Here’s a summary of recent WRI activities: 1. Brian Rahm interviewed by WSKG/Innovation Trail on Marcellus Shale: Brian Rahm of Cornell’s Water Research Institute says these sorts of systems are likely to be used in New York if hydrofracking moves here. And the water that can’t be recycled will probably be shipped to disposal plants [...]
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Working paper on Marcellus Shale wastewater management released
WRI recently released a working paper* on the management of wastewater arising out of the Marcellus Shale gas development. The paper, led by Dr. Brian Rahm (WRI), is available for download at the SSRN. Abstract: Extraction of natural gas from tight shale formations, which occur globally, has been made possible by recent technological advances, including [...]
Cayuga, Hudson and cheesesteakes
1. Cornell received a draft permit from NYSDEC for the continued operation of the Lake Source Cooling in exchange for a $2.1 million study of phosphorus entering the southern end of Cayuga Lake. The NYS Water Resources Institute at Cornell will work with local and regional stakeholders in developing sound science and community-based action agendas using [...]
Pa. finds gas-drilling firm in violation of Water Laws
Natural gas drilling operations in Dimock, Pa., are violating laws to protect water and the public, Pennsylvania regulators have determined. The state Department of Environmental Protection is holding Cabot Oil & Gas accountable for allowing natural gas from lower formations to contaminate fresh water supplies, according to a “Notice of Violation” sent to Cabot dated [...]
DEC Releases Scoping Document
The final scoping document for the Draft Supplemental Generic Environmental Impact Statement on the Oil, Gas and Solution Mining Regulatory Program has just been released by the DEC. The pdf files that you can download are on the right hand side of this page. I will post more comments after reading through it. Susan Riha, [...]
Impressions from the PA gas drilling summit (Dec 10th – 11th, 2008)
A contingent from Cornell attended the PA gas summit organized by Penn State University from Dec 10 – 11. The powerpoint presentations from the summit are now available online. Since the development of the Marcellus is more advanced in PA, my objective for attending the summit was to see what lessons could be drawn from [...]
Draft Scoping Document Comments
The period for comments on the draft scoping document for the Supplemental Generic Environmental Impact Statement (SGEIS) on unconventional gas well drilling is closed. Here are comments on the draft scoping document from Cornell faculty (cornell-comments-on-the-draft-scope-of-the-dsgeis-regarding-gas-well-drilling), Tompkins County (tcpd-scoping-comments), and the US Geological Survey (scope-dsgeis-081015-usgs-comments). I will keep you posted as to when the final [...]
Your input needed on gas well drilling
Now is the time to submit your comments on the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation draft scoping document (http://www.dec.ny.gov/energy/47554.html) for a Supplemental Generic Environmental Impact Statement (SGEIS) on unconventional gas well drilling. This is a long scoping document, but the key part is the last few pages. Comments are due by Dec. 15 [...]
