Promoting environmental conservation, fair and open government, and active civic engagement in Frederick County, Maryland

3/13/13 Tomorrow: join the biggest fracking rally Maryland has ever seen!

From the Maryland League of Conservation Voters: As some of you already know, the Senate Education, Health, and Environmental Affairs committee voted narrowly 6-5 last week against the Maryland Hydraulic Fracturing and Right to Know Act of 2013.  However, this is not the end of the movement.

10-10-11 Seven citizen groups address 194 land use change proposals with letter to the Frederick County Planning Commissioners

05-24 7PM Gasland film showing in Middletown

Tuesday, May 24th @ 7pm   showing of GASLAND A film directed by Josh Fox, winner of Special Jury Prize-Best US Documentary Feature-Sundance 2010, nominated for an Academy Award for Best Documentary. “The largest domestic natural gas drilling boom in history has swept across the United States. The HALLIBURTON-developed drilling technology of “fracking” or “hydro-fracking” [...]

Dominion Gas proposes a gas compressor facility near Jefferson rural neighborhood, important meeting June 19th

June 19, 2008 by  
Filed under Brunswick, Natural Gas

A West Virginia corporation, Dominion Transmission Inc. (DTI), is planning to build an 11-acre industrial facility between Rt. 340, Rt. 180 and Gene Hemp Rd. on the edge of Jefferson, MD. This PEAK Gas Compressor Facility is part of a huge “Gas Storage Factory” project. Check out www.jmdca.org for information, join the site visit on [...]

Gas Turbine Compressor Station in Planning Stages for Rural Middletown

June 10, 2008 by  
Filed under Middletown, Natural Gas

Join others (http://www.tellmetoday.com/) to fight the Dominion Transmission Inc. Storage Factory Compressor Station Project proposed for Marker Road in Middletown.   Dominion Transmission is in the initial planning stage for the construction of an 11-acre industrial site on Marker Rd. at the location shown below. There was a meeting held in Middletown on November 19, [...]

Jefferson Maryland Community Association (JMDCA) speaks out about DTI Compressor Site

June 5, 2008 by  
Filed under Jefferson, Natural Gas, Testify, Write a Letter

June 5, 2008 Dear Elected Official, The community of Jefferson MD has been chosen as a proposed site for peak gas compressor station by Dominion Transmission, Inc. (DTI) on the parcels of land between RT180/RT340/and Gene Hemp Road.  Jefferson residents are in firm opposition to the building of this facility in our community, and have formed the Jefferson [...]

Local governments oppose construction of natural gas facility in Frederick County

February 4, 2008 by  
Filed under Natural Gas

See <a href=’http://friendsoffrederickcounty.org/wp-content/uploads/2008/02/citizens-press-release-208.doc’ title=’this press release’>this press release</a> from Citizens for the Preservation of Middletown Valley and links to: