SCHNEIDERMAN SUES FEDS OVER FRACKING

HE CAME THROUGH

Report - HERE

"Attorney General Eric T. Schneiderman announced he will file a lawsuit today against the federal government for its failure to commit to a full environmental review of proposed regulations that would allow natural gas drilling – including the potentially harmful “fracking” technique – in the Delaware River Basin. Last month, the Attorney General notified the federal government that if it did not commit to conducting an environmental review before the regulations authorizing gas drilling are finalized, he would take legal action to compel such a study.

“'Before any decisions on drilling are made, it is our responsibility to follow the facts and understand the public health and safety effects posed by potential natural gas development,' Attorney General Schneiderman said. 'The federal government has an obligation to undertake the necessary studies, and as I made clear last month, this office will compel it to do so. The welfare of those living near the Delaware River Basin, as well as the millions of New Yorkers who rely on its pure drinking water each day, will not be ignored.'

"The DRBC estimates that its proposed regulations would allow 15,000 to 18,000 gas wells to be drilled within the Basin, most of which are expected to be developed by fracking. The regulations were proposed without first conducting an assessment of the environmental impacts related to allowing fracking in the Basin.

"The DRBC is a federal-interstate body created through a compact agreed to by the President, Congress, state Legislators and governors of New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania and Delaware. The Commission has legal authority to approve or disapprove activities that may have a substantial effect on the water resources within the 13,500 square mile Delaware River Basin — including over 2,300 square miles in New York. Under federal law, the DRBC and the federal agencies involved in formulating its policies and regulations are subject to NEPA."

ALSO:

Mr Schneiderman has begun a new Wall Street investigation.

Matt Taibbi - HERE

FRACK'EM BACK...

GO, MAN, GO

FRONT ROW

When you're born in this world

you're given a ticket to the freak show

And when you're born in America

you're given a front row seat



Everybody wants a
Dollar and a Toy

We gave it all up to
God and Mammon

ON WITH THE SHOW

SHALE BOOM, BOOM, BAH

Shale Boom in Texas

Could Increase U.S. Oil Output

The Texas field, known as the Eagle Ford, is just one of about 20 new onshore oil fields that advocates say could collectively increase the nation’s oil output by 25 percent within a decade

“It’s the one thing we have seen in our adult lives that could take us away from imported oil,” said Aubrey McClendon, chief executive of Chesapeake Energy, one of the most aggressive drillers. “What if we have found three of the world’s biggest oil fields in the last three years right here in the U.S.? How transformative could that be for the U.S. economy?”

“That’s oil money,” said Bert Bell, a truck company manager, pointing to the new pickup truck he bought for his wife after making $525,000 leasing mineral rights around his family’s mobile home. “Oil money just makes life easier.”

 But water remains a key issue. In addition to possible contamination of surface and underground water from fracking fluids, the sheer volume of water required poses challenges, especially in South Texas, which faces a severe drought and rapidly diminishing water levels in the local aquifer.

 “In my lifetime, this is the biggest thing I’ve ever seen,” said Jose Gonzalez, 78, a retired teacher and son of migrant farm workers, who leased mineral rights to Chesapeake for $27,000 and sold another plot for $100,000 to a company building an RV park for oil workers. “You can see I’m happy.”

NY Times, 5/28/11 - HERE

UPDATE - TXSharon responds to Times article:

Texas Shale Boom: Creating a Third World County Without a Passport

Bluedaze - HERE

SHARON IS AWESOME

New drilling taps vast fields

A new drilling technique is opening up vast fields of previously out-of-reach oil in several states, helping reverse a two-decade decline in domestic production of crude.

Companies are investing billions of dollars to get at oil deposits scattered across North Dakota, Colorado, Texas, and California. By 2015, oil executives and analysts say, the new fields could yield as much as two million barrels of oil a day - more than the entire Gulf of Mexico produces now.

"We've completely transformed the natural gas industry, and I wouldn't be surprised if we transform the oil business in the next few years too," said Aubrey McClendon

"We have redefined how to look for oil and gas," said Rehan Rashid, an analyst at FBR Capital Markets. "The implications are major for the nation."

The Inquirer, 2/12/11 - HERE

"If our nation has to rely on oil shale as our last source...

we're in deep trouble"

"We've got this rush, this push,

to develop these very hazardous resevoirs...
the industry is starting to scare even me"

A Hundred Years?
Two Saudi Arabias?
TOTAL BULLSHIT
Post Carbon Institute report challenges EIA production forecasts

PDF Report, May 2011 - HERE

THE TIME HAS COME
A FACT'S A FACT

CLIMATE? GONE?

Oh, Man...

"we’re making the earth
a more dynamic and violent place"

Democracy Now, 5/26/11 - HERE

"It’s very important to stay calm. If you got upset about any of this, you might forget how important it is not to disrupt the record profits of our fossil fuel companies"

Washington Post, 5/26/11 - HERE

"In the 2012 campaign,
environmentalists don't matter"
LA Times, 5/20/11 - HERE

"...the anger, the fear and hostility
in the country about everything...

it carries over to this"

GOODBYE?...HELLO?

"And I wave goodbye to Mammon
And smile hello to a stream...

And I wave goodbye to Murder
And smile hello to the Rain..."

"And I wave goodbye to America

And smile hello to the World..."

Tim Buckley 1947-1975, an old and dear friend

MULLING IT ALL OVER...AND OVER...

Been Quite Preoccupied

Almost countless new articles, stories, essays, editorials,

reports, studies, conferences, seminars, debates, videos...

Upside:

Fracking has gained more attention than ever

All Around The World

Downside:

Can't keep up with it all

So, it's become time to seriously...

refocus, review, rethink, reflect, reorganize

and, of course...ReTool

Meantime; here's some very essential reading:

How Roger Ailes Built the Fox News Fear Factory

Rolling Stone - HERE

It's Outstanding

And Please Get Up...

Blow Your Horn

Just Corporate Criminals...

They stood there laughing

They're not laughing anymore

The Walls Are Coming Down...

BE SEEING YOU...

NO FRACKING WAY!

WHAT DO WE SAY?

THANKS CHRIS!

Chris Ruhe - HERE

WOW - THIS IS AWESOME

"It is becoming increasingly clear that the unconventional gas boom is happening too fast, too recklessly and with insufficient concern for the potential cumulative impacts on our most critical resources – clean air, safe drinking water and a stable climate."

"DeSmogBlog joins those who are calling for a nationwide moratorium on hydraulic fracturing and other troublesome practices in the unconventional gas industry. Until independent scientists and experts conduct further studies, the public simply cannot trust the fossil fuel industry to continue with this dirty energy boom."

DeSmogBlog - HERE

Fracking the Future; pdf - HERE

Fabulous Report

Thanks to DeSmogBlog

WE NEED YOU

NOW

NINE ELEVEN

AMERICA...

I want to feel

 Sunlight on my face

I see the dust cloud disappear

Without a trace

I want to take shelter

From the poison rain

Where the streets...
And the faces...

All Have Names

SUNDAY AM WITH ARLO



"This might be the time we've been asking for all along"