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/2012/04/21/taxes-and-drilling-revenue-potential-for-municipal-governments/ http://shaleshockmedia.org/2012/04/21/taxes-and-drilling-revenue-potential-for-municipal-governments/#comments Sat, 21 Apr 2012 12:19:32 +0000 Cris McConkey http://shaleshockmedia.org/?p=3376 How much in property tax will be coming to local governments from gas drilling and when? Will drilling lower or raise my taxes? What is the process of taxing this resource? What’s a severance tax and why should New York create one? County Legislator Carol Chock and Caroline Supervisor Don Barber negotiate these questions and a maze of other taxation considerations surrounding gas drilling in this first of a series of presentations related to gas drilling presented by the Tompkins County Council of Governments.]]> http://shaleshockmedia.org/2012/04/21/taxes-and-drilling-revenue-potential-for-municipal-governments/feed/ 0 http://shaleshockmedia.org/2012/04/21/2-taxes-and-drilling-revenue-potential-for-municipal-governments-2-of-3/ http://shaleshockmedia.org/2012/04/21/2-taxes-and-drilling-revenue-potential-for-municipal-governments-2-of-3/#comments Sat, 21 Apr 2012 11:44:06 +0000 Cris McConkey http://shaleshockmedia.org/?p=3366 Part 2 of 3. Video by Cris McConkey. March 22, 2012. Tompkins County Public Library, Ithaca, NY. How much in property tax will be coming to local governments from gas drilling and when? Will drilling lower or raise my taxes? What is the process of taxing this resource? What?sa severance [...]]]> http://shaleshockmedia.org/2012/04/21/2-taxes-and-drilling-revenue-potential-for-municipal-governments-2-of-3/feed/ 0 http://shaleshockmedia.org/2012/04/21/3-taxes-and-drilling-revenue-potential-for-municipal-governments-3-of-3/ http://shaleshockmedia.org/2012/04/21/3-taxes-and-drilling-revenue-potential-for-municipal-governments-3-of-3/#comments Sat, 21 Apr 2012 11:42:59 +0000 Cris McConkey http://shaleshockmedia.org/?p=3367 Part 3 of 3. Video by Cris McConkey. March 22, 2012. Tompkins County Public Library, Ithaca, NY. How much in property tax will be coming to local governments from gas drilling and when? Will drilling lower or raise my taxes? What is the process of taxing this resource? What?sa severance [...]]]> http://shaleshockmedia.org/2012/04/21/3-taxes-and-drilling-revenue-potential-for-municipal-governments-3-of-3/feed/ 0 http://shaleshockmedia.org/2012/01/16/frack-off-state-of-the-state/ http://shaleshockmedia.org/2012/01/16/frack-off-state-of-the-state/#comments Mon, 16 Jan 2012 19:52:21 +0000 YouTubeUser http://shaleshockmedia.org/?p=1871 Occupy Albany and NYS Fractivists combined for a protest against Andrew Cuomo’s apparent support of Hydrofracking in NYS. Of course, King Andrew is a millionaire. Gas companies have already leased millions of acres throughout the Marcellus and Utica Shales located in central New York. (they wouldn’t do this unless the [...]]]> http://shaleshockmedia.org/2012/01/16/frack-off-state-of-the-state/feed/ 0 http://shaleshockmedia.org/2012/01/10/3-gas-wells-in-northeastern-pennsylvania/ http://shaleshockmedia.org/2012/01/10/3-gas-wells-in-northeastern-pennsylvania/#comments Tue, 10 Jan 2012 13:05:07 +0000 Scott Cannon http://shaleshockmedia.org/?p=1839 A video by Scott Cannon Here is some video of 3 gas wells I’ve videotaped over the last year. An industrial park coming to your neighborhood soon! ]]> http://shaleshockmedia.org/2012/01/10/3-gas-wells-in-northeastern-pennsylvania/feed/ 0 http://shaleshockmedia.org/2011/11/28/1395/ http://shaleshockmedia.org/2011/11/28/1395/#comments Mon, 28 Nov 2011 11:14:45 +0000 admin http://shaleshockmedia.org/?p=1395 The Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) has issued a draft of the regulations that will govern the gas drilling industry, IF