Home page of “one of the largest producers of natural gas in the nation and the most active driller of new wells in the U.S.”
Dave Spigelmeyer, Vice-President Government Relations, Chesapeake Energy. “Open Letter to the State of New York”, (February 18, 2010) advertisement publshed in Elmira Star-Gazette.
Download the Cheasepeake letter:
https://aoidefiles.us-east-1.linodeobjects.com/Earthstage/frackfiles/NYLetter_ElmiraStarGazette.pdf
(Editor’s Note. 11 Dec 2024. This article will be continued after the re-launch of the Fracking Resource Guide.)
Read between the lines at The Fighting 29th, a New York State blog, home to former Congressman Eric Massa who resigned in March 2010. Chesapeake Full-Page Ad.
An anonymous reader sent the text of a full-page ad in today’s Corning Leader, paid for by Chesapeake Energy. It’s essentially a declaration of war against Eric Massa, indirectly accusing him of misrepresenting the situation and using “political rhetoric”. I’ve included the whole thing after the break, but one claim merits closer inspection.
Chesapeake says that “Congressman Eric Massa was informed on February 2, 2010 […] that we are no longer actively pursuing our permit request […] We have since followed up on that commitment and have formally withdrawn our permit application for it.” [emphasis in original]
Here’s what Chesapeake actually said in that letter: “[…] it is premature for us to pull the application at this time.” There was no commitment in the February 2 letter.
Chesapeake says that it is “disappointing that our positions continue to be misrepresented” — apparently they’re disappointed with themselves, because they misrepresented their own letter, written less than three weeks ago.
Website of Eric Massa
See also: Reader comment from Keuka:
This is an attempt by Chesapeake to save face and as you say declare war on Eric Massa. That a tiny town like Pulteney was able to make a huge corporation back down does not bode well for Chesapeake. This I’m sure is having reverberating effects in all areas of the nation concerned about drilling the shale. Other exploration companies can not be happy with Chesapeakes inability to stop the devastating fire storm started in Pulteney. As you have said Rottenchester “Chesapeake has shown nothing but arrogance and a desire to mislead throughout this controversy. Being one of Chesapeake’s allies in the Southern Tier is pure political poison.” This ad in The Leader is Chesapeakes way to try and change that. Time to send more money to Eric Massa For Congress.
Eric Massa reader comment from Keuka Lake, NY
See also: Chesapeake Energy: Fact Sheets On Horizontal Drilling, Hydraulic Fracturing and Water Usage. Chesapeake Energy’s Media Resources Page includes: Chesapeake (Chesapeake). 2009a. Hydraulic Fracturing Fact Sheet, May 2009. Submitted to U.S. House of Representative Committee on Natural Resources.
See: Sixty Lame Minutes
See: Storing Hydrofracking Wastewater near Keuka Lake
See: Plan to send fracking wastewater near Keuka Lake is abandoned | stargazette.com | Star-Gazette
See: U.S. EPA Initiates Hydraulic Fracturing Study | Meeting | EPA Science Advisory Board (SAB)
See: WATER: Hundreds turn out to oppose wastewater facility – Corning, NY – The Corning Leader
See: Natural Gas Firms Cited for “Significant Non-Compliance With Auburn Sewer Use Law”
See: Plan to send fracking wastewater near Keuka Lake is abandoned | stargazette.com | Star-Gazette
See: Natural Gas Drilling Threatens Communities in Northeastern United States
