Marcellus Shale - To Drill or Not To Drill in the Delaware Basin

In the Spring of 2009 the Columbia University Urban Design Research Seminar prepared a paper on "Visioning the Impacts of Natural Gas Extraction Along the Upper Delaware"

"This report aims to accomplish two goals: to inform broadly and induce involvement.  Seeking and implementing strategies in the Catskills that support both sustainable economic development and preservation of invaluable natural resources can only be accomplished wit the support of the individual citizen, elected local officials and regional policy makers.  These will be legal, political and scientific solutions that require the work of several generations to undo our past 'era of procrastination'.  Instead, in this 'period of consequences', where there is both severe urgency and great optimism, we are charged with - and capable of - solving our energy problems in our own backyard.  Be a critical contributor - get the facts and then decide on whether or not to drill."  Jennifer Grossman, Open Space Institute

This paper is available from the Open Space Institute in hard copy form by calling them at: 212-290-8200 or you can try contacting them via web-mail