July 14, 2010
Length: 30:22
Do you know where your water comes from and what impact un-regulated gas drilling could have on it? Sabrina speaks with concerned citizens and activist groups at the Delaware River Basin Commission (DRBC) meeting & public hearing on July 14th in West Trenton, New Jersey at the Volunteer Fire House where hundreds of people gathered from both sides of the issue. There was a strong presence from Friends of Natural Gas and other pro-drilling groups who consist of pro-drilling land-owners and leaseholders as well as landowners opposed to drilling. Buses of both pro and anti-Fracking gas drilling groups packed the firehouse for this volatile meeting about gas drilling in the watershed. People traveled for hours coming from my neighborhood in the Sullivan County Catskills, Delaware and Broome county, the Finger Lakes, NYC, parts of NJ and from all over PA, including Wayne County, the Damascus Township and Philadelphia. As water no boundaries and the Delaware River travels through these three states supplying millions with drinking water the decisions of the DRBC are critical. This audio piece is from the Rally for a gas drilling moratorium in the Delaware River Basin organized by the Delaware River Keeper Network and numerous other environmental and grassroots groups fighting to stop Fracking in the Delaware River Basin. Sabrina speaks with participants of the rally including Pat Carullo of the Damascus Citizens for Sustainability, Sullivan County NY residents including actor Mark Ruffalo, members of Catskill Citizens for Safe Energy, neighbors traveling on buses hosted by Catskill Mountainkeeper, recordings from statements made to the DRBC and more.
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