Have you ever spent time by a brook in the Catskills, watching a spring drip out from the mossy edge of a shale cliff? Do you drink the water collected in the Catskill Aqueduct System? Does the re-forestation of the Catskills and the return of so many life forms that had been absent since the last deforestation of the region, well does that inspire you with hope for the future of the planet?
Does your idea of a fine afternoon in the mountains exclude the sound of "Frakking" - the rhythmic din of massive industrial compressors pumping high pressure bursts of pristine surface water into shafts dug into the Marcellus Shale Beds under your feet, accompanied by the outflow of toxic, now-former, process water bubbling up from the wellhead and seeping along the many fissures into the water feeding that mossy spring and your wells and reservoirs?
Well, if you answered yes to ANY of these questions, well, you have a new cause to get active about, because that is the future being developed right now in the Catskills you know and love.
Here is the most recent post from the Catskill MountainKeeper on the subject.
And here's VERLYN KLINKENBORG's NYT Editorial on the subject from today: Walking the Land Where The Drilling Rigs Will Go.
Coincidentally, today's Science Times had an article about the sensitivity of songbirds to incessant loud noise - they did their field work among the frakking rigs in the Colorado Gas Shale. Hey, some birds liked it.
Does your idea of a fine afternoon in the mountains exclude the sound of "Frakking" - the rhythmic din of massive industrial compressors pumping high pressure bursts of pristine surface water into shafts dug into the Marcellus Shale Beds under your feet, accompanied by the outflow of toxic, now-former, process water bubbling up from the wellhead and seeping along the many fissures into the water feeding that mossy spring and your wells and reservoirs?
Well, if you answered yes to ANY of these questions, well, you have a new cause to get active about, because that is the future being developed right now in the Catskills you know and love.
Here is the most recent post from the Catskill MountainKeeper on the subject.
And here's VERLYN KLINKENBORG's NYT Editorial on the subject from today: Walking the Land Where The Drilling Rigs Will Go.
Coincidentally, today's Science Times had an article about the sensitivity of songbirds to incessant loud noise - they did their field work among the frakking rigs in the Colorado Gas Shale. Hey, some birds liked it.
Some Birds Thrive in Noisy Neighborhoods
So, what do you think? Should this be done in your name??
What can we do to stop this insanity?
I'll post more when I find some suggestions. Please pitch in with your suggestions in the comments space.
This is kind of important.
