By Jim Willis on Jul 27, 2008 in Assy Donna Lupardo, Energy, Environment, Government & Politics, Marcellus Shale, Uncategorized | 0 Comments
A lot has happened since I’ve first written about drilling for natural gas around the Greater Binghamton region. For one thing, groups of land owners have banded together and signed contracts worth millions. Yes, millions. Some local farmers who have struggled for years working the farm, paying high taxes and trying to hold on to [...]
By Jim Willis on Jul 7, 2008 in Environment, Government & Politics, Sports, Taxes & Spending | 1 Comment
A few regular readers have commented to me (in person or via email) that they miss my periodic rants on this blog. The past few weeks have been busy ones. I expect they will remain and get busier! But that’s no excuse for not writing.
One of the things I’ve been doing is spending time with [...]
By Jim Willis on May 16, 2008 in Business, Environment, Marcellus Shale, Why Binghamton? | 1 Comment
In the early and mid-20th century, Broome County, NY was a boom town. Some 20,000 people worked for Endicott-Johnson Shoe Company. By the mid-20th century, another 20,000 worked at what had been a little startup founded in Endicott in 1888, originally known as the Tabulating Machine Company, later renamed IBM. Yes, IBM was started here! [...]
By Jim Willis on May 9, 2008 in Environment | 0 Comments
The latest from the People’s Republic of New York State (in good standing with Communists everywhere), courtesy of the AP and Newschannel34:
(Albany, N.Y.) AP - New York environmental officials have proposed a statewide ban on open burning, to reduce pollution and the risk of wildfires.
Current rules exempt the state’s 850 towns with fewer than 20,000 [...]
By Jim Willis on May 9, 2008 in Assy Donna Lupardo, Environment, Government & Politics | 2 Comments
Kudos and thumbs-up to the people at Binghamton University who are considering leasing some of their 900 acres of land in Vestal and Endwell to energy prospectors actively searching for natural gas veins throughout our region. Read about it in today’s Press & Sun-Bulletin: Gas-drilling rush expands to BU. Frankly, I’m surprised! But happily so. [...]
