www.newyorker.com/talk/comment/2011/12/05/111205taco_talk_kolbert
12/2/11: The Ithaca Journal: Guest Viewpoint: Harty Miller: Poverty at Care of Fracking Debate:
http://www.theithacajournal.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=2011112020304
12/1/11: The New York Times: Ian Urbina: Learning too Late the Perils of Gas Well Leases:
http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/us/DRILLING_DOWN_SERIES.html
11/28/11: Tompkins Weekly: Sue Smith-Heavenrich: Trends Cited In PA Gas Drilling Areas (scroll down to page 3): http://www.tompkinshosting.com/tompkinsweekly/TompkinsWeekly111128.pdf
11/26/11: The New York Times: Thomas Kaplan: Millions Spent in Albany Fight to Drill for Gas: http://www.nytimes.com/2011/11/26/nyregion/hydrofracking-debate-spurs-huge-spending-by-industry.html?ref=todayspaper
11/26/11: The New York Times: A.G. Sulzberger: Oil Rigs Bring Camps of Men to the Prairie: http://www.nytimes.com/2011/11/26/us/north-dakota-oil-boom-creates-camps-of-men.html?_r=1&ref=todayspaper
11/25/11: Democrat and Chronicle: Steve Orr: Avoca Earthquakes: Information Withheld:
http://blogs.democratandchronicle.com/watchdog/?p=915
11/20/11: The New York Times Magazine: Eliza Griswold: Situation Normal All Fracked Up: http://www.nytimes.com/2011/11/20/magazine/fracking-amwell-township.html?_r=1&scp=1&sq=situation%20normal%20all%20fracked%20up&st=cse
11/10/11: ProPublica: Nicolas Kuznetz:Energy Dept. Panel Warns of Environmental Toll of Current Gas Drilling Practices: http://www.propublica.org/article/energy-dept.-panel-warns-of-environmental-toll-of-current-gas-drilling-prac
11/8/11: The Livingston County News: Howard Appell: Fracking fears stir opposition: http://thelcn.com/2011/11/fracking-fears-stir-opposition/
11/6/11: The New York Times: Paul Krugman: Here Comes the Sun:
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/11/07/opinion/krugman-here-comes-solar-energy.html?_r=1&ref=opinion
10/28/11: Ithaca Times: Martha Robertson: The 39th Richest American vs. the Town of Dryden:
http://www.ithaca.com/opinion/guest_opinions/article_236a957a-016a-11e1-bdc3-001cc4c002e0.html
10/20/11: Reader Supported News: Robert F. Kennedy, Jr.: The Fracking Industry's War on the Truth: http://www.readersupportednews.org/opinion2/271-38/7998-the-fracking-industrys-war-on-the-truth
10/19/11: The New York Times: Ian Urbina: Rush to Drill for Natural Gas Creates Conflicts with Mortgages: http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/us/DRILLING_DOWN_SERIES.html
10/9/11: Democrat and Chronicle, Rochester: Steve Orr: HYDROFRACKING, 810,000 acres in Finger Lakes region under lease: http://www.democratandchronicle.com/article/20111009/NEWS01/110090344/Drilling-leases-Some-wary-many-welcoming?odyssey=tab%7Ctopnews%7Ctext%7CHome
10/4/11: Ian Urbina's lecture at Cornell: Investigating the Natural Gas Boom:
http://www.cornell.edu/video/?videoID=1763&utm_source=cornellcast_weekly_update&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=1763
9/27/11: Democrat and Chronicle: Albany: Jon Campbell: DEC plans offices for hydrofracking:
http://www.democratandchronicle.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=2011109270324
9/26/11: New York Times: New Town, North Dakota: Clifford Kraus: In North Dakota, Flames of Wasted Natural Gas Light the Prairie: http://www.nytimes.com/2011/09/27/business/energy-environment/in-north-dakota-wasted-natural-gas-flickers-against-the-sky.html?_r=1&ref=cliffordkrauss
