Shaleshock Action Alliance is a movement that works toward protecting our communities and environment from exploitative gas drilling in the Marcellus Shale region. Shaleshock Media is a network of media activists who use their skills and talents to support this movement. Our network is open to videographers, audio recordists and engineers, still photographers, computer geeks, artists and clerical workers and others.
Joe Heath is an environmental attorney who serves as general counsel to the Onondaga Nation. He was invited by Hector Clean Waters to speak about the impact of the hydrofracking industry, as it relates to environmental issues, in a presentation entitled What It Is and What It Is Not. held at the Hector Firehouse 5736 Rte 414 in Hector, NY on Thursday, April 26th. He was followed by Sandra Steingraber, an acclaimed author, ecologist, Trumansburg resident and cancer survivor and recipient of a 2...
Sandra Steingraber is an acclaimed author, ecologist and recipient of a 2011 Heinz Award that provided her with a cash prize of $100,000, which she has now dedicated to the efforts against hydrofracking. A Trumansburg resident and cancer survivor, Steingraber has devoted much of her research and writing to the link between chemical contamination and human health. She was invited by Hector Clean Waters to present at the Hector Firehouse 5736 Rte 414 in Hector, NY on Thursday, April 26th along w...
Craig Stevens, Gas Drilling Myths and Realities -- 27 Mar 2012 - Spencer NY, recorded by Alan McCarty, post by BH
Robert Lestz, Chief Technology Officer at GasFrac Energy Services, Kulp Auditorium, Ithaca High School, May 9, 2011
Part 1 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’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 f...
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’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 f...
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’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 f...
Video by Cris McConkey. Residents address their town board on March 28, 2012 on a proposed moratorium on gas drilling and related activity in the Town of Rnfield.
Video by Cris McConkey. "Unconventional Gas Development from Shale: Myths and Realities Related to Human Health Impacts". Keynote address by Anthony Ingraffea at Marcellus Shale Exposed, held March 17, 2012 at Northampton Community College, Bethlehem, PA. In his presentation, Dr. Ingraffea decimates four myths central to the shale gas industry: (1) Fracing is a 60-year old, well-proven technology; (2) Fluid Migration from faulty wells is a rare phenomenon; (3) The use of multi-well pads and cl...
Video by Cris McConkey. "Unconventional Gas Development from Shale: Myths and Realities Related to Human Health Impacts". Keynote address by Anthony Ingraffea at Marcellus Shale Exposed, held March 17, 2012 at Northampton Community College, Bethlehem, PA. In his presentation, Dr. Ingraffea decimates four myths central to the shale gas industry: (1) Fracing is a 60-year old, well-proven technology; (2) Fluid Migration from faulty wells is a rare phenomenon; (3) The use of multi-well pads and cl...