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Fracking Friday! — 01/04/13

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Fracking Friday finds Andi-Roo pissed and disillusioned.

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It’s been a while since I’ve hosted a Fracking Friday here so I thought I’d check in on  and the world of GasLand to see what’s cooking. I almost wish I hadn’t, as there has been more twat-waffling than I can bear.

 

Selfish people — go play in traffic, would you? Because you’re mean and you don’t play well with others and you don’t care if we get sick &/or die. That’s pretty goddamn ass-tastic. Now I remember why it took me so long to write a Fracking Friday post — because they get me all riled up and make me want to spit on people’s faces.

 

Take Some Fracking Action on Fracking Friday!

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New York is currently under siege as Fracking fuckers have taken over their Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC).

“The New York State DEC has issued proposed regulations (“Regs”) for fracking even though the environmental review (the SGEIS) and their own limited public health review has [sic] not been completed.”

By clicking on this link and adding your name, you can take action to Ban Fracking In New York. Since I have friends in New York and I happen to also like that state, I’d be ever so grateful if you took ten seconds here.

 

Closer to home for me,

“the Ohio Department of Natural Resources (ODNR) is in the process of transferring a 17-acre area in Central Ohio that contains 7.5 acres of natural forested wetlands to a private developer.”

By clicking on this link and adding your name, you can take action to Help Save the Sawmill Wetlands Education Area. Since I live in Ohio, I’d be ever so grateful if you went the extra mile for me.

 

Fracking Friday notes on things that are all Fracked up:

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Some douche bag in charge of a pro-Fracking study at Texas University kind-of, sort-of forgot to divulge that he had received money and stocks from the board on which he served that was kind-of, sort-of running the damn study. I mean, I know it’s Texas, so this kind of thing should be expected, but even I’m a bit shocked over this.

 

Plus? The douche bag’s name is . Doesn’t he just SOUND like an ass-hat? He must be. Shortly after the shit hit the proverbial fan, he “retired”. Sounds like a seriously harsh punishment he got there. My favorite part of this article, however, is the final sentence:

“The university says it accepts the review’s recommendations, including strengthening its conflict of interest policies.”

 

Um, ya think?

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Keith Michelle
Keith Michelle

Thank GOD there's no fracking in the Philippines...is it really that worst that my Cheesecake is so pissed off? :)

Jack Durish
Jack Durish

Dynamite is an extremely useful/dangerous substance. People can get seriously hurt, damage things, if they handle it improperly. However, in the hands of an artist, it can help refashion our world to remove obstacles, dangers, and impediments. Do we outlaw it or regulate it? Same with fracking. Have you ever stopped to consider the benefits of fracking? It unleashes untold treasures of energy hidden beneath our feet, clean burning energy, energy so economical that it can return industry and jobs to our shores. Do we outlaw it or regulate it? Yes, early experiments with fracking caused some localized damage. Then again, many of the instances of bad effects attributed to fracking were naturally occurring long before man stepped foot on this earth. We need to study this process and make it safe. However, running around like Chicken Little, screaming dire warnings, and uttering hysterical claims isn't going to stop it. It's time to redirect your efforts to taking control. Yes, I know that's what government is supposed to do. Unfortunately, they are too busy foistering a new ideology on us to take time for the work that they're supposed to be doing.

Jesse Libecap
Jesse Libecap

I think tap water that you can light with a match, localized earthquakes (that mysteriously happen around these sites), bad air quality, and food/water that is unpalatable to both human and livestock consumption would be good reasons to "run around like Chicken Little, screaming dire warnings and uttering hysterical claims", but hey... What do I know. A good portion of these problems have been "lessened" in the last year or two (mostly do to all of us running around like Chicken Little), but there are still grievous exceptions to the rule. I'm not sure if you are aware of the "Halliburton Loophole" (check out this link: http://ecowatch.org/2012/still-not-regulated/) , but I would highly recommend looking into it. It's one thing to say we shouldn't regulate this due to the "untold treasures of energy", but I believe it to be something entirely different to live in the backyard of where this unregulated activity is happening.

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