FRACKED

ONE TRIBE, Y'ALL

2011-12-17T02:01:00.002-05:00

Man, I'm Love'n This...

Peace

eXtinction

2011-12-15T19:52:00.001-05:00

Summer Rayne Oakes

Born near Scranton in 1984...

Same age as my oldest daughter...

When I was born,
Nature was already dying.
At the age of five,
Only half of the wetlands in the US remained.
When I was only ten,
Almost half of the world's forests had been destroyed.
By the time I was twenty,
The world's oceans had over 400 dead zones
Where no life could be supported.
When I turned twenty six,
Tens of billions of pollenating insects had died worldwide.
By the time I am forty,
Half of the Amazon Rainforest will be eliminated.
By the time I am fifty,
Lions will be extinct in the wild.
By the time I am sixty,
Many of the world's glaciers will have disappeared.
By the time I am seventy,
Ninety five percent of the world's coral reefs will have died off.
By the time I am eighty,
Two billion people will not have access to clean water.
By the time I am ninety,
Nine billion people will live on the planet,
It would take three entire Earths to sustain them,
We will not even have one.
By the time I leave this Earth,
The Nature I knew and loved,
Will be gone.

"And our small planet, at this moment, here we face a critical branch-point in the history. What we do with our world, right now, will propagate down through the centuries and powerfully affect the destiny of our descendants. It is well within our power to destroy our civilization, and perhaps our species as well.

But, we are also capable of using our compassion and our intelligence, our technology and our wealth, to make an abundant and meaningful life for every inhabitant of this planet. To enhance enormously our understanding of the Universe,

and to carry us to the stars."

Carl Sagan

FRACK THE SRBC

2011-12-14T11:34:00.000-05:00

SUSQUEHANNA RIVER BASIN COMMISSION

Commission Meeting and Public Hearing

Thursday, December 15 at 8:30 am

Best Western East Mountain Inn & Suites

2400 East End Boulevard - Route 115

Wilkes Barre, PA

Public Hearing agenda includes

26 applications for water withdrawals:

By the Frackers

For the Frackers

& Only the Frackers

SRBC Notice - HERE

Further Information and Talking Points:

Susquehanna River Sentinel - HERE & HERE

Protecting Our Waters - HERE

EVERY PERSON COUNTS, SO...

PLEASE

IN THE MEANTIME...

469 DAYS

AND METHANE IS STILL BUBBLING AWAY

Bubbling Videos on Dear Susquehanna - HERE

IN THE MEANTIME...

Bradford County has become a...

TOTAL SACRIFICE ZONE

Bradford County current and proposed gas lines and ancillary infrastructure.

TAKE A HARD LOOK...

Inquirer Map - HERE

Inquirer Deep Drill Series - HERE

IN THE MEANTIME...

From Sandra Steingraber,

Selected quotes from recent interview:

Note: Sandra won the $100,000 Heinz Award

for significant achievements benefiting the environment.

"$100,000 is NOTHING to the big boys in the corporate natural gas world. The only way money will work if it will also embolden others to do big things."

"We’re at the 11th hour now. The moratorium was here before, but now that's over. Now is the time if you don’t want to be fracked. As a cancer survivor, whatever money I have ends up going into paying medical bills. When you live in an area surrounded by frackers, what point is it to even try to do that if the water, air, community, etc., will be gone and destroyed and the area becomes a toxic wasteland?

"So, what better use of money than to defend and protect this place? I couldn’t think of better thing to do, with even more of a public platform, to highlight lunacy of fracking. I want others to feel that they shouldn’t give up before they start the fight. Self-defeatism is what’s beating us — learned helplessness — beats us even more than the formidable power of natural gas industry.

"Whatever I can do to get people out of that place — if you want to be the hero, now’s

your chance. I hope to use the money to open up space for speech, and not silence."

YEAH SANDRA

Full Interview - HERE

BE SEEING YOU...

AT THE HEARING

John Seller Map - 1690

20,000 FRACKING GAS WELLS IN THE DELAWARE RIVER BASIN ?

