Frequencies and Channels for WSKG TV, radio stations WSKG and WSKG Classical position it on New York State’s Southern Tier and Northern Pennsylvania, right in the Marcellus Shale.
As part of WSKGâs biweekly series, Community Conversation, producer Crystal Sarakas moderated a series of discussions at Ithaca College on the proposed drilling in New York and what impact that could hold for the region.
The Marcellus Shale Resource Center, provided by WSKG Public Broadcasting, offered a number of on-line resources related to natural gas extraction. WSKG created several podcasts about the process of hydraulic fracturing, its impact on the environment, and the DEC’s public hearings in New York State. WSKG-FM offered a half-hour long Spectrum Radio program titled “Sustainable Design for the Future” which discussed sustainable planning with engineers and planners
How has hydrofracking affected New York State? Tune in to WSKG TV (Feb 2012) on February 10th at 10:00pm for Groundswell: Hydrofracking in New York State from WCNY with The Capitol Pressroomâs Susan Arbetter. Examine the controversial energy-extraction technique known as hydraulic fracturing and issues âfrackingâ poses for New York State. Included: reports from affected communities, including Middlefield and Vestal.
2024 News
Rebecca Redelmeier. How the fight over fracking reemerged in New York. 11 Mar 2024. WSKG.
Nearly a decade after New York passed its controversial fracking ban, the debate over resource extraction in the state has returned.
Gathered at the state Capitol earlier this month, a group of elected officials, environmentalists, and anti-fracking advocates repeated a chant many knew well. Calls to âBan fracking now!â rang out, with state Sen. Lea Webb leading the crowd.
Webb, like many of the others who had gathered to rally against a new gas and oil extraction proposal in the state, has made this demand before. Yet, many believed that fight was long over â New York banned hydraulic fracking in 2014. Since then, as oil and gas companies began fracking in neighboring Pennsylvania and other states, shale formations in the Empire State have remained untouched.
Rebecca Redelmeier. How the fight over fracking reemerged in New York. 11 Mar 2024. WSKG.
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PBS NewsHour has a page on Hydraulic Fracturing. However, this “tag” page has not been updated since 2016! Perhaps a harbinger of what lies ahead in Trump’s second Presidency. PBS, CPB, and NPR are related.
See also: PBS News Hour. Hydraulic Fracturing. (accessed 16 Jan 2025)
See also: Judy Woodruff. News Wrap: EPA finds fracking can contaminate underground water in some cases. 13 Dec 2016. PBS News Hour.
See: WATER | FRONTLINE: Poisoned Waters
See: Under the surface : fracking, fortunes and the fate of the Marcellus Shale
