The New York City watershed and Delaware River Basin combined provides water for more than 15,600,000 people. It's the largest unfiltered water source in the world. And the natural gas industry has leased hundreds of thousands of acres within the watershed and the river basin for energy development. That could mean 50,000 gas wells in the combined watershed area.
As of spring 2010, there has been no drilling, but that could change any day now… Conservation Alliance grantee Adirondack Mountain Club is working to protect Allegheny State Park from proposed hydro-fracking mining by purchasing sub-surface mineral rights by the state, or by designating the area a Park Preserve. But the problem goes deeper than that. The potential drilling threatens the entire region and many others across the country, as exposed by the documentary Gasland…
Watch the trailer:
"The largest domestic natural gas drilling boom in history has swept across the United States. The Halliburton-developed drilling technology of "fracking" or hydraulic fracturing has unlocked a "Saudia Arabia of natural gas" just beneath us. But is fracking safe? When filmmaker Josh Fox is asked to lease his land for drilling, he embarks on a cross-country odyssey uncovering a trail of secrets, lies and contamination. A recently drilled nearby Pennsylvania town reports that residents are able to light their drinking water on fire. This is just one of the many absurd and astonishing revelations of a new country called GASLAND. Part verite travelogue, part expose, part mystery, part bluegrass banjo meltdown, part showdown."
Take Action: Tell your Senators and Representatives to support the FRAC Act…