2011-11-12T15:49:00.000-05:00

Fracking is not a word - Fracking is a Beast

DON'T DRILL THE DELAWARE

Delaware River Basin Water Supply Hangs in Balance

as Delaware River Basin Commission Prepares to Vote

on Revised Gas Drilling and Fracking Regulations November 21

Over 10,000 people circled the White House

to protest the Keystone XL Pipeline

Can't we have more than 10,000 people

circle the Trenton War Memorial

to protest fracking in the

Delaware River Basin?

Josh Fox is a Miracle

“It is unthinkable, reprehensible and indefensible for the Delaware River Basin Commission to issue regulations that would allow for large scale fracking in the Delaware River Basin. It is an act that betrays the DRBC’s mission to protect the Delaware River, the source of drinking water for 15 million people, and borders on the criminally negligent. This is truly a “watershed” moment for President Obama as it is becoming clearer that the administration will have the deciding vote on the issue." Josh Fox

Save the Delaware River - HERE

Delaware Riverkeeper - HERE

Protecting Our Waters - HERE

"Water runs so deep,

Deep as all my pain,"

Down by the river, honey

Lord, can I be saved?

#15O - 15OCTOBER - OCCUPY ALL

2011-10-15T07:03:00.000-04:00

WAKE UP

TODAY IS THE DAY

FIND YOUR VOICE

STAND

#OWS - OCCUPY & SING & FLY

2011-10-14T08:15:00.001-04:00

LIBERTY PLAZA - 7 AM

YOU A LOVE

THE TIME IS NOW

Fly Away - Ramneek Narang (fineartamerica)

#OWS - PERCOLATING

2011-10-01T12:25:00.001-04:00

(Take That Red Pill)

What Does
OCCUPY WALL STREET
Have to Do With Fracking?

TAKE THE RED PILL
&
STAY TUNED

GET WITH IT

CLIMATE REALITY: THE FAT LADY & THE FAN

2011-09-14T11:23:00.000-04:00

REALITY IS NOT AN OPTION

Live Streaming
Tonight - 7pm Eastern Time

HERE

Al Gore last night on The Colbert Report

The Colbert Report
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Watch on TV
Tomorrow Night

7pm Eastern Time
Current TV - HERE

"IF WE DO NOTHING...

2011-08-28T11:12:00.001-04:00

...IT'LL ALL BE GONE"

Meet Ta'Kaiya Blaney

Shallow waters I can’t see

Your clear waves lapping at my feet

The lifeless ocean, black not blue

I didn’t help, but deep down I knew

Shallow waters I used to see

Dolphins playing in front of me

The seaweed swaying keeping time

Tidal rhythms, laugh not cry

Oh-oh, Oh-oh

Why do tears fall from the sky

Oh-oh, Oh-oh

We giving up, please tell me why?

Remember the salty ocean breeze

Used to build castles on the beach

Mushing around in the summer heat

Now it’s just oil up to our knees

Bring back the days we used to care

When all of these troubles were not there

A cry for help, this is my song

If we do nothing, it’ll all be gone

photo by Black Jack's Carol

In shallow waters I can’t see

The wondrous life God created to be

The tankers and pipelines keep coming through

I turned my head and so did you

photo by Black Jack's Carol

Come with me to the emerald sea

Where black gold spills into my ocean dream
Nothing ever found, no life is around
It’s just the sound of morning in the air
Silence everywhere

What a 10-Year-Old Did for the Tar Sands
Yes Magazine - HERE

Why Enbridge is Afraid of Ta'Kaiya Blaney
Greenpeace - HERE

Ta'Kaiya Blaney and Some Thoughts About Earth Day
bikesbirdsnbeasts - HERE

Young Inspiration!
We Are PowerShift - HERE

A cry for help this is my song

If we do nothing, it’ll all be gone

Shallow waters I can’t see
Your clear waves lapping at my feet

TAR SANDS ACTION - DAYS 2&3

2011-08-23T09:35:00.001-04:00

"52 more protesters were just reported arrested at the ongoing civil disobedience outside of the White House, bringing the tally to 162 arrested over three days. A diverse group of activists are gathered there to protest the proposed Keystone XL pipeline that would inextricably hook the U.S. up to the dirtiest fuel source on the planet: Canada's tar sands.

