The FIGHT FOR MARCELLUS SHALE is a book outlining the upcoming dangers of mining or "fracking" through the extensive
shale layer, across mid to lower NY state, for fossil fuels and gas by Halliburton- this process will pass through the NY RESERVOIR  and 9 million peoples drinking water will be affected.The  project holds MASSIVE financial Porits for gas companies and sickness untold for NY folk as there will be 50-60 undisclosed ( including radioactive,fecal, and other wise toxic)chemicals and poisons released as the PERFORATION THROUGH the  reservoir occurs.There is also great danger of explosion. Green technologies such as geothermic, solar panels and wind are a far more safe option.
It is unthinkable to compromise the health of millions of New Yorkers for the greed of companies ESPECIALLY  since the alternatives have not been fully explored.We need accountability, truth and safe practice.The shale covers an area of 54,000 square miles, from upstate New York, across Pennsylvania into eastern Ohio and across most of West Virginia — a total area bigger than the state of Pennsylvania!This plan is due in JULY 2009 NEW YORKERS  have had enough terror for one century. Please sign and forward to your legislators.For more information please visit:http://www.catskillmountainkeeper.org/node/290
and the Sierra Club website. 

 "Hydraulic Fracturing: "Fracking” as it is called within the industry involves injecting water, sand and special chemicals into the shale layer at extremely high pressure. This then separates the pores in the rock and the sand particles "hold" the cracks open so the gas can flow back to the drill bore. Some of the injected fluids remain trapped underground. A number of these fluids qualify as hazardous materials and carcinogens, and are toxic enough to contaminate groundwater resources. There are cases in the U.S. where hydraulic fracturing is the suspected source of impaired or polluted drinking water. In Alabama, Colorado, New Mexico, Virginia, West Virginia and Wyoming, incidents have been recorded by people who have gas wells near their homes. They have reported changes in water quality or quantity following fracturing operations. Most of these incidences involve coal-bed methane production, which is a much shallower drilling process, but it highlights how poorly the gas companies are protecting the communities they are working in." - Catskillmountainkeeper