Ithaca College

The Sustainability Café on Monday, February 13th will feature Ben Haith from the Palmerton Group, speaking on “The History of Oil and Gas in New York State and the Practice of Hydraulic Fracturing.” The Café will be held in Center for Natural Sciences Room 112 at 4:00PM.

Ben Haith is the Regional Manager of The Palmerton Group’s Central and Eastern New York operations.  He graduated with a degree in Geosciences from The Pennsylvania State University and holds a Professional Geologist license in the State of Pennsylvania.  Ben has over 12 years of experience with traditional environmental investigation, remediation, and regulatory site closures.  Over the past five years, he has parlayed that experience into supporting the oil and gas industry in New York, Pennsylvania, and West Virginia.  Ben’s projects include large-scale legacy oil and gas field decommissioning projects, asset acquisition due diligence investigations, development permitting, and pipeline compliance work. He has been with The Palmerton Group in East Syracuse for four years and has been speaking at public events and municipal meetings throughout Central New York on the topics of the Marcellus Shale and oil and gas exploration in New York.

This event is free and open to the public.

Individuals with disabilities requiring accommodations should contact Marian Brown at 607-274-3787 or mbrown@ithaca.edu. We ask that requests for accommodations be made as soon as possible.

“Teachable edibles” – local, organic and/or seasonal snacks – for the Spring 2012 Sustainability Café series are being sponsored by Ithaca College Dining Services whose motto is “Sustainability – Healthy – Fresh.” Please bring your reusable mug and fill up at the nearest drinking fountain or provide your own beverage of choice.

Drink in a new way to think in the Sustainability Café.