OUR PA HENHOUSE & THE FRACKING FOXES

A perfect metaphor on every level - local to global

Marcellus Shale Advisory Commission

Members Rack Up Violations

Eight of the drilling companies with representatives on the commission were cited with environmental violations last year.

"One of them led the state in violations. All of them

contributed to Gov. Tom Corbett's campaign."

"That lends ammunition to environmentalists’ complaint that

Corbett populated the commission henhouse

with industry foxes favored for their largesse

rather than careful business practices."

"Industry officials say the representatives

bring valuable expertise and talent to the panel."

Yeah...of course they do

Chief Oil & Gas - 174 violations

East Resources - 74 violations

Exxon Mobil - 66 violations

Range Resources - 32 violations

Chevron - 16 violations

EQT - 15 violations

Consol - 5 violations

PennLive Story - HERE

Pipeline: Commission Interactive - HERE

Let's not forget Chesapeake...

"Chesapeake Energy had the third-highest number of violations at 132; Chesapeake’s vice president of government relations, Dave Spigelmyer, was appointed to the commission, but chose to step off prior to the beginning of its work."

"Most famously, Corbett received a $480,000 contribution from Chesapeake Energy’s Audrey McClendon – funneled through a national Republican political committee – just before the 2004 Attorney General election. Corbett has appointed a Chesapeake Energy executive to serve on the Marcellus Shale Advisory Commission."

Tom Corbett's Million Dollar Drilling Club

Hypocracy Watch PA - HERE

How Corbett Fracked PA's Middle Class

Phila Daily News - HERE

And, let's not forget...

"post-modern, focus group, fecal marketing"

Exxon Mobil's Latest Vile TV Ad

Insulting...Disgusting...Disgraceful...

And In Your Face

OPEN YOUR EYES

AND BE FRACKED

STAND OPPOSED

Ain't as easy as it seems

To find a mutual dream

Can you tell me wrong from right

Do you know when to freeze or take flight

Can you tell me more or less

I got to know-confess

Come On

 Be My Conspiracy

FINDING THEIR WAY AGAINST FRACKING

Rider Park is a gift of the late Thomas J. Rider to the residents of Lycoming County, Pennsylvania. Mr. Rider included a special request that the Sisters of Christian Charity and Divine Providence Hospital, now part of Susquehanna Health System, use the area for employee recreation and patient rehabilitation. He also provided funds for the maintenance of the park.

Last October, while hiking in the park,

Jen Slotterback found a well pad stake.

She went home and told her husband, Jim.

Jen & Jim Slotterback

Stood Opposed

Less than a month later The First Community Foundation
voted to ban drilling in Rider Park.

Fighting Fracking: A Love Story - HERE

Fracking Gone Wrong: Finding a Better Way - HERE

A Citizen's Tip Guide - HERE

STAND OPPOSED

Tell Governor Corbett:
Keep Our State Forests Wild!
Petition - HERE

Very Grateful To:

Jen & Jim Slotterback

And...

The Responsible Drilling Alliance

The First Community Foundation

Earth Justice

BEHOLDEN TO JOSH FOX

TEDxVancouver 2010

This Man is Astonishing...

Way Beyond Everything...

Looking Back Aways

Starting Yesterday...

ABC Nightline - April 21

Arkansas Earthquakes

Albany Rally - April 20

Day of Action Against Extraction

Cornell Seminar - April 19

Fossil Fools and Fracking 

Power Shift 2011 - April 16

"I've seen the strength of this Movement"

Josh's Open Letter to the
Delaware River Basin Commission
PLEASE READ - HERE

Center for Social Media Film Series - March 17

"Nothing changes without Civil Disobedience"

TEDxVancouver - November 27, 2010 

Talk'n "Water on Fire" Blues

TO JOSH...

THE FRACKING NEWS TODAY, OH BOY

Latest On "The Spill"

Work Continues to Stop Frack Fluid Leak

WNEP

Watching For Frack Fluid

WNEP

Chesapeake's Mixed Safety Record

WNEP

Gas Well Leak in PA

YNN

Earlier Today

Chesapeake Suspends Fracking

YNN

Gas Well Spill Leaks Tainted Water

YNN

YEAH, A STORM IS THREATENING

IF I DON'T GET SOME SHELTER,
I'M GONNA FADE AWAY

A MAD BULL LOST ITS WAY

IT'S JUST A SHOT AWAY

CAN FRACKING PIGS FLY?

"The Marcellus Shale Coalition says

it now believes the natural gas industry

is partly responsible for rising levels of

contaminants in local drinking water"

"The DEP is calling on all Marcellus drilling operators to cease delilvering wastewater

to these 15 publicly owned treatment works"

KDKA Photo

KDKA News, April 19, 2011

Drilling Companies Ordered To Stop

Sending Water To Treatment Plants

"And we do believe that there is a role that the natural gas industry is playing in increasing these levels of bromide and are in a position to address that immediately,”

Kathryn Klaber

HMM...

