Cornell Cooperative Extension–Upcoming Events

March 7, 2011

Upcoming Events.

Upcoming Events
Seminar Series: #1 Gases in the Subsurface and the Marcellus – presented by Larry Cathles, Dept. of Earth & Atmospheric Sciences, on Tuesday, March 8, 2011, 12:00-1:00 PM in 205 Thurston Hall, Cornell University. Open to the public. The Marcellus is a huge gas resource underlying our area that we have just appreciated can be remarkably effectively produced using horizontal drilling and hydrofracing.  Dramatic pictures of exploded water wells, faucets being lit on fire, and gas escaping  from the ground have been attributed to the fracing process, but in fact are not related at all in the sense that these hazards and phenomena would exist whether or not the Marcellus is produced. The talk will lay the geologic foundations for understanding where the Marcellus gas and the gas escaping from the surface fit in the natural petroleum generation system.  The size of the Marcellus resource and its potential value to the community and nation will then be outlined, and the areas of concern evaluated.  Finally we will tour Dimock County in Pennsylvania from the ground and air to  view the changes gas development have brought there.  In closing I will make recommendations on how I think we should proceed.

Seminar Series: #2 Developing Natural Gas in the Marcellus and other Sale Formations is likely to Aggravate Global Warming – presented by Robert Howarth, Renee Santoro and Tony Ingraffea, Dept. of Ecology & Evolutionary Biology and School of Civil Engineering on Tuesday, March 15, 2011, 12:00-1:00 PM in 205 Thurston Hall, Cornell University.  Open to the public.

A Systems Approach to Energy Transitions: Land, Economic and Community Transformations – a two-day conference will be held on March 30-31, 2011 at the Watkins Glen Harbor Hotel, Watkins Glen, NY. Primary audiences: municipal officials, professional planners, Extension educators, Planning/Zoning board members, community leaders and land managers. Conference objectives: to increase overall comprehension of major energy transitions, energy literacy and capacity to assess emerging energy development scenarios; and to encourage planning for the future.  Sponsors: Cornell Cooperative Extension, Community and Energy Program Work Team, Cornell Marcellus Shale Team, Community and Regional Development Institute (CaRDI). For more information, click here.  A draft agenda is now available.
To register:  Cornell or Association Employees |  General Public |  Hotel Information |  Information about having a Display

Gas Drilling, Sustainability & Energy Policy: Searching for Common Ground – a two-day Environmental Law Society Energy Conference hosted by the Cornell Law School will be held on April 1-2, 2011 in Myron Taylor Hall, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY.  For more information, click here.

Marcellus Shale Multi-State Academic Applied Research Conference – will be held beginning at 1:00 PM on Tuesday, May 10, 2001 through 12:15 PM Wednesday, May 11, 2011 at the Blair County Convention Center, One Convention Center Drive, Altoona, PA 16601. The conference will: 1) bring together researchers from across the Mid-Atlantic region to help identify the research needs related to the impacts of Marcellus Shale development, 2) identify on-going research activities related to Marcellus Shale, 3) build multi-institutional academic partnerships focused on Marcellus Shale, 4) endeavor to develop a broad applied research agenda that includes natural resource, wildlife, social, community and economic implications as well as research on production methods/technologies, and 5) help inform outreach and education. The conference is a collaboration between Cornell University, Penn State University and West Virginia University and is being coordinated by the Marcellus Center for Outreach and Research. For a summary of the conference, an invitation to attend, an event agenda, and information on registration, & lodging, please click here.

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