Category: Downstream News

Executives Cite ‘Local Resistance’ By Jeremy Hunt HARRISONBURG – The Houston-based energy company that wants to drill for natural gas in Rockingham County has backed off, at least for the time being, in the face of what executives termed “local resistance.” Representatives of Carrizo Oil and Gas Co. say the company is no longer “actively pursuing”

With the Shenandoah Riverkeeper and Shenandoah Valley Network, CAP asked a professional hydrologist to review Carrizo (Marcellus) LLC’s application for a hydraulic fracturing well near Bergton. The results are concerning for natural resources and public health. Read the Report…..

Updated video posted to YouTube

View a video from SVN’s May 5 Marcellus workshop in Harrisonburg

Go to the Chesapeake Bay Foundation Website and search your district.

Members of the Virginia State legislature were treated to a screening of Shenandoah: Voices of the River at the historic Byrd Theater in Richmond on Jan. 14. The League of Conservation Voters hosted the event, where Downstream founder George Ohrstrom addressed the group of around 75 dignitaries. Here is an excerpt of his address: “…The