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Category Archives: Fracking and the Environment
No property rights when the gas companies come to your front yard…
I (Christine Ruggiero) will start this story by saying that Aruba Petroleum has taken a great deal from my family, but they cannot take away our faith in God. This story may sound like one of defeat, but we are … Continue reading
Dateline Australia: Fracking in the Catskills and Pennsylvania
Are landscapes and water supplies being ruined by fracking? Dateline reports on the controversial way of tapping into gas reserves that’s splitting the US.
Water Contamination in Pennsylvania
Darrell Smitsky of Hickory, PA and Bob Donnan of Hopewell Township, PA discuss issues with their drinking water after Marcellus Shale drilling began.
“It’s all gone.”
This young woman is thoughtful, articulate, and powerful as she describes the end of the area around her in Pennsylvania:
Seven Spills Per Week in Colorado
Colorado: 350 oil and gas spills in less than two years; benzene found in groundwater; fines are almost non-existent There is an extremely important, and disturbing, story in the Denver Post today. A Post investigation found that four oil and natural gas companies have been responsible for 350 spills … Continue reading
Like that clean air we have here? Don’t count on it sticking around.
From USA Today: Wyoming’s smog exceeds Los Angeles’ due to gas drilling Rural Wyoming, known for breathtaking vistas, now has worse smog than Los Angeles because of its boom in natural gas drilling. Residents who live near the gas fields … Continue reading
A Million Fracking Letters
___ Have you written your letter yet? The Honorable Andrew M. Cuomo Governor of New York State NYS State Capitol Building Albany, NY 12224 Or click here to email…
NYT: Governor Cuomo, Don’t Move Too Fast!
NYT Editorial, Sunday: Gov. Andrew Cuomo has long vowed that extraction of natural gas reserves with hydraulic fracturing in New York State will not “come at the expense of human health or have adverse environmental impacts.” It will be hard … Continue reading
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DEC Reconsidering Flood Plain Mapping after Recent Floods
”New York’s Department of Environmental Conservation says it may now reconsider which areas in the Marcellus shale are deemed flood plains, in the light of recent catastrophic flooding. But the department says it will not delay the environmental review of … Continue reading
Why Worry?
Wondering why we should worry about fracking happening in — or even near — Andes? There are lots of reasons. We think this one is one of the biggest: 60 trucks an hour, 24 hours a day, 7 days a … Continue reading
