Category Archives: Water

What’s in Your Water?

Posted on September 28, 2019 by A Concerned Citizen

A Toxicologist’s Tips for Parents Regarding PFAS in Drinking Water What are PFAS? PFAS are man-made chemicals.  The most common and best studied PFAS are perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA) and perfluorooctanesulfonic acid (PFOS). They are found in a wide variety of … Continue reading →

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Are You Ready to Fight?

Posted on March 11, 2017 by joan koster
Frack gas water well explosion.

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It Could Happen to You! With the removal of controls safe guarding our air and water, it is up to us to protect ourselves, because we cannot trust corporations and government to do it. Take the Murray family of Texas. … Continue reading →

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Reading Past the Headlines on Fracking Studies

Posted on September 17, 2014 by joan koster

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Two scientific studies to think about. Do they conflict or do they actually say the same thing? Fracking Wells Tainting Drinking Water in Pennsylvania and Texas, Study Finds This study reported on by Newsweek on 9/15/2014 and carried out by … Continue reading →

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To Mitigate

Posted on July 3, 2013 by joan koster

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To mitigate:  1. To make less severe, intense, harsh, rigorous, painful,         etc.; to soften; to meliorate; to alleviate; to diminish;         to lessen… Mitigate is a favorite word of the natural gas industry because it sounds scientific and important … Continue reading →

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Visit to PA shows TRUTH about fracking

Posted on May 16, 2013 by joan koster

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Our member Carol Egan has written another to-the-point opinion piece for our local paper. She has graciously allowed us to reprint it here. As the hydrofracking debate rages on in New York, a group of Town of Maine citizens spent … Continue reading →

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Wine ’em, and Dine ’em, then Pipeline ’em

Posted on April 8, 2013 by joan koster

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The following essay was written as an opinion piece in the Binghamton Press 4/3 by Pamela Williams. Residents of the Southern Tier know the flood threat under which we live. My concern is over the lack of concerted effort on … Continue reading →

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The Arrest of Sandra Steingraber

Posted on March 23, 2013 by joan koster

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Last week Sandra Steingraber along with eleven others was arrested for blocking construction on the Inergy underground LP storage facility at Watkins Glen. In the interview she explains what led her to the fight on fracking and to the ultimate statement one makes … Continue reading →

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The Marcellus Effect Blog is running a series on organic farming and the impact of fracking.  Part 1 talks about an organic farmer who had no problem with a gas pad half-a-mile away (that’s 2640 feet) . But when they drilled … Continue reading →

Posted on March 10, 2013 by joan koster | Comments Off on Fracking and Food

Fight Fracking by Reducing Your Carbon Footprint

Posted on February 18, 2013 by joan koster

In honor of the Climate Change Rally yesterday which drew 40,000 people to tell President Obama NO Fracking NO Pipelines I am sharing some ways to go green. We can protest fracking all we want, but we need to also … Continue reading →

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Have the ANGA Ads Convinced YOU?

Posted on February 3, 2013 by joan koster

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You know in the 1800s the railroads tried to convince passengers that steam locomotive train rides were pleasant by showing a woman in a white dress riding the train. The fact was the soot and smoke-filled the passenger cars staining people’s clothing … Continue reading →

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