http://shaleshockmedia.org artists and media activists engaged in the struggle against hydrofracking Sun, 20 May 2012 22:48:16 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://shaleshockmedia.org/2012/05/10/unearthed-the-fracking-facade-2/ http://shaleshockmedia.org/2012/05/10/unearthed-the-fracking-facade-2/#comments Fri, 11 May 2012 02:26:49 +0000 YouTubeUser http://shaleshockmedia.org/?p=3659 Un•earthed: Setting the track record straight – A video exposing a flawed claim often abused in the sales pitch for promoting shale gas development across the world: “With a history of 60 years, after nearly a million wells drilled, there are no documented cases that hydraulic fracturing (‘fracking’) has lead [...]]]> http://shaleshockmedia.org/2012/05/10/unearthed-the-fracking-facade-2/feed/ 1 http://shaleshockmedia.org/2012/05/10/another-dallas-pa-drilling-mud-blowout/ http://shaleshockmedia.org/2012/05/10/another-dallas-pa-drilling-mud-blowout/#comments Thu, 10 May 2012 21:17:12 +0000 Scott Cannon http://shaleshockmedia.org/?p=3657 Video by Scott Cannon. The second mud drilling blowout in a week in Luzerne County Pennsylvania. This is in an affluent neighborhood in Dallas, PA. A gas pipeline is being drilled to carry gas from the fracking operations up north to a metering station by a school complex. ]]> http://shaleshockmedia.org/2012/05/10/another-dallas-pa-drilling-mud-blowout/feed/ 0 http://shaleshockmedia.org/2012/05/09/luzerne-county-gas-pipeline-mud-blowout/ http://shaleshockmedia.org/2012/05/09/luzerne-county-gas-pipeline-mud-blowout/#comments Wed, 09 May 2012 20:09:39 +0000 Scott Cannon http://shaleshockmedia.org/?p=3637 Video by Scott Cannon. This drilling mud blowout is .2 miles behind Kunkle Motors of Route 309 in Dallas Township Pennsylvania. ]]> http://shaleshockmedia.org/2012/05/09/luzerne-county-gas-pipeline-mud-blowout/feed/ 0 http://shaleshockmedia.org/2012/04/30/mike-miz-at-the-gas-drilling-awareness-coalition-fundraiser/ http://shaleshockmedia.org/2012/04/30/mike-miz-at-the-gas-drilling-awareness-coalition-fundraiser/#comments Tue, 01 May 2012 02:21:32 +0000 Scott Cannon http://shaleshockmedia.org/?p=2929 Mike Miz at the Gas Drilling Awareness Coalition Fundraiser February 19, 2012 ]]> http://shaleshockmedia.org/2012/04/30/mike-miz-at-the-gas-drilling-awareness-coalition-fundraiser/feed/ 0 http://shaleshockmedia.org/2012/04/30/impacts-of-natural-gas-drilling-on-human-and-animal-health/ http://shaleshockmedia.org/2012/04/30/impacts-of-natural-gas-drilling-on-human-and-animal-health/#comments Tue, 01 May 2012 02:17:21 +0000 Matt Perry http://shaleshockmedia.org/?p=3434 In this presnetation, Dr. Michelle Bamberger, MS, DVM of Ithaca, NY and Professor Robert E. Oswald from Department of Molecular Medicine at Cornell University, Ithaca, discuss the health impacts of Hydrofracking on Human and Aminal Health. This program was video taped on March 20, 2012 at the Public Library in [...]]]> http://shaleshockmedia.org/2012/04/30/impacts-of-natural-gas-drilling-on-human-and-animal-health/feed/ 0 http://shaleshockmedia.org/2012/04/30/2-maura-stephens-cpny-at-rally-in-corning/ http://shaleshockmedia.org/2012/04/30/2-maura-stephens-cpny-at-rally-in-corning/#comments Tue, 01 May 2012 01:42:12 +0000 Cris McConkey http://shaleshockmedia.org/?p=3558 MAURA STEPHENS of Tioga County, Coalition to Protect New York, RAFT-NY, FrackBustersNY and SAVE-SVE, tells the governor and candidates for public office in this election year that, now tens of thousands strong, we WILL NOT VOTE FOR FRACKERS. The grassroots were out in force on April 28th, 2012 to put [...]]]