9/22/11: Associated Press: Niagara Falls, NY: NY agency to discuss fracking wastewater plans: http://www.forbes.com/feeds/ap/2011/09/22/business-us-gas-drilling-wastewater-new-york_8694697.html
9/22/11: New York Times: Dryden, NY: Mireya Navarro: Signing Leases for Drilling, and Now Having Regrets: http://www.nytimes.com/2011/09/23/nyregion/hydrofracking-leases-subject-of-regrets-in-new-york.html?_r=1&ref=nyregion
9/21/11: Democrat and Chronicle: Stacy Gittleman: Learn all you can about hydrofracking:
http://www.democratandchronicle.com/article/20110923/NEWS0210/109230305/Learn-all-you-can-about-hydrofracking
9/19/11: Scientific American: Abrahm Lustgarten, Nicholas Kusnetz and ProPublica: Science Lags as Health Problems Emerge Near Natural Gas Fields - The health impacts of the aftermath of natural gas production remain largely unexplored: http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=science-lags-as-health-problems&page=9
Feb-August 2011: The New York Times: all of Ian Urbina's articles on hydrofracking, and more,can be found here: http://topics.nytimes.com/topics/reference/timestopics/people/u/ian_urbina/index.htmlweeblylink_new_window
July 20-26, 2011: CITY Newspaper: Jeremy Moule: DEC cuts may affect gas well monitoring:
http://www.rochestercitynewspaper.com/news/blog/2011/07/DEC-cuts-could-impact-gas-well-monitoring/
7/18/11: Democrat and Chronicle: Steve Orr: Hydrofracking's impact on air quality concerns some: http://www.democratandchronicle.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=2011107180317
7/16/11: Democrat and Chronicle: Mike Benard: Need answers to drilling:
/uploads/8/0/2/5/8025484/mike_benards_letter_to_the_dc_7-16-11.pdf
July 13-19, 2011: CITY Newspaper: Jeremy Moule: Legal test looms for fracking bans:
http://www.rochestercitynewspaper.com/news/articles/2011/07/DEVELOPMENT-Legal-test-looms-for-fracking-bans/
7/10/11: Democrat and Chronicle: Joe Martens: Safe Hydrofracking in NY: http://www.democratandchronicle.com/article/20110710/OPINION02/107100322/Proposed-regs-will-make-hydrofracking-safe-New-York?odyssey=nav|head
7/8/11: DEC SGEIS: updated study of high volume fracturing in Marcellus Shale:The document (over 1,000 pages) can be downloaded either by chapter or as a whole document from the web page: http://www.dec.ny.gov/energy/75370.html
7/2/11: Democrat & Chronicle: Fracking Advances: DEC says it can be done safely: http://www.democratandchronicle.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=2011107020335
7/1/11: DEC Executive Summary: Preliminary Revised Draft Supplemental generic Environmental Impact Statement on the Oil, Gas and Solution Mining Regulatory Program: http://www.dec.ny.gov/docs/materials_minerals_pdf/ogprdsgeisexec.pdf
6/30/11: DEC PRESS RELEASE: New Recommendations Issued in Hydraulic Fracturing: http://www.dec.ny.gov/energy/75370.html
June 2011: Rolling Stone Politics: Al Gore: Climate of Denial: http://www.rollingstone.com/politics/news/climate-of-denial-20110622weeblylink_new_window
2/26/11: The New York Times: Ian Urbina: Regulation Lax as Gas Wells’ Tainted Water Hits Rivers: http://www.nytimes.com/2011/02/27/us/27gas.html?ref=us
12/7/10: Natural Resources News Service: Peter Mantius: Marcellus Shale: The Real Price of Compulsory Integration in New York: http://www.dcbureau.org/20101207775/natural-resources-news-service/marcellus-shale-the-real-price-of-compulsory-integration-in-new-york.html
