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e-Newsletter, March 2013 v. 10

Responsible Drilling Alliance
                                                RDA PRESENTS:
                    Shale & Wall Street
                            Deborah Rogers
                          March 13, 7:00 p.m.    
                    Williamsport Country Club

UPCOMING EVENTS
Film Premier this Saturday!
Triple Divide
March 9, 2013
2:00 p.m.
Coudersport Theater
11 North Main St.
Coudersport, PA 16915



 

Shale & Wall Street
Deborah Rogers
March 13, 2013
 7:00 p.m.
Willamsport Country Club

 800 Country Club Dr, Williamsport, PA 17701

 

 
Keep it Wild Hike
March 16, 2013
11:00 a.m.
Sharp Top Vista

 

News
In The News

Chesapeake's McClendon Under Scrutiny

 

Shortly after Chesapeake Energy's board cleared its chief executive of "intentional misconduct," the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission announced a formal investigation.    

 

Read more  

 

Questions Arise Over Free Gifts to Corbett

 

A formal ethics complaint was filed this week over gifts accepted by Gov. Corbett and wife Susan. Has Tom Corbett violated the Governor's Code of Conduct?  

 

Read here to decide. 

 

PVR Chapin Dehydration Station

 

Watch this WBRE  

news report to understand  why frustration and controversy continue in

Luzerne County. 

 

WBRE PVR Chapin Dehydration Station 3_5_13
WBRE News  

 

Anchors Aweigh with the US Navy's Great Green Fleet 

 

Land aboard the USS Nimitz to see how the Navy is using waste cooking oil and algae to increase alternative fuel consumption and decrease dependence on fossil fuels.  

 

Read more

 

 

We welcome your active participation and are in  
need of help for special events, publicity, research, and other projects.  
Contact us for details.
 

As a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization, RDA relies on donations for the important work we do. In order for RDA to continue its valuable education and advocacy outreach in 2013, please consider a tax-free contribution
to our efforts.

 

 

 




An Evening With Deborah Rogers 

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RDA welcomes you to join Deborah Rogers on March 13 at the Williamsport Country Club when she presents her latest report "Shale & Wall Street: Was the Decline in Natural Gas Prices Orchestrated?" Recently appointed as a primary member to the U.S. Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative, an advisory committee within the Department of Interior, Ms. Rogers will use her knowledge gained as a former investment banker and Wall Street financial consultant to present her findings on shale gas economics.

 

Ms. Rogers is also the founder of Energy Policy Forum, a blog that presents informative and witty discussions on shale gas and renewable energy topics that vary from write-downs and impairment charges to Chesapeake Energy woes and John Hangar's upcoming gubernatorial run.

 

With a versatile background that includes board membership with Earthworks/ OGAP (Oil and Gas Accountability Project), service on the Advisory Council for the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas, and founder of Deborah's Farmstead, a premier artisanal cheese-making operation, Ms. Rogers' discussion on shale gas economics is sure to provide both an informative and interesting evening.   



 


Action
Take Action!
Loyalsock Forest
RDA and eight other organizations joined together in February to send a letter to the Chair of the House Environmental Resources and Energy Committee. Another letter was sent this week to DCNR Secretary Allen. Use talking points from these letters to send your own letter or to discuss the issues with your legislators. Your comments do make a difference--please act now!

Kudos to Cuomo  

 

CuomoIn a refreshing move that considers health impacts before drilling operations actually begin, New York Governor Andrew Cuomo has chosen public health concerns over hydraulic fracturing. Gov. Cuomo based his decision not to drill in part because of the recently announced Geisinger Health Systems study. This million dollar study will use health history data to determine the effects of shale gas extraction on Pennsylvania citizens living in active drilling areas.

 

Gov. Cuomo's decision is said to have resulted from conversations with his former brother-in-law Robert F. Kennedy Jr., an active environmentalist who was recently arrested at the February Keystone XL protest in Washington D.C. Fortunately for New Yorkers, their top legislator understands that studies should come before, not after, a new industrial process is allowed to oversweep their homes, farms and forests.

 

Apparently the New York state Assembly agrees. In a 95-40 vote, the Assembly passed a bill on Wednesday in favor of a two-year moratorium on hydraulic fracturing. If successful in the Senate and signed into law, the moratorium will avert hydraulic fracturing until May 15, 2015, buying precious time for health experts to better understand the physical consequences of wide-scale shale gas extraction.


Keep it Wild Hike: Sharp Top Vista

Saturday, March 16, 11:00 a.m.  

Keep 

Photo by Barb Jarmoska
Hikers enjoy RDA's Rock Run hike.                    
Take a walk on the
wild side! Prepare for 

a wet, rugged trail

with amazing features.  

Enjoy the wonder of the Loyalsock Forest with fellow hikers as you travel a section  

of the Old Loggers Path to Sharp Top Vista. 

 

Last minute changes 

to the hike location or parking will be noted here on the day of the hike.

 

 


UnfrackableSave the Date!    
Unfrackable!

A weekend gathering to explore creative, positive ways of living with the disruptions and heartache caused by the presence of the natural gas industry in our communities.


This is a time to take a break from protest and action and join with others to revitalize, learn, laugh, and share our stories.


Bring your experience, enjoy great food and conversation--and leave with solutions and a new sense of vitality.

Friday May 3, 2013 at 5:00 PM EDT to
Sunday May 5, 2013 at 2:00 PM


"It's unfortunate that civil disobedience is the only recourse against a catastrophic and criminal enterprise that will enrich a few while impoverishing the rest of humanity and threatening the future of civilization."

                                                                                 ~ Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
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