
BY ERIC HRIN (Staff Writer)
Published: April 23, 2011
Daily Review.com
TOWANDA - Shouts of "Save Our Water" and applause followed a rally Friday in Towanda as a group of about 50 people called for a temporary moratorium on natural gas drilling.
Held across the road from the Chesapeake office, the protestors called for the temporary moratorium until the blowback incident this week at the Chesapeake natural gas well site in LeRoy Township has been "thoroughly investigated and the full impact has been properly assessed." They contend the need for action is immediate. More...
Editor's note: Eric Hrin is a staff writer for the Daily Review. He is located right in the middle of the gas drilling activity in Bradford County. His stories are from the grassroots level, not from a faraway city newspaper. There are lessons to be learned by following his stories, for adjoining counties where the drilling has not yet become so intense.
I recommend that you follow the links and read the whole story so you can see what's headed our way.
There are very few local remedies for municipalities as far as location of these wells and associated pipelines, compressor stations and etc. Zoning is the only thing that trumps the state oil & gas law and Coudersport borough is the only place in Potter county that has it. Bradford county didn't have it either and now their residents are suffering the consequences.
The time to take action is NOW before it is TOO LATE!!