Rosemary Dreger Carey
Posted by George Sherman
on Apr 28, 2012
On Friday, April 27, the founder of the Pascack Sustainability Group (http://www.pascacksustainabilitygroup.org/Home_Page.html), Rosemary Dreger Carey spoke to club members about the distribution of natural gas to our region.
Rosemary became interested in the whole issue of sustainability several years ago and started her non-partisan environmental non-profit organization in 2009. In recent months her attention has been drawn to the issue of energy and how we obtain it.
In the past decade, natural gas has come to play a far greater role in the U.S., being seen as a cleaner alternative to oil and coal. The process by which it is obtained and delivered has lately become a subject of increased debate however. Newer methods of reaching and releasing natural gas from gas reserves have raised questions and concerns.
More locally, concerns have also been raised by recent news reports alerting residents to the fact that plans are in place to increase the amount of natural gas that is moving through a pipeline that runs through six Bergen County communities including River Vale.
Members were urged to learn more about hydraulic fracturing, more commonly referred to as "fracking" and about the pipelines used to deliver the gas to our communities. Follow this link http://www.northjersey.com/emerson/PIPELINE042612.html?page=allto begin.
Rosemary became interested in the whole issue of sustainability several years ago and started her non-partisan environmental non-profit organization in 2009. In recent months her attention has been drawn to the issue of energy and how we obtain it.
In the past decade, natural gas has come to play a far greater role in the U.S., being seen as a cleaner alternative to oil and coal. The process by which it is obtained and delivered has lately become a subject of increased debate however. Newer methods of reaching and releasing natural gas from gas reserves have raised questions and concerns.
More locally, concerns have also been raised by recent news reports alerting residents to the fact that plans are in place to increase the amount of natural gas that is moving through a pipeline that runs through six Bergen County communities including River Vale.
Members were urged to learn more about hydraulic fracturing, more commonly referred to as "fracking" and about the pipelines used to deliver the gas to our communities. Follow this link http://www.northjersey.com/emerson/PIPELINE042612.html?page=allto begin.