The Latest by Kathleen Scatassa

Regional Communications Strategist

From 2007–2018, Kathleen partnered with clean energy coalitions and grassroots organizations, empowered communities to fight against fracking, and worked with the Policy & Legislation team to have their messages heard by legislators.

April 11, 2011

News: Climate Impacts of Gas As Bad Or Worse Than Coal

By Kathleen Scatassa / Northeast Office, Policy and Legislation Team & Rocky Mountain Office

Natural gas has been touted as a more responsible energy source than coal in the face of climate change, but a new study conducted by researchers at Cornell University argues otherwise. The study, which is scheduled to be published in the journal Climatic Change Letters, argues the advantages that gas produced from fracking has over …

March 15, 2011

Ending The Secret About Chemicals In Our Drinking Water

By Kathleen Scatassa / Policy and Legislation Team

Forgive me for stating the obvious, but secret gas drilling chemicals don’t belong in drinking water. That’s exactly the kind of sentiment that makes it very inconvenient for Dick Cheney’s buddies at Halliburton who want to use secret chemicals to extract gas from the earth – a controversial method known as hydraulic fracturing or “fracking.” You …

March 11, 2011

PA Gov. to Energy Exec: You’re the Boss of Everyone

By Kathleen Scatassa / Northeast Office

Fresh off his state’s radioactive river scandal, Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Corbett has once again landed in hot water (no pun intended) over a line in his proposed budget which hands the energy executive he appointed to head the state’s economic development agency "supreme" decision-making power to fast-track gas drilling permits in the state. The man …

March 10, 2011

O Give Me A Home, Where The Skies Are…Oh Never Mind

By Kathleen Scatassa / Policy and Legislation Team & Rocky Mountain Office

Which has a worse smog problem ? The car-choked sprawling megalopolis of Los Angeles? Or the wide open plains of Wyoming? If you guessed LA, you’d be wrong. It’s actually Wyoming. This depressing tidbit comes courtesy of the oil and gas industry, which is in the midst of a drilling boom that has left the …

February 16, 2011

We're Rolling Out The Red Carpet For 2 Oscar Nominees

By Kathleen Scatassa / Northeast Office, Policy and Legislation Team & Rocky Mountain Office

As Oscar season enters full swing, two nominees are taking a break from the action in Hollywood to visit Washington, D.C. tomorrow (Thursday) and educate the public and members of Congress about the dangers of gas drilling. Director Josh Fox is up for a Best Documentary award for GASLAND, a searing indictment of the hazards …

January 27, 2011

And the Oscar Goes To…

By Kathleen Scatassa / Northeast Office & Policy and Legislation Team

I don’t want to jinx anything, but we’re positively thrilled to see GASLAND—the truth-telling/irreverent film about toxic gas drilling—get an Oscar nod for best documentary. If you haven’t seen it yet, what are you waiting for? It’s readily available on DVD. And there are more and more community screenings being organized every week. Apparently industry’s …

November 30, 2010