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ShaleTest launches
From the ShaleTest website: ShaleTest.org: Is a Non-Profit Organization providing environmental testing services, public speaking engagements and educational materials to private individuals and groups whose lives are affected by natural gas development. Purpose: To provide environmental testing of private individuals drinking water, air and soil, for those affected or potentially affected by natural gas development whose personal […]
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“The resource curse”
From “The Spill Seekers,” Outside Magazine, November 2010 ————————————- While I was in Louisiana, there was an event at the Cajundome, in Lafayette, called the Rally for Economic Survival: 11,000 people packed the place to hear the governor, the lieutenant governor, and, of all people, the executive director of the Louisiana Seafood Marketing and Promotion […]
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When pigs fly
Pipeline ‘pig’ crashes through Grand Prairie homeby BRETT SHIPP WFAA – NEWS 8 INVESTIGATES Watch the Video here: http://www.wfaa.com/news/Pipeline-Flying-Pig-crashes-through-Grand-Prairie-home-105387413.html Posted on October 20, 2010 at 10:48 PM GRAND PRAIRIE — Those worried about the growing number of gas pipelines in North Texas may have new justification for their concerns. This time, it’s not a leak or an […]
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“People aren’t going to be happy with the changes”
It’s not free money.Landowners and communities must count the costs. Thanks to Gas Drilling Awareness Coalition for this outstanding video
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Caught in the act in West Virginia
We knew it happens; here’s proof: Tanker dumping fluid onto public road see also Sootypaws Journal – Fracture Waste
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Activist testimony at PA Senate Hearing: “Here I was, trying desperately to get my government to put some controls on the natural gas industry invasion, and my government was admitting it was in cahoots with that industry.”
Thank you for giving me the opportunity to speak here today. A month ago, I was an average American citizen begging my government to save my air, my drinking water, and my community from the environmental devastation wrought by the natural gas industry across the country. I wrote dozens of letters to my legislators (receiving […]
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EPA hearing comments: Dr Ron Bishop
Office of Research and DevelopmentU. S. Environmental Protection AgencyBinghamton, NYSeptember 13, 2010 Re: Potential Relationships Between Hydraulic Fracturing and Drinking Water Resources I have reviewed your scoping materials released in March 2010, and would like to offer some comments for your consideration. A common theme among them is the idea of context: I encourage you […]
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EPA hearing comment: “Agencies appear to be captured by an industry they’ve been tasked to regulate”
Comments to the EPA Hearing on Horizontal Drilling /High-Volume Hydraulic Fracturing September 15, 2010, Binghamton, New York Good evening. My name is Joan Tubridy; I am the daughter of a NYC Fire Captain, a former farmer for 23 years, and a middle school Math and English teacher for the past 16 years. I am also a member […]