Susquehanna River Basin Commission
Meeting and Public Hearing
June 18, 2009 8:30 AM
Holiday Inn Binghamton-Downtown, Ballroom
2-8 Hawley Street, Binghamton, New York

Numerous applications for waterwithdrawal for gas drilling will be considered by the Commission.

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Jul 1, 2009
Group opposes drilling in Pike County, Pa.
Times Herald REcord
Jessica Cohen

SHOHOLA, Pa. — A New York City theater manager who has a home in Shohola has organized a citizens' group to oppose drilling for natural gas reserves in Pike County.  [Full Story]

Jun 30, 2009
Is Drilling To Blame For Texas Quakes?
NPR Morning Edition
Wayne Goodwyn

People in North Texas worry about tornadoes, not earthquakes. That's not the case in the small town of Cleburne, just south of Fort Worth. They've had six quakes so far this month.  [Full Story]

Jun 29, 2009
Land leased for natural gas in Broome breathes new life into potential for area
The Evening Sun
Melissa deCordova

A coalition of 700 property owners in Binghamton and Conklin signed a preliminary deal June 19 with Hess Corporation and Seneca Resources Corporation for $3,500 per acre and 20 percent royalties.  [Full Story]

Jun 28, 2009
Gas drilling regulation draft awaited
The Press-Sun Bulletin
TOM WILBER

Those expecting an environmental overhaul of gas drilling regulations necessary to develop the Marcellus Shale - once expected this summer - are in for an indefinite wait.  [Full Story]

Jun 27, 2009
It’s Time to Learn From Frogs
New York Times
Nicholas D. Kristof

Some of the first eerie signs of a potential health catastrophe came as bizarre deformities in water animals, often in their sexual organs.   [Full Story]