> http://shaleshockmedia.org/2012/04/30/2-maura-stephens-cpny-at-rally-in-corning/feed/ 0 http://shaleshockmedia.org/2012/04/30/4-kate-bartholomew-science-teacher-at-rally-in-corning/ http://shaleshockmedia.org/2012/04/30/4-kate-bartholomew-science-teacher-at-rally-in-corning/#comments Tue, 01 May 2012 01:38:43 +0000 Cris McConkey http://shaleshockmedia.org/?p=3535 KATE BARTHOLOMEW of Schuyler County Environmental Management Council, Coalition to Protect New York, Sierra Club Atlantic Chapter, FrackBustersNY, and other groups, and science teacher, talks about the threat to life posed by shale gas extraction.  The grassroots were out in force on April 28th, 2012 to put Governor Cuomo, the US [...]]]> http://shaleshockmedia.org/2012/04/30/4-kate-bartholomew-science-teacher-at-rally-in-corning/feed/ 0 http://shaleshockmedia.org/2012/04/30/rally-in-corning-during-nys-democratic-rural-conference/ http://shaleshockmedia.org/2012/04/30/rally-in-corning-during-nys-democratic-rural-conference/#comments Tue, 01 May 2012 01:36:13 +0000 Cris McConkey http://shaleshockmedia.org/?p=3570 Video by Cris McConkey. Playlist 39m:26s The grassroots were out in force on April 28th, 2012 to put Governor Cuomo, the U.S. Senators, and state elected officials on notice that we mean business: We do not want to be fracked, and we will not vote for frackers. The occasion was [...]]]> http://shaleshockmedia.org/2012/04/30/rally-in-corning-during-nys-democratic-rural-conference/feed/ 0 http://shaleshockmedia.org/2012/04/30/1-issac-silberman-gorn-verse-at-rally-in-corning/ http://shaleshockmedia.org/2012/04/30/1-issac-silberman-gorn-verse-at-rally-in-corning/#comments Mon, 30 Apr 2012 23:34:21 +0000 Cris McConkey http://shaleshockmedia.org/?p=3517 ISSAAC SILBERMAN-GORN of VeRSE (Vestal Residents for Safe Energy) and New Yorkers Against Fracking announces the results of a recently completed public opinion survey on fracking. The grassroots were out in force on April 28th, 2012 to put Governor Cuomo, the US Senators, and state elected officials on notice that [...]]]> http://shaleshockmedia.org/2012/04/30/1-issac-silberman-gorn-verse-at-rally-in-corning/feed/ 0 http://shaleshockmedia.org/2012/04/30/3-david-kagan-pine-creek-pa-at-rally-in-corning/ http://shaleshockmedia.org/2012/04/30/3-david-kagan-pine-creek-pa-at-rally-in-corning/#comments Mon, 30 Apr 2012 23:33:37 +0000 Cris McConkey http://shaleshockmedia.org/?p=3516 DAVID KAGAN of Pine Creek, PA, who is featured in the short film Heavy Fraffic from the documentary Groundswell. His voice is with us all the time as we fight fracking, on the traffic and other ills that plague fracked communities. The grassroots were out in force on April 28th, [...]]]> http://shaleshockmedia.org/2012/04/30/3-david-kagan-pine-creek-pa-at-rally-in-corning/feed/ 0 http://shaleshockmedia.org/2012/04/30/5-john-kesich-tioga-co-pa-at-rally-in-corning-2/ http://shaleshockmedia.org/2012/04/30/5-john-kesich-tioga-co-pa-at-rally-in-corning-2/#comments Mon, 30 Apr 2012 22:58:02 +0000 Cris McConkey http://shaleshockmedia.org/?p=3507 JOHN KESICH, a longtime resident of Millerton, in Tioga County, PA, where fracking is currently being done, speaks on what it?s like to live with fracking 24/7. The grassroots were out in force on April 28th, 2012 to put Governor Cuomo, the US Senators, and state elected officials on notice [...]]]> http://shaleshockmedia.org/2012/04/30/5-john-kesich-tioga-co-pa-at-rally-in-corning-2/feed/ 0 http://shaleshockmedia.org/2012/04/30/6-art-hunt-vintner-at-rally-in-corning-2/ http://shaleshockmedia.org/2012/04/30/6-art-hunt-vintner-at-rally-in-corning-2/#comments Mon, 30 Apr 2012 22:57:24 +0000 Cris McConkey http://shaleshockmedia.org/?p=3510 ART HUNT of Hunt Country Vineyards, grows one of our most cherished crops, so valuable to the agricultural economy in the state, and so vulnerable, especially to air pollution. The grassroots were out in force on April 28th, 2012 to put Governor Cuomo, the US Senators, and state elected officials [...]]]