nytimes.com - 10/28/2009
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Marcellus Shale is believed to hold substantial gas reserves.
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 - 29 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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No More Excuses: NY Must Ban Gas Drilling in the NYC Watershed Now
Switchboard, from NRDC —
... Yesterday evening, Chesapeake Energy Corp. quietly leaked the news that it would not develop the leases it has purchased for natural gas exploration in the New York City watershed - which supplies clean, unfiltered drinking water to 9 million New Yorkers. There is now no conceivable excuse for New York State not to impose a permanent, legally enforceable ban on any gas drilling, by any company, anywhere within the watershed, ever. ...
Fight Over Shale Gas Drilling Not Over
Green Inc. —
Two days ago, my colleague Clifford Krauss and I wrote about 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,” ...
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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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chk.com 10/30/2009 — 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 ...
Facing Facts in the Chesapeake Bay
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Natural Gas Vehicles
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EPA Vows to Become Chesapeake Bay's Protector
washingtonpost.com 9/17/2009 — Comments that include profanity or personal attacks or other inappropriate comments or material will be removed from the site. Additionally, entries that are unsigned or contain "signatures" by someone other than the actual author will be removed. ...
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