Finding Ulysses

A copy of the text of the proposed law to ban hydraulic fracturing (fracking) in the town of Ulysses, New York. The last public meeting about this legislation will take place this Wednesday evening.

A large group of residents of the Town Ulysses came to a Town Board meeting last night in Trumansburg to express support of a measure that would block hydrofracking in natural gas drilling here.

Julie and Craig Sautner came up from Pennsylvania to Trumansburg recently to share their personal experience with the consequences of hydrofracturing to drill for natural gas in the Marcellus Shale. Their only source of clean drinking water was contaminated by the process. The following video contains their talk on the subject:

Caroline town Supervisor Don Barber warns Trumansburg residents about the dangers of rural industrialization that come along with natural gas drilling.

A copy of the petition being sent by the Ulysses Gas Drilling Advisory Board, requesting that the Ulysses Town Board act to ban hydrofracking in our community.

What are the ethical considerations Earth Firsters ought to take into account in their anti-drilling activities in our area?

As Mayor of Trumansburg, John White would be in a position to lead the village into providing some of our water to natural gas drilling companies such as the one that holds a lease on his own property. It smells like a serious conflict of interest.

People in Ulysses who are concerned about coming drilling for natural gas in our town should take note: The Environmental Protection Agency has just started a tipline about illegal and generally suspicious activities taking place in association with drilling of the Marcellus Shale. If you see anything, you can call 877-919-4372 or email eyesondrilling@epa.gov .

If Gillibrand continues to ignore the growing concerns of people living atop the Marcellus Shale, she may find herself surprised in 2010 by some upstate resistance to her effort to gain the Democratic Party nomination for New York’s junior U.S. Senate seat.

Congress has begun consideration of legislation to require the disclosure of toxic chemicals used in hydraulic fracturing in the process of drilling for natural gas.