chk.com - 10/30/2009
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OKLAHOMA CITY--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 28, 2009-- Chesapeake Energy Corporation (NYSE:CHK), America’s most active driller of new natural gas wells and one of its largest natural gas producers, today confirmed its previous announcements that it has no intention of drilling natural gas wells within ...
reuters.com - 10/26/2009
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Reuters: New York City's top environmental official on
Friday called the risk that drilling for natural gas...
in the upstate region that supplies most of the city's drinking water "especially alarming." New York state recently proposed rules ...
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NYC sees "alarming" risks in natgas drilling
greeninc.blogs.nytimes.com - 10/30/2009
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Although Chesapeake Energy said it would not drill
for gas in the New York watershed, many groups...
quickly pointed out that the company's pledge does not eliminate the possibility that another company will.
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Fight Over Shale Gas Drilling Not Over
ewg.org - 28 days ago
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JAD MOUAWAD and CLIFFORD KRAUSS at New York
Times October 28th, 2009 Bowing to intense public pressure,...
the Chesapeake Energy Corporation says it will not drill for natural gas within the upstate New York watershed, an ...
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Gas Company Won't Drill in New York Watershed
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Fight Over Shale Gas Drilling Not Over
Green Inc. —
... Chesapeake Energy’s decision not to drill in the New York watershed — the environmentally sensitive region that supplies unfiltered water to nine million people. The announcement was greeted with a sigh of relief from local politicians and environmental groups, who feared the impact of industrial drilling on New York’s drinking water. “It has become increasingly clear to us over the past few months that the concern for drilling in the watershed has become a needless distraction,” Chesapeake said in a statement after our story ran. The fight, however, is not over. Many ...
Chesapeake Energy Changes Natural Gas Drilling Over Water Concerns
Environmental Leader —
... . According to Chesapeake Energy, the company’s decision is primarily based on the distraction caused by environmental concerns over drilling in the NYC watershed.“Though Chesapeake believes it can drill safely in any watershed, including New York City’s as confirmed by New York’s Department of Environmental Conservation’s supplemental Generic Environmental Impact Statement (GEIS), we have chosen to focus our efforts on more promising areas for gas development in the state,” stated Aubrey K. McClendon, Chesapeake’s Chief executive officer, in a ...
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