> http://shaleshockmedia.org/2012/04/30/6-art-hunt-vintner-at-rally-in-corning-2/feed/ 0 http://shaleshockmedia.org/2012/04/30/7-ben-perkus-nyrad-at-rally-in-corning-2/ http://shaleshockmedia.org/2012/04/30/7-ben-perkus-nyrad-at-rally-in-corning-2/#comments Mon, 30 Apr 2012 22:56:19 +0000 Cris McConkey http://shaleshockmedia.org/?p=3511 BEN PERKUS of Broome County, NYRAD (New York Residents Against Drilling), speaks on our rejection of LPG as an alternative to slickwater in fracking and of the SGEIS. The grassroots were out in force on April 28th, 2012 to put Governor Cuomo, the US Senators, and state elected officials on [...]]]> http://shaleshockmedia.org/2012/04/30/7-ben-perkus-nyrad-at-rally-in-corning-2/feed/ 0 http://shaleshockmedia.org/2012/04/30/8-pablo-cremidis-occupy-elmira-corning-at-rally-in-corning/ http://shaleshockmedia.org/2012/04/30/8-pablo-cremidis-occupy-elmira-corning-at-rally-in-corning/#comments Mon, 30 Apr 2012 22:55:30 +0000 Cris McConkey http://shaleshockmedia.org/?p=3482 Pablo Cremidid of the Occupy Elmira-Corning General Assembly reads a statement of support and announces a studenet strike at Coning Community College over student debt. The grassroots were out in force on April 28th, 2012 to put Governor Cuomo, the US Senators, and state elected officials on notice that we [...]]]> http://shaleshockmedia.org/2012/04/30/8-pablo-cremidis-occupy-elmira-corning-at-rally-in-corning/feed/ 0 http://shaleshockmedia.org/2012/04/30/9-aro-veno-song-at-rally-in-corning/ http://shaleshockmedia.org/2012/04/30/9-aro-veno-song-at-rally-in-corning/#comments Mon, 30 Apr 2012 22:54:24 +0000 Cris McConkey http://shaleshockmedia.org/?p=3486 Singer/songwriter Aro Veno closes the rally with a song. She is featured on “Singing Clear: Clean Earth, Air, Water ‘Round Here,” a pro-environment benefit CD with songs contributed to and written specifically for the project, featuring The Horse Flies, Marie Burns, Aro Veno, Thousands of One, emma’s revolution, Bev Grant, [...]]]> http://shaleshockmedia.org/2012/04/30/9-aro-veno-song-at-rally-in-corning/feed/ 0 http://shaleshockmedia.org/2012/04/30/grassroots-greet-the-governor-gathering-in-corning-2/ http://shaleshockmedia.org/2012/04/30/grassroots-greet-the-governor-gathering-in-corning-2/#comments Mon, 30 Apr 2012 12:09:07 +0000 Cris McConkey http://shaleshockmedia.org/?p=3483 Video by Cis McConkey. Corning NY, April 28, 2012. Grassroots gather outside the Radisson Hotel during the 2012 “Rural Democrats Shaping the Future” conference. Governor Cuomo had been scheduled to appear but then cancelled. This video includes street inteviews, rally footage, and the demonstation against facking New York that continued [...]]]> http://shaleshockmedia.org/2012/04/30/grassroots-greet-the-governor-gathering-in-corning-2/feed/ 0 http://shaleshockmedia.org/2012/04/25/fracking-the-rest-of-the-story/ http://shaleshockmedia.org/2012/04/25/fracking-the-rest-of-the-story/#comments Wed, 25 Apr 2012 13:36:45 +0000 Allegheny Defense Project http://shaleshockmedia.org/?p=3433 Video by birdbeaverman for Allegheny Defense Project. Bill Belitskus, Board President of the Allegheny Defense Project gave this presentation in Canastota, NY on April 17, 2012. The host organization was the wildlife advocacy group: Beavers Wetlands and Wildlife. For the past 15 years, Belitskus has been monitoring forest fragmentation, water [...]]]