Comments on: NYC Seeks to Ban Gas Drilling Within the City’s Watershed

By: NYC Seeks to Ban Gas Drilling Within the City’s Watershed

NYC Seeks to Ban Gas Drilling Within the City’s Watershed — Fri, 28 Jan 2011 11:46:55 +0000

[...] of Environmental Conservation that the state withdraw draft regulations approving the drilling. For the full article by Brett Walton please click here: If you enjoyed this article, please consider sharing [...]

By: Aubrey Parker

Aubrey Parker — Tue, 05 Oct 2010 17:23:45 +0000

Dear Geri Aird,

You can see Circle of Blue’s full coverage of the choke point between water and energy related to natural gas hydrofracturing (“fracking”) at this site: http://www.circleofblue.org/waternews/featured-water-stories/michigan-fracking/

We’ve spent about five months working on the package. Let us know what you think!

Aubrey Parker
Circle of Blue
Reporter & Data Analyst

By: Geri Aird

Geri Aird — Thu, 04 Feb 2010 16:21:58 +0000

Thanks for this article about New York City’s action on Gas Drilling within the City’s watershed. On Feb. 2, Onondaga County Legislature (NY) banned hydrofracking on County property. Tim Knauss The Post Standard at syracuse.com

“Syracuse, NY – The Onondaga County Legislator voted Tuesday to prohibit hydrofracking on county property until better information is available about
potential effects on health and the environment…Critics have raised questions about whether the drilling would pollute water supplies, how millions of gallons of wastewater from drilling would be treated, and other concerns….”

There are growing major water issues and concerns about hydrofracking gas drilling in the Marcellus Shale region of the Northeast U.S. There are many problems in Texas and Colorado from hydrofracking drilling.

Please consider expanding your “Circle of Blue” coverage on this topic to help inform “Waternews” readers and be an important website resource.

How can responsible citizens in the Northeast help protect our precious water?

Geri Aird