Our state representatives Sandra Major and Tina Picket, and state senator Gene Yaw, as well as another state rep (Camille Bud George), are proposing amendments to the Oil and Gas Act which affect natural gas drilling in the Marcellus shale. The full text of these bills is linked below. Visit the page for each bill to follow voting. Don't miss the explanation of how to read a bill, linked at the bottom of each bill's page.

The LEAGUE OF WOMEN VOTERS in Susquehanna County will be presenting a forum on Marcellus Shale.  The dates are:  February 19, February 26 and March 5.  All Friday nights from 7:00pm to 9:00pm at Elk Lake School, Dimock PA 18816 in the auditorium. 

FEBRUARY 19^th 2010   MARCELLUS SHALE:  Air quality Issues featuring Calvin Tillman, Mayor of Dish, TX, Marcellus Shale industry spokesperson and DEP spokesperson. 

MARCH 5, 2010           MARCELLUS SHALE:  Legislation, Taxation and Regulation  Sandy Major to discuss changes to her proposed legislation, and report to her constituency on pending Severance tax issues. Regulation  DEP spokesperson and Industry spokesperson. 

MARCH 12^th 2010   MARCELLLUS SHALE:  WATER QUALITY ISSUES Water  Quality Panel including Jerome Washo, George Turner, and Mr. Llewellyn of Appalachia Hydrogrologic & Environmental Consulting, Legislative Assistant from Senator Casey’s office to speak on the proposed FRAC ACT.            

A new non-partisan, grassroots organization is starting up in Susquehanna County: the Civic Action Network (CAN). Meetings are the second Sunday of the month, from 2pm-4pm. The next meeting is on March 8th at the Quest Center in Hop Bottom. Everyone is welcome. To join the mailing list, please visit the Google Groups page (you will need a free Google account), or email hce@epix.net .

The group is still working on a mission statement, but the basic goal is to work for the betterment of our community across different interest groups, joining with the many excellent groups already in existence to make progress on our common goals.

Penn State intern Will Kerber has created video tutorials for users of this site. They demonstrate how to register, how to add an event to the calendar, and how to add a news story. (Note: to add a news story, you must be approved as an Editor--to do that, simply contact us by emailing the address at the bottom of every page).