> http://shaleshockmedia.org/2012/04/25/fracking-the-rest-of-the-story/feed/ 0 http://shaleshockmedia.org/2012/04/12/springville-franklin-township-gasland-tour/ http://shaleshockmedia.org/2012/04/12/springville-franklin-township-gasland-tour/#comments Thu, 12 Apr 2012 15:28:44 +0000 Scott Cannon http://shaleshockmedia.org/?p=3308 Video by Scott Cannon. I took my fish biologist brother from Alaska on a short gasland tour from Noxen to Franklin Township, PA today, April 11, 2012. ]]> http://shaleshockmedia.org/2012/04/12/springville-franklin-township-gasland-tour/feed/ 0 http://shaleshockmedia.org/2012/03/26/marcellus-shale-reality-tour-part-6-eviction-notice/ http://shaleshockmedia.org/2012/03/26/marcellus-shale-reality-tour-part-6-eviction-notice/#comments Mon, 26 Mar 2012 15:55:21 +0000 Scott Cannon http://shaleshockmedia.org/?p=3148 A video by Scott Cannon gdacoalition.com Riverdale Mobile Home Village, Jersey Shore, PA Residents of an area mobile home park have been given a bit more time to move to make way for a proposed water withdrawal facility in Piatt Township. Bryn Mawr-based Aqua PVR LLC has decided it will [...]]]> http://shaleshockmedia.org/2012/03/26/marcellus-shale-reality-tour-part-6-eviction-notice/feed/ 0 http://shaleshockmedia.org/2012/03/19/gas-lease-workshop-sidney-ny-03-18-12/ http://shaleshockmedia.org/2012/03/19/gas-lease-workshop-sidney-ny-03-18-12/#comments Mon, 19 Mar 2012 18:16:07 +0000 Jessica Vecchione http://shaleshockmedia.org/?p=3128 Video by Jessica Vecchione.  Part 1. Gas Lease Workshop held Sunday, March 18, 2012 at the Sidney Firehouse, Sidney NY. Speakers: Joe Heath, Attorney Ellen Harrison, founder of FLEASED ]]> http://shaleshockmedia.org/2012/03/19/gas-lease-workshop-sidney-ny-03-18-12/feed/ 0 http://shaleshockmedia.org/2012/03/09/2956/ http://shaleshockmedia.org/2012/03/09/2956/#comments Fri, 09 Mar 2012 23:06:10 +0000 Cris McConkey http://shaleshockmedia.org/?p=2956 Video by Cris McConkey.  Auburn City Council voted 3-2 Wednesday to lift the ban on treating waste water generated by natural gas drilling at the city’s waste-water treatment plant. Read more: http://www.syracuse.com/news/index.ssf/2012/03/auburn_votes_to_rescind_ban_on.html ]]> http://shaleshockmedia.org/2012/03/09/2956/feed/ 0 http://shaleshockmedia.org/2012/03/06/14-lynne-leopold-treading-lightly-on-the-planet/ http://shaleshockmedia.org/2012/03/06/14-lynne-leopold-treading-lightly-on-the-planet/#comments Tue, 06 Mar 2012 09:47:14 +0000 Cris McConkey http://shaleshockmedia.org/?p=2388 Video by Cris McConkey; B-Camera: Bill Huston. The speakers for this program are Lynn Leopold, Deputy Mayor of the Village of Lansing, who helped create both the Tompkins County Recycling Center and the local Reuse Center; Dick Franke, a resident of Ecovillage who has been a leader in sustainability issues [...]]]> http://shaleshockmedia.org/2012/03/06/14-lynne-leopold-treading-lightly-on-the-planet/feed/ 0 http://shaleshockmedia.org/2012/03/06/24-dick-franke-treading-lightly-on-the-planet/ http://shaleshockmedia.org/2012/03/06/24-dick-franke-treading-lightly-on-the-planet/#comments Tue, 06 Mar 2012 09:41:27 +0000 Cris McConkey http://shaleshockmedia.org/?p=2863 Video by Cris McConkey; B-Camera: Bill Huston. The speakers for this program are Lynn Leopold, Deputy Mayor of the Village of Lansing, who helped create both the Tompkins County Recycling Center and the local Reuse Center; Dick Franke, a resident of Ecovillage who has been a leader in sustainability issues [...]]]> http://shaleshockmedia.org/2012/03/06/24-dick-franke-treading-lightly-on-the-planet/feed/ 0 http://shaleshockmedia.org/2012/03/05/opposition-of-act-13-hb-1950-luzerne-county/ http://shaleshockmedia.org/2012/03/05/opposition-of-act-13-hb-1950-luzerne-county/#comments Mon, 05 Mar 2012 14:39:37 +0000 Scott Cannon http://shaleshockmedia.org/?p=2367 Video by Scott Cannon. February 28, 2012. Diane Dreier, V.P. of Gas Drilling Awareness Coalition of Luzerne County, Pa., advises the Luzerne County Council NOT to participate in Act 13 of the Gas impact Fee bill, which would permit gas production in all zones, including residential, among other deleterious provisions, [...]]]> http://shaleshockmedia.org/2012/03/05/opposition-of-act-13-hb-1950-luzerne-county/feed/ 0