allowed in New York State. The proposed regulations are sickeningly inadequate, and the agency is far too under-staffed to even enforce them. The public comment period is until Dec.12, this is our LAST CHANCE to express our concerns and fears. ]]> http://shaleshockmedia.org/2011/11/28/1395/feed/ 0 http://shaleshockmedia.org/2011/11/18/7-qa-compulsory-integration/ http://shaleshockmedia.org/2011/11/18/7-qa-compulsory-integration/#comments Fri, 18 Nov 2011 14:33:56 +0000 Cris McConkey http://shaleshockmedia.org/?p=1279 Part 7 of 7. Q&A Dryden, NY, Nov. 14, 2011 forum “Gas Drilling and Compulsory Integration: What are Your Rights?” Video by Cris McConkey. Energy companies may be able to remove natural gas from your property even if you haven’t signed a drilling lease due to the Compulsory Integration provisions of the New York Oil, Gas and Solution Mining Law. Topics covered include: an explanation of Compulsory Integration (CI) and its legislative history; an overview of compulsory integration hearings and your rights; impacts of CI on your land rights and how CI could affect your ability to obtain mortgages and loans. Presenters include: NY State Assemblywoman Barbara Lifton (125th District; Kenneth Holden, Esquire with Hancock Estabrook in Syracuse, who has extensive experience in natural gas leasing and an attorney and who has represented clients at compulsory integration hearings; Nancy Larraine Hoffmann, farmer, spokesperson for Land Stewards of NY and former NY State Senator; Carol Chock, Tompkins County legislator and Chair of the Assessment and Land Values Committee of the Tompkins County Council of Government Task Force on Gas Drilling; and Greg May, Vice-president for Residential Mortgage Lending at Tompkins Trust Company. This forum is sponsored by the Cornell Cooperative Extension of Tompkins County and Fleased.]]> http://shaleshockmedia.org/2011/11/18/7-qa-compulsory-integration/feed/ 0 http://shaleshockmedia.org/2011/07/14/shale-gas-may-be-worse-than-coal-robert-howarth/ http://shaleshockmedia.org/2011/07/14/shale-gas-may-be-worse-than-coal-robert-howarth/#comments Thu, 14 Jul 2011 05:58:06 +0000 Ben Bristoll http://shaleshockmedia.org/?p=564 At the EPIC No-Frack Event at Ithaca College on 6/25/2011, Cornell professor Robert Howarth presents details of his study, which showed that natural gas from hydraulically-fractured shale deposits has as much or more global warming potential than coal. Professor Howarth explains how his study differs from M.I.T.’s and the D.O.E.’s, including [...]]]> http://shaleshockmedia.org/2011/07/14/shale-gas-may-be-worse-than-coal-robert-howarth/feed/ 0 http://shaleshockmedia.org/2011/07/08/1-auburn-bans-natual-gas-drilling-waste-water-%e2%80%94public-to-be-heard/ http://shaleshockmedia.org/2011/07/08/1-auburn-bans-natual-gas-drilling-waste-water-%e2%80%94public-to-be-heard/#comments Fri, 08 Jul 2011 16:07:45 +0000 admin http://shaleshockmedia.org/?p=556 July 7, 2011. Auburn City Council votes to ban acceptance of natural gas drilling waste water at their municipal waste water treatment plant. Part 1: Public to be heard. ]]> http://shaleshockmedia.org/2011/07/08/1-auburn-bans-natual-gas-drilling-waste-water-%e2%80%94public-to-be-heard/feed/ 0 http://shaleshockmedia.org/2011/07/08/2-auburn-city-council-votes-to-ban-drilling-waster-water/ http://shaleshockmedia.org/2011/07/08/2-auburn-city-council-votes-to-ban-drilling-waster-water/#comments Fri, 08 Jul 2011 16:05:06 +0000 admin http://shaleshockmedia.org/?p=555 July 7, 2011. Auburn City Council votes to ban acceptance of natural gas drilling waste water at their municipal waste water treatment plant. Part 1: Public will be head. Part 2: Discussion and Vote.]]