Fleased Forum on Gas Lease Termination

 

United Church of Christ
Norwich, NY
March 14, 2013

With Ellen Harrison and Joe Heath

Introduction by Mina Takahashi

Related Links: Fleased, CDOG, C-CARE

Related documents from Fleased.org:
Challenges for New York State Landowners with Gas Leases
How to Terminate a Gas Lease



 

Neighbor to Neighbor: Living the Drill

State Theatre , Deposit, NY; October 23, 2011

How Gas Drilling Changed Bradford County, PA

Introduction by Mark Ohe.

Despite some initial rowdiness (and a couple of F-Bombs) from the audience, Laurie Stratton gives a preliminary presentation as to how leaseholders and local communities can expect to be treated by gas drilling companies.

Carol French and Carolyn Knapp, dairy farmers from Bradford County PA, describe how gas drilling has affected their lives, families, farms, and community, and relay warnings and advice to New York residents.

Sponsors: 

Sanford - Oquaga Area Concerned Citizens 
CDOG (Chenango Delaware Otsego Gas Drilling Opposition Group)
CEEC (Citizens Energy & Economics Council of Delaware County)
Franklin Local 
AndesWorks!
CCSE (Catskill Citizens for Safe Energy) 
C-CARE (Chenango Community Action for Renewable Energy)

Thanks also to Delaware Riverkeeper Network and the State Theatre, Deposit, NY.

Keywords: Marcellus Shale Gas Drilling

Chip Northrup: Why Home Rule Matters

 

Norwich, NY; June 16, 2011

Former gas company insider Chip Northrup speaks about the dangers of hydrofracking, and provides guidelines for how to ban it.

Keywords: Marcellus Shale Gas Drilling

Julie Huntsman: How to Prohibit Fracking in Your New York Town

 

 

Norwich, NY; June 16, 2011

Julie Huntsman talks about the strategies and tactics activists can use to prohibit fracking.

Keywords: Marcellus Shale Gas Drilling

Gas Drilling: Economic Impacts on Communities

United Church of Christ, Norwich, NY
February 24, 2011

Part of The Fourth Thursday Speakers Series sponsored by
C-CARE: Chenango Community Action for Renewable Energy

· How many jobs will really be created?
· Are areas where drilling has occurred better
off than areas where it has not?
· What are the true costs and benefits of drilling?

NICOLE DILLINGHAM

Nicole Dillingham is an attorney and the President of the Board of Otsego 2000, a not-for-profit foundation devoted to forwarding intelligent planning for the environment and preventing irreversible change and damage to the unique resources of the region. She graduated from Northwestern University School of Law, practiced commercial litigation for 23 years in California and now resides in Otsego County. Nicole Dillingham has served on the board of Otsego 2000 for the past six years and as President for the last three.

JANNETTE BARTH, PH.D.

Jannette Barth is an economist and the President of J.M. Barth & Associates, Inc., an economic research and consulting firm. Dr. Barth has worked in the field of economic analysis for over 35 years. She received her Ph.D. from the University of Maryland and her former positions include Chief Economist of the NY Metropolitan Transportation Authority and Consultant & Account Manager for Chase Econometrics/Interactive Data Corp. As a landowner in Delaware County, Dr. Barth is interested in the economic and environmental impacts of gas drilling using hydraulic fracturing techniques. She authored the report, "Unanswered Questions About the Economic Impact of Gas Drilling In the Marcellus Shale: Don’t Jump to Conclusions" in response to the existing studies of economic impacts of gas drilling in New York and the DEC’s draft SGEIS. Her work in this area is entirely self-funded.

Legal Rights of Local Governments: Home Rule vs. DEC's Regulatory System

United Church of Christ
Norwich, NY
January 27, 2011

The was the third meeting of the "Fourth Thursday's Speakers Series" informational forums on natural gas drilling issues. This time attorneys Mary Jo Long and Helen Slottje offered their expertise on the rights of local governments to control their land use.

Helen Slottje is a senior lawyer at CEDC, the Community Environmental Defense Council, working alongside Ithaca, NY area municipalities and citizens' groups who seek legal protection from the threats posed by industrial style natural gas extraction. CEDC focuses on sustainable development and the rights of the commons to clean water and air and a healthy environment.

Mary Jo Long has been a lawyer for more than 30 years, and a former legal director at Case Western Reserve. She has experience in constitutional, administrative and municipal law. An elected member of the Afton, NY Town Board, she recently helped pass their new "concentrated heavy traffic" road preservation law, the strongest in Chenango County.

Sponsor: Chenango Community Action for Renewable Energy (C-CARE)

Keywords: Marcellus Shale Gas Drilling