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From:
Kathy Bilton <kathy@fred.net>Date: Mon, Dec 6,
2010 at 6:19 PM
Subject: [wvpanhandlenaturalists] (PVAS) INTRODUCTION TO
MARCELLUS SHALE GAS DRILLING
To: Potomac Valley Audubon <
info@potomacaudubon.org>
INTRODUCTION TO MARCELLUS SHALE GAS
DRILLING
The Sleepy Creek Watershed Association invites PVAS members and
friends
to the SCWA Semi-Annual General Membership Meeting on December 9,
2010
to hear a presentation on the extraction of natural gas from
Marcellus
Shale and its impacts on our land and water. John M. S.
King,
Environmental Resource Analyst for the West Virginia Department
of
Environmental Protection, will offer a community education session
on
the subject to include its benefits and drawbacks at 7 p.m. at
the
Morgan County Board of Education at 247 Harrison Street.
Although
there has been natural gas drilling in West Virginia and
neighboring states
for years, Marcellus Shale extraction relies on new
technologies that pose
significant and numerous threats to water
quantity and quality. Volunteer
monitoring groups in the state are
calling for strong government regulation
to guide the industry. Leasing
land for drilling can be lucrative for
landowners who receive both
signing bonuses and royalties, but these drilling
activities use huge
amounts of water and numerous dangerous chemicals. The
drilling issue is
causing divisiveness in communities as some landowners
refuse to sign
leases because of their concerns about environmental
damage.
Join SCWA to learn about the issue before it presents itself in
Morgan
County. All members are urged to attend, and the public is
welcome.
There will be a short business meeting before the program to
elect
officers. Refreshments will be served. For more information, call
Gale
Foulds at 304 258 6155.
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