> http://shaleshockmedia.org/2011/07/08/2-auburn-city-council-votes-to-ban-drilling-waster-water/feed/ 0 http://shaleshockmedia.org/2011/07/08/auburn-city-council-votes-to-ban-drilling-waster-water/ http://shaleshockmedia.org/2011/07/08/auburn-city-council-votes-to-ban-drilling-waster-water/#comments Fri, 08 Jul 2011 17:13:52 +0000 Cris McConkey http://shaleshockmedia.org/?p=553 July 7, 2011. Auburn City Council votes to ban acceptance of natural gas drilling waste water at their municipal waste water treatment plant. Part 1: Public will be head. Part 2: Discussion and vote. Total duration: 1h:03m:31s. Downloads. Media coverage: Auburn votes to ban accepting wastewater from natural gas [...]]]> http://shaleshockmedia.org/2011/07/08/auburn-city-council-votes-to-ban-drilling-waster-water/feed/ 13 http://shaleshockmedia.org/2011/06/27/gascapades-in-vestal/ http://shaleshockmedia.org/2011/06/27/gascapades-in-vestal/#comments Mon, 27 Jun 2011 12:50:54 +0000 Ben Bristoll http://shaleshockmedia.org/?p=533 Thanks to Jeff and Jodi Andrysick, Weston Wilson, Tara Meixsell, and Rick Roles for traveling a long way to present their personal experiences and knowledge of the impact of hydraulic fracturing, and to Don Glauber for calming things down when some of the audience started to get rowdy. Videos of [...]]]> http://shaleshockmedia.org/2011/06/27/gascapades-in-vestal/feed/ 0 http://shaleshockmedia.org/2011/06/13/town-of-coventry-public-hearing-on-leatherstocking-gas-franchise/ http://shaleshockmedia.org/2011/06/13/town-of-coventry-public-hearing-on-leatherstocking-gas-franchise/#comments Mon, 13 Jun 2011 02:42:33 +0000 Cris McConkey http://shaleshockmedia.org/?p=518 Town of Coventry, NY. June 8, 2011. Duration: 1:57:22. By Cris McConkey Leatherstocking Gas Company is a limited-liability partnership between Corning Natural Gas Company and Mirabito Holdings. As a public utility, the company distributes natural gas to customers which may be sourced from interstate pipelines and local gas wells after processing [...]]]> http://shaleshockmedia.org/2011/06/13/town-of-coventry-public-hearing-on-leatherstocking-gas-franchise/feed/ 0 http://shaleshockmedia.org/2011/06/08/auburn-rally-no-gas-drilling-waste/ http://shaleshockmedia.org/2011/06/08/auburn-rally-no-gas-drilling-waste/#comments Wed, 08 Jun 2011 03:25:05 +0000 Cris McConkey http://shaleshockmedia.org/?p=513 Auburn Rally: No to gas drilling waste. Thank you to all of you who came out yesterday to support us in our common cause – to stop natural gas drilling wastewater from entering the Auburn WWTP. Almost 200 people showed up at the rally and city council meeting. ]]> http://shaleshockmedia.org/2011/06/08/auburn-rally-no-gas-drilling-waste/feed/ 0 http://shaleshockmedia.org/2011/06/05/citizens-to-auburn-city-council/ http://shaleshockmedia.org/2011/06/05/citizens-to-auburn-city-council/#comments Sun, 05 Jun 2011 19:19:37 +0000 Cris McConkey http://shaleshockmedia.org/?p=507 Thank you to all of you who came out yesterday to support us in our common cause – to stop natural gas drilling wastewater from entering the Auburn WWTP.  Almost 200 people showed up at the rally and city council meeting. Petitions with almost 800 signatures were presented to the Auburn [...]]]> http://shaleshockmedia.org/2011/06/05/citizens-to-auburn-city-council/feed/ 0 http://shaleshockmedia.org/2010/12/06/266/ http://shaleshockmedia.org/2010/12/06/266/#comments Mon, 06 Dec 2010 14:01:45 +0000 admin http://shaleshockmedia.org/?p=266 Uploaded by GADCLuzerneCounty www.gdacoalition.org SHALEIONAIRES – While some complain that extracting natural gas from shale rock formations is tainting their water supply, others who have allowed drilling on their property are getting wealthy and becoming “shaleionaires.” Lesley Stahl reports. Shachar Bar-On and Meghan Frank are the producers. Airdate: November 14, 2010 *FAIR USE* [...]]]> http://shaleshockmedia.org/2010/12/06/266/feed/ 0