GAS DRILLING: EPA Study Pending

The Post Standard reported the EPA - Environmental Protection Agency will study the health and environmental impacts of "fracking" a technique gas drillers will be using in our local, Marcellus Shale. The technique injects massive amounts of water, sand and chemicals underground to force the natural gas out of the shale. Concerns have mounted that unregulated fracking will taint drinking water, siphon off too much surface, deplete aquifers and produce briny wastewater that can kill fish. The $1.9 million study, expected to be done by 2012. http://www.syracuse.com/news/index.ssf/2010/03/epa

GAS DRILLING - Hydrofracking Informational Meeting APRIL 7

This looks like a good, even-handed presentation on HYDROFRACKING, being presented from a Scientific perspective. The League of Women Voters is partnering with the Cazenovia Preservation Foundation to host Bill Kappel, a hydrologist with the U.S. Geological Survey.“He does not take an advocacy point of view,...it’s about the science involved in gas drilling.” The informational meeting is scheduled for April 7 at 7 p.m. in the auditorium in the Cazenovia High School. A moderated question and answer period will follow the presentation. Oneida Dispatch http://www.oneidadispatch.com/articles/2010/03/08/news/doc4b95cf628c1a8792346586.txt