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“Poisoned Places”: Tonawanda one of many proofs that regulation cannot protect us
Our neighbors in Tonawanda, on the Niagara River in western New York State just south of Buffalo, were being poisoned for decades by a company that, unlike the gas/oil industry, does not enjoy exemptions from clean water, clean air, toxic waste laws and other regulations set in place to protect our environment and health. For many years regulatory agencies […]
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A foregone conclusion
EPA Administrator Lisa Jackson: “Natural gas is an important part of our nation’s energy future, and it’s critical that the extraction of this valuable natural resource does not come at the expense of safe water and healthy communities.” -EPA press release, 9/09/10 Okay. Most of the conventional natural gas is gone. What’s left? Unconventional natural gas such as […]
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EPA: “Many activities in gas well drilling (and) hydraulic fracturing … involve injecting water and other fluids into the well and have the potential to create cross-contamination of aquifers.”
In a story published on 8/27/09, Jon Hurdle of Reuters reports: U.S. finds water polluted near gas-drilling sites PHILADELPHIA, Aug 27 (Reuters) – U.S. government scientists have for the first time found chemical contaminants in drinking water wells near natural gas drilling operations, fueling concern that a gas-extraction technique is endangering the health of people […]
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Why is Broome County hiring a lobbyist at taxpayer expense, against the interests of most of its citizens, to lobby for a wealthy & powerful industry that wrote the book on lobbying? (and does very, very well all by itself)
An e-mail from one citizen & taxpayer to Barbara Fiala: I am writing in regard to Broome County’s decision to hire a lobbyistto urge Albany not to get “bogged down” in its environmental review ofdrilling in the Marcellus Shale. The shale gas drilling techniques that have come into use over thelast decade were developed in […]