Craig Sautner Speaks Out About Water (Gas Drilling Contamination)

Listen to Mr. Sautner's comments about the victory in delaying drilling in the Delaware Watershed and also about his dilemma in Dimock, PA, where Cabot Oil destroyed his water supply.  November 30th is the day when Cabot will no longer deliver fresh water to his home. His contaminated well has never been restored.

http://youtu.be/9_LFQWFAedI

Say It Ain't So, Joe: A Video For VP Biden from Josh Fox and Bill McKibben

Say it Ain't So, Joe! by Josh Fox/Bill McKibben from JFOX on Vimeo.

Take a moment to watch this.  There are ways we can help save the water in the Delaware Water Basin.

Urgent Message About the Delaware Watershed

SAVE THE DELAWARE from JFOX on Vimeo.

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This is an urgent call to the fans of GASLAND and to the fracking movement across the nation, please act now to Save the Delaware River. On November 21st, the Delaware River Basin commission will vote on a plan to allow 20,000 gas wells in the Delaware River basin. We need calls to come from all over the nation and we need people from all over the region to come out in protest on November 21st.

CALL GOVERNOR CUOMO (NY)

518-474-8390

CALL GOVERNOR CORBETT (PA)

717-787-2500

WHITE HOUSE COMMENT LINE

202-456-1111

Grit TV Tackles Hydrofracking Issue: "No water for gas!"

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Hydraulic fracturing for natural gas in Pennsylvania and New York is a heated topic. Whose power? Whose water? And just how natural is natural gas anyway? On the search for cheap clean energy, natural gas drilling has been sold as a solution. But is it? Affected communities are split. GRITtv's Sarah Friedland and Isabel Braverman went to the Delaware River Basin Commission's Headquarters in West Trenton, New Jersey to hear from residents, including actor Mark Ruffalo.

Our Water Is In Danger In Pennsylvania

A glass of water from a well in Dimock, Pennsylvania

Our friends who live along the Delaware River from New York to Philadelphia need our support. They are more and more concerned about their drinking water. Gas drilling has begun along the banks of the Delaware River. Mark Barbash from Center City said:

The major problem that comes from all this drilling is the fact that we will not have drinking water because you cannot filter this stuff out. That means that 72 million people in the northeastern United States are close to not having any drinking water.

Do we really know what it would mean if we had NO DRINKING WATER? None! We have never had to think about such a thing. Would it not bring our lives to a complete standstill?

I once experienced a 4-day period with no electricity after a hurricane. It transforms your life into a survival mode. Nothing gets done except the bare essentials of living.

The Delaware River Basin Commission will hold meetings on the process on September 23rd and October 22nd. Citizens of the affected area are asking for an Environmental Impact Statement BEFORE any drilling begins. However, if this goes according to the current trends, the gas drilling industry seems to be notorious for doing things backwards.

Drill now; apologize later. Fines? Bring 'em on. We've got money for that in the budget.

The natural gas industry got a big headstart in lining up landowners and getting leases signed well in advance. This makes everything hard for citizens to protest. However, if enough people find out the truth, if enough people learn about what is about to happen to them and the planet if things don't change, then maybe there is a lot we can do to stop the destruction. I hope so.

Read the article in full here.

DEMAND ACCOUNTABILITY!
CLEAN DRINKING WATER IS A HUMAN RIGHT!