I think I remember...

KDKA News March 8, 2011 

Bromides Found in Allegheny River

"There is no connection between these bromides and drilling in

the Marcellus Shale...bromides in the water in northeastern cities are due to the overuse of road salt...

to attribute this to drilling in the Marcellus is irresponsible

and not grounded in fact"

Marcellus Shale Coalition

Today's Inquirer Story - HERE

HMM...

NY AG THREATENS SUIT OVER FRACKING

NYDailyNews Photo

New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman announced today that he plans to sue the federal government if it doesn't commit within 30 days to conducting a full-scale review of regulations that would allow fracking in the Delaware River Basin.

"New Yorkers are correctly concerned about fracking's potential dangers to their environment, health and communities
and I will use the full authority of my office, including aggressive legal action, to ensure the federal government is forced to address those concerns."

YNN News - HERE
Law 360 - HERE

Industry Pushing Back Already

From the Independent Oil and Gas Association of New York:

“There appears to be a fundamental misunderstanding as to the composition of the DRBC and its responsibilities under federal and state law. The Governor of New York is one of five DRBC commissioners, along with the Governors of Delaware, Pennsylvania and New Jersey, and a single officer of the Army Corps of Engineers..."

yeah, right

NY Daily News - HERE

TO NEW YORK
&
MR SCHNEIDERMAN

WAY TO GO!

FRACKED COMPUTER ILLS

First an Internet Problem

Then a Computer Problem

Sorry

Work'n on it...

Trying to be patient

Feel'n Isolated, though...

BACK SOON

THE FUSS OVER FRACKING

Towanda, PA

The Dilemma of a New Gas Boom

Time Video



"It Was Heaven...

Turned Out To Be Hell"

I CAN SEE THROUGH YOUR MASKS

You That Hide Behind Money

You That Hide Behind Lies

Pearl Jam - Song by Bob Dylan

Come you masters of war

You that build all the guns

You that build the death planes

You that build all the bombs

You that hide behind walls

You that hide behind desks

I just want you to know

I can see through your masks

You that never done nothin'

But build to destroy

You play with our world

Like it's your little toy

You put a gun in my hand

And you hide from my eyes

And you turn and run farther

When the fast bullets fly

Like Judas of old

You lie and deceive

A world war can be won

You want me to believe

You hide in your mansion'

As young people's blood

Flows out of their bodies

And is buried in the mud

Let me ask you one question

Is your money that good

Will it buy you forgiveness

Do you think that it could

I think you will find

When your death takes its toll

All the money you made

Will never buy back your soul

How much do I know

To talk out of turn

You might say that I'm young

You might say I'm unlearned

But there's one thing I know

Though I'm younger than you

That even Jesus would never

Forgive what you do

And I hope that you die

And your death'll come soon

I will follow your casket

In the pale afternoon

And I'll watch while you're lowered

Down to your deathbed

And I'll stand over your grave

'Til I'm sure that you're dead

WE WILL...

 BE SEEING YOU

REMOLD

A Bittersweet Symphony

That's Life

Takes you to the places

Where all the veins meet

Yeah

I'm Here In My Mold

Need to hear some sounds
That recognize the pain in me
Yeah

Let the melody shine

Let it cleanse my mind

I feel free now

Yeah

Oh, Yeah

TEENS SAY FRACK IS WACK

It's About Them

Their Lives

Their Health

Their Air

Their Water

Their Land

Their World

Their Future

Their Hopes & Dreams

Their Children...

Think Before You Frack

Website - HERE

Tumblr - HERE

Facebook - HERE

The Think Before You Frack Team

WAKE UP OUT THERE

Think About Them

Nothing Matters More

STAND UP - FOR THEM

DEP "REQUESTS" DRILLING BE SAFE

WTAE Team 4: Pittsburgh

Letter Details Cause

Of Fiery Marcellus Gas Well Blast

DEP Asks Pennsylvania Gas Producers

To Follow Best Safety Practices

Team 4: News Video

"The state Department of Environmental Protection has sent a letter to every gas-producing company in Pennsylvania, explaining what went wrong at a recent Marcellus Shale gas drilling rig explosion and asking the industry to use best practices when it comes to safety".

"Team 4 investigative reporter Jim Parsons obtained a copy of the letter, which said that the fire in Avella, Washington County, caused a 'significant threat to public health, safety and the environment ...' and that it was caused by 'improperly managed condensate that produced vapors that ignited.'"

"There's no mention in the letter of requirements that must be followed. Instead, the DEP said it is 'requesting' that companies 'voluntarily adhere' to best practices, and it concludes the letter by 'strongly encouraging' producers to develop plans to safely control hydrocarbon vapors."

Team 4: Story - HERE

DEP Letter - HERE

"Why is the DEP

asking instead of telling?"

WE ARE GETTING SO...

OH, YEAH