In cleangrowthnow By Mike Elmendorf, President & CEO, Associated General Contractors of New York State (AGC NYS)recent article by Mary Esch of the Associated Press raised an important issue in the debate surrounding natural gas development: the treatment of wastewater created during the hydraulic fracturing process, and the role of state regulators in the issue.

This article erroneously claims that the Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) ignores disposal or treatment of...

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For Immediate Release:



The members of the Joint Landowners Coalition of New York, Inc. are disappointed by the court's decision in the case of Anschutz Exploration Corporation v. Town of Dryden.   Most legal observers have known that the interpretation of Environmental Conservation Law § 23-0303(2), which supersedes all local laws and ordinances relating to the regulation of oil and gas, would ultimately be decided by New York's appellate courts.  Governor Corbett and the state of...

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This is a very short section of a much larger study of Hydraulic Fracturing by the University of Texas at Austin, Energy Institute. I pulled it out to highlight what I see is the biggest issue confronting our country at the moment. Our media are all controlled by limited ownership and once again capitalism has overcome what traditionally was the art of non biased reporting practiced by our national media. We are now confronted with the issue of who to trust when the reporters of the news are...

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Attorney: Local governments can't supersede state law

Steve Reilly in Pressconnects 2/20/2012

VESTAL -- The debate over hydraulic fracturing in New York has given rise to questions about whether local governments have the right to ban the practice within their borders.

And even if they can, should they?

In a presentation to the Vestal Town Board on Monday, an attorney representing about 640 landowners with approximately 11,600 acres in Vestal answered both questions with an emphatic...

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One can only hope that Cabot will finally get their act together and show the documented bad water history in Dimmock to the world. The DEP, Cabot , other industry participants and town fathers all could put this issue to bed if once and for all, they showed the historic issue of bad water at the sites in question. The select group of folks crying foul are not beyond drama and hyperbole to get what they want and the extremists surely are not beyond outright misrepresentations and lies...

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Dear Friends, Coalition Leaders, Landowners, and Natural Gas Supporters Everywhere,

Since the last time I posted a newsletter a lot of interesting and positive news has come our way that I’d like to share with you now. Please share this newsletter with any and all of your friends and family.

First of all, a new pipeline has been proposed to move gas from the production fields of northeast PA to the NY Capital region. From there it will connect to lines that will take the gas to New...

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If you have ever pondered why there have been never ending delays in allowing landowners their rights to harvest energy from their land, you need to read this article. The key adversary of all landowners in NY state and in fact all gas producing states is the Park Foundation. This article gives you insight as to their efforts, funding and the bought and paid for publications and reporters, organizatons and individuals they have influenced, including that fount of knowledge Cornell...

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This video is like a breath of fresh air after being held under water too long. Ann McElhinney has the experience and the moxie to deal with the environmental extremists that have been making our lives miserable for the last four years. We as land owners are not vastly if at all experienced in the combat like conditions that are perpetrated by those determined to rule our lives. How wonderful to have a voice speaking loudly and fluently about our plight as well as our hopes and dreams...

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By Howard W. Appell | Feb 15, 2012 in Corning Place CommunicationsThe Avon and Caledonia town boards appear to be heeding a visitor who spoke at the towns’ public hearings on enacting hydrofracking moratoriums.John Holko of Lenape Resources is the operator of 15 active gas wells in Avon and 56 active wells in Caledonia. Because of concerns raised by Holko, the proposed moratoriums are being discarded in their existing form and will be rewritten, Avon Supervisor David LeFeber and...

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This type of information about the federal government should alarm anyone who lives in the United States of America. We cannot continue to regulate every a aspect of americans lives without severe economic consequences. We are experiencing them now, what does the future look like when even the type of toilet paper you must use is controlled? Honestly, there is no free lunch, there is a cost to every action that government takes, enough already, stop, stop, stop, danger, stop. JLCpulse

The...

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