Youtube Video

The following is a link to a Youtube video about what drilling in the Marcellus Shale formation might mean to the 31st Ward:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZBpNWKxAFVA

Yahoo Article

Another article about the potential economic benefits for natural gas drilling and an explanation as to why it has such a high profile:
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/us_us_energy_shift


An article from a local business in Hickory, PA about the impacts to their community:
http://www.donnan.com/Marcellus-Gas_Hickory.htm

Information Links

The December issue of the 31st Ward Wire came out this week and contained a number of articles concerning natural gas drilling and its potential impacts to our neighborhood.

As an additional resource, we wanted to provide a few links to some additional information for your reference.

What is Marcellus Shale:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marcellus_shale

What is Hydraulic Fracturing, or "Fracking":
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hydraulic_fracturing

Some recent articles in the local media regarding drilling and its impacts:
http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09340/1018586-28.stm
http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09348/1020901-100.stm
http://www.pittsburghcitypaper.ws/gyrobase/Content?oid=oid%3A62213

First Post / Welcome

Welcome to the Lincoln Place Action Group's blog.

Our hope is that this space will be used to update our community on issues relating to natural gas drilling operations, specifically regarding the Marcellus Shale drilling, that have been and will be occurring in our community.

We will regularly post to this site with updates on what we are working on as well as being a resource for any information and links that might be beneficial to our community.

Please feel free to contact us at the email address above if you have any questions or any information that you would like to share with your neighbors.

LPAG
lpactiongroup@gmail.com