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<h2 class="title"><a href="http://catskillmountainkeeper.org/node/80">Marcellus
Shale - The Impact of Natural Gas Drilling</a></h2>
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size="2"><font color="#006699"><font size="3"><strong><font size="4">Catskill
Mountainkeeper Co-Sponsored Two Educational Forums</font></strong></font></font></font></h2>
<p style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt; line-height: normal;" align="center"><strong>with
experts from the Sullivan County Division of Planning and Environmental
Management, Oil and Gas Accountability Project as well as experts on
law and community organizing</strong> </p>
<p style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt; line-height: normal;" align="left"><font
color="#000000"><a
href="http://www.midhudsonnews.com/News/June08/28/SC_natgas-28Jun08.html"><img
alt="" src="cid:part1.07010700.09050906@aim.com" align="right"
border="2" height="228" hspace="2" width="200"></a>The
pace of gas drilling in New York State and its potential in the Upper
Delaware Region has many property owners and municipal officials asking
questions about the impacts of drilling on the environment, how gas
leases should be written to protect the interests of property owners,
and what regulations and land use approaches are available to protect
the health and safety of local residents. <br>
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<p style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt; line-height: normal;" align="left"><font
color="#000000">The
Forums took place on Thursday, June 26 at the Walton Theater in Walton,
NY, Delaware County and June 27th at the Liberty Highschool in Liberty,
NY in Sullivan County. The purpose of these educational forums was to
cover these issues and offer case examples.<br>
</font><a href="http://catskillmountainkeeper.org/node/529"><font
color="#000000">To view the panelists, please click here.</font></a></p>
<p><font color="#000000"><strong>Read Peter Applebome's two part series
about the Walton Forum in the New York Times </strong></font></p>
<p><font color="#000000"><strong><a
href="http://www.nytimes.com/2008/06/29/nyregion/29towns.html?em&ex=1214884800&en=8e2e000e0f1ede9f&ei=5087%0A">Part
1</a>: </strong>June 29, 2008, "Gas Drillers in Race for Hearts and
Land."<strong><br>
</strong><strong><a
href="http://www.nytimes.com/2008/07/03/nyregion/03towns.html?em&ex=1215230400&en=a8ecbc6f8632b97f&ei=5087%0A">Part
2</a>: </strong>July 3, 2008, "A Land Rush is Likely, so a Lawyer
Gets Ready."<strong><br>
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<div style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt; line-height: normal;" align="center"><strong> <span
style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><strong> <span
style="color: rgb(31, 73, 125);"><a
href="http://catskillmountainkeeper.org/node/290"><span
style="color: rgb(31, 73, 125);">Click here for a detailed overview on
natural gas drilling in the Catskills</span></a></span></strong></span></strong></div>
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"I am not a liberator. Liberators do not exist. The people liberate themselves." – Che Guevara</pre>
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