Shale gas news from the mountains of Maryland and beyond. Upcoming meetings, news, events Is this email not displaying correctly? View it in your browser. CitizenShaleWATCH 11.18.13 Meeting and Event Reminders Nov 20 MSAC Statewide meeting MSAC meeting:The next meeting of the Maryland Marcellus Shale Advisory Commission (MSAC) will be on November 20 from 1:00 pm to 4:30 pm in the Continuing Education Building, Room CE-8 at Allegany College, 12401 Willowbrook Road SE, Cumberland. Link to Minutes from the last meeting (pdf) Link to agenda for Nov 20 meeting (pdf) Visit the MDE website for details about the Safe Drilling Commission’s work. Nov 20 Crossroads Tour in Cumberland Crossroads Tour: Chesapeake Climate Action Network’s (CCAN) Maryland Crossroads 2013 Tour: Clean Energy, Not Cove Point! arrives in Cumberland, Maryland at the New Embassy Theatre on Wednesday, November 20th from 7:30 – 9 PM. Doors open at 7 PM. The New Embassy Theatre is located in downtown Cumberland at 49 Baltimore Street. For more information on this Nov 20 Tour stop in Cumberland, go to: org.salsalabs/o/423/p/salsa/event/common/public/?event_KEY=80947 Nov 23 Conference- Public Health SHALE DRILLING & PUBLIC HEALTH: A Day of Discovery — November 23rd PITTSBURGH CONFERENCE — Shale Drilling and Public Health: A Day of Discovery Heinz History Center, 1212 Smallman Street, Pittsburgh PA 15222 (5th Floor)Saturday, November 23, 2013, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Sponsored by the League of Women Voters of Pennsylvania This event is free and open to the public: Register here. AGENDA 8:30 – 9 a.m. Arrival and Check-In9 a.m. — Welcome, Susan Carty, President, League of Women Voters of Pennsylvania, and Karen Hacker MD, MPH, Director, Allegheny County Health Department 9:15 — Opening Remarks, Bernard Goldstein MD, Emeritus Dean & Professor Pitt Graduate School of Public Health 9:45 — Impacts on Animal and Human Health, Michelle Bamberger DVM & Robert Oswald PhD, Cornell University Veterinary Medicine 10:30 — Well Engineering and Health, Anthony Ingraffea PhD, Cornell University — Engineering 11:15 — Previewing Future Health Research, Reynold Panettieri MD, University of Pennsylvania Medicine – CEET Noon – 5:00 HEALTH EXHIBITS OPEN – Hallway 12:01 p.m. — Health Effects of Industrial Noise, Cynthia Richburg PhD, Indiana U. of Pennsylvania — Audiology 12:35 – Stress, Lenore Resick PhD FNP, Duquesne University Nursing FNP Program & Lydia Greiner APMHNP-BC, Fairfield University School of Nursing 1:10 — Worker Health, John Snawder PhD DABT, Natl. Inst. of Occupational Safety & Health (NIOSH) 1:45 — Shale Industry Best Practices, Andrew Place, EQT Corp./Ctr. For Sustainable Shale Development 2:20 — How to Protect Yourself, David Brown ScD, SWPA-Environmental Health Project 3:00 — Best Practices for Health Professionals/Medical Tool Kit, Leslie Walleigh MD, SWPA-Environmental Health Project 3:45 — Shale and the Foodshed, moderated by Gretchen Sneegas, Chatham Food Studies Program; Plants, Soil Quality — Mary Beth Adams PhD, US Forest Service; and Animals — Michelle Bamberger DVM 4:30 –CLOSING RECEPTION The List Of Exhibitors is here. And a Poster is here. Dec 3 Local advisory meeting The next meeting of the Garrett County Shale Gas Advisory Committee will be held Tuesday, December 3, 4:00 pm to 6:00 pm in the Garrett County Health Department First Floor Meeting Room, 1025 Memorial Drive, Oakland, MD 21550. The public is encouraged to attend this important meeting The agenda will be almost entirely devoted to the issue of potential legislation for the 2014 session which could affect Garrett County around the shale gas issue. In preparation for this topic, the Commissioners shared the following two documents. • The 2013 Legislative Quick Check compiled by the County is available at this link. • An additional sheet with Legislative Issues is available at this link. For more information or to contact the Garrett County Natural Gas Advisory, visit their website: marcellusshale.garrettcounty.org/ News Need to read between industry lines While the gas industry claims many benefits of natural gas development, these articles identify risks associated with fracking. One article by David Manthos debunks the very specific claim made by industry: America has drilled and fracked more than 1 million wells over the past 60 years, and in all that time there has never been a proven case of groundwater contamination caused by fracking. Read the entire article on grist.org. and A letter to the editor posted in the Cumberland Times News (MD) outlines risks associated with natural gas development that are not addressed by the industry. Investors may balk after identifying risks An assessment by Motley Fool contributor Matthew DiLallo shows that pollution by fracking as well as low gas prices has left the gas industry grasping for something that will provide a return to investors. Read DiLallos post here. and As You Sow provides a comprehensive report on the gas industrys ability to meet investment promises. If you dont have time for the whole report, read the fact sheet(pdf). 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Posted on: Tue, 19 Nov 2013 19:46:05 +0000
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