Natural gas drilling informational events set

Staff Report

Three programs this week will offer information about natural gas drilling to area residents.

On Tuesday, an informational meeting about gas drilling and it's impact on our community will be held at the Worcester Women's Club Meeting Room 168 Main St. in Worcester from 7 to 9 p.m. The speakers scheduled are Dr. Ron Bishop, Lou Allstadt and Michelle Kennedy.

Chenango Community Action For Renewable Energy (C-CARE)'s series of public forums will continue at 7 p.m. Thursday at the United Church of Christ at 11 W. Main St. in Norwich. The program will give advice to property owners, leaseholders and their neighbors about issues that have come up, such as terminating a lease, force majeure and compulsory integration.

Forum presenters will be Ellen Harrison, geologist and environmental scientist from Ithaca; and founder of "Fleased," an organization providing voice to landowners, and lawyer Joseph Heath, general council for the Onondaga Nation, whose work has focused on environmental protection under the Clean Water Act and land rights.

The public is asked to park on the street, in the Hayes Street or county office building parking lots, and not in the church lot in back. For more information, call Chris at 334-6095 or e-mail Ken atccare@frontier.com.

Also Thursday, the Otsego Proactive Network will present an information session at the Westford Town Hall. The program will address the economic potential of gas development, featuring presentations by Carolyn and Aaron Price.

The Prices' company, Red Dragon Inc., produced the 2010 documentary film "Gas Odyssey."

Source: http://thedailystar.com/localnews/x57646434/Natural-gas-drilling-informational-events-set