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For whom does the bell toll?
“Once you know, you can’t not know.” – Calvin Tillman “Once your water’s polluted, it’s too late.” – citizens of New York State
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“The thing to remember about bridges is that their principal purpose is to get to another place, and that there is no point in building a bridge if you find out, when you get to the other side, that by building the bridge you have destroyed your destination”
Editorial, The River Reporter, Narrowsburg, NY http://www.riverreporter.com/issues/10-06-10/editorial.shtml A bridge to nowhere As we approach peak oil—the point at which petroleum production enters into decline—the major focus of the energy sector has been on finding ways to suck up every last drop of increasingly inaccessible fossil fuels. The result has been the development of increasingly invasive […]
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Yes, Dunkard Creek WAS poisoned by gas drilling waste; here’s how
Thanks to Friends of the Upper Delaware http://www.youtube.com/user/TheFUDR http://fudr.org/
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Calvin Tillman on The Big Deception: when regulatory agencies work for industry rather than the public
…subtitled,How to ignore data and come to the predetermined conclusion the real bosses order: When I first decided that we needed to have some biological testing accomplished here in DISH, TX, I was cautioned against getting our state health department involved. Most figured that they would run up here and began covering the back side of the […]
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Tompkins County Legislature gas drilling resolution calling for ban
GAS DRILLING RESOLUTION for Tompkins County Legislature, May 18, 2010 Calling on the Governor and the Legislature of the State of New York to Ban Hydrofracking Pending Further Independent Scientific Assessments to Determine the Risks, Greenhouse Gas Emissions, and Social and Economic Costs Associated With Hydrofracking WHEREAS, recent disasters in West Virginia’s coal mines and […]
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Only a statewide ban addresses all the issues
Text of the speech that received the most enthusiastic response from the rally crowd on January 25, 2010, in Albany, New York: GAS DRILLING AFFECTS THE ECONOMY Because the estimated potential gain of $22 billion from gas drilling in NYS over the next 20 years not only pales in comparison with the estimated gains during […]
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Part 4: “He needs to buy a home here and get his free schoolin’”
I am not sure what planet Mr. Triebe is from, natural gas is odorless, until an odorant is added to it. The Town of Dish has had the odorizing units removed from these sites located here because they were so noxious. Tell him to come back to town and breathe deeper. Six people have died […]
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A Pennsylvania citizen asks for representation
“The people have a right to clean air, pure water, and to the preservation of the natural, scenic, historic and esthetic values of the environment. Pennsylvania’s public natural resources are the common property of all the people, including generations yet to come. As trustee of these resources, the Commonwealth shall conserve and maintain them for […]
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Chesapeake eminent domain travesty in Texas: ……… Judge lies in court, homeowner given no recourse
The following text is taken in its entirety, with permission, from the blog at StarTelegraph _______________________ http://startelegraph.blogspot.com/2010/03/what-in.html Monday, March 15, 2010 What in the…???? We have gotten tons of emails asking what the latest is on the Carter Avenue Pipeline. Well, the scandal has taken yet another turn. Texas Lone Star had a representative in the courtroom […]
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PA’s Department of Environmental Prevarication does it again
WATERVILLE – A substance used in the natural gas drilling process is discoloring and distorting the texture of spring water running off a Cummings Township sidehill. . . . . . The mysterious substance was seen flowing down the slope, under the road and into Pine Creek, said Daniel T. Spadoni, spokesman for DEP’s northcentral […]