If the U.S. government approves the pipeline, preeminent climatologist James Hansen says that it will be "game over" for the global climate."

treehugger - HERE

"The Park Police decided to hold 50 protesters from Saturday's civil disobedience against the Keystone XL tar sands pipeline until Monday. They said this was to "deter future participants" in the protests, possibly at the request of the White House according to Ted Glick. The deterrent failed: 52 more protesters were arrested Monday, the third day of the protests, and this will continue as planned all the way to September 3!"

"I'm a little tired and a lot hungry..

but more than that...

I'm happy as can be"

FRACTIVIST ALERT...

TXSharon of Bluedaze arrived in Washington last night.

She'll be arrested today along with Margot Kidder, Tantoo Cardinal and 50 others.

Many have travelled a long way to stand up against the Oiligarchy.

Texas Sharon,

Not Brave, Just Pissed Off

HERE

Bluedaze Drilling Reform

HERE

"I'm really sick of our government being run by oil companies and banks

I would like to see one politician stand up in the face of all the campaign money... and say i'm going to do what's right

I'm counting on Obama to stand up finally and do the right thing

I worked for months to get that man elected...it's time for him to do what he said he was going to do"

Margot Kidder

"I knew that land before that big bowl was there"

Tantoo Cardinal

THEY ALL GIVE A DAMN

HOW ABOUT YOU?

"Allow me to lend a machete to your intellectual thicket"
Captain Jack Sparrow

Sharon Wilson & Smokey

TAR SANDS ACTION - DAY 1

2011-08-21T09:54:00.000-04:00

photo by tarsandsaction

Keystone XL Pipeline

2 Week Washington Protest

68 Arrested on First Day

"This Was a Powerful Day"

"The only thing we need in here

is more company...

We don't need your sympathy...

We need your company."

Bill McKibben message from jail

CTV News Video Clips:

HERE & HERE

There has been no US MSM coverage so far.

Hmm...maybe when Mark Ruffalo is arrested.

"People will be held till Monday in effort to deter more protests. The Police do not want the civil disobedience to continue

when the new memorial is dedicated

to civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr."

Daily Kos - HERE

"The World Could Change This Month"
Joe Orso, LaCrosse Tribune - HERE

STOP THE PIPELINE!
Tar Sands Action - HERE

DREAM OF LIFE

PEAK FRACKING & HAPPY TALK

2011-08-03T10:30:00.000-04:00

"It seemed like a magical thing"

James Howard Kunstler talks about the shale gas scam

on the Keiser Report

"The story has been going around for the past year that there's a hundred years of shale gas out there."

"After the initial production the flows fell off very dramatically."

"They front loaded the shale gas plays with high expectations."

"They played upon the american public's wish that we would have endless energy."

"It's a dodge; just another thing that allows americans to not pay attention to the changes we have to make in the way we live."

Keiser Report: Peak Everything - HERE

James Howard Kunstler - HERE

THE COURAGE TO STOP PRETENDING

2011-07-27T13:04:00.004-04:00

Portrait by Americans Who Tell The Truth

"...those who write the rules are those who profit from the status quo. If we want to change that status quo, we might have to work outside of those rules because the legal pathways available to us have been structured precisely to make sure we don't make any substantial change."

If you don't know about Tim DeChristopher...

You Should

He's gone to jail...

For You

"I Do Not Want Mercy, I Want You To Join Me"

“At this point of unimaginable threats on the horizon, this is what hope looks like. In these times of a morally bankrupt government that has sold out its principles, this is what patriotism looks like. With countless lives on the line, this is what love looks like, and it will only grow.”

Tim's address to the court - HERE

“I’m happier than I’ve ever been.”
Yes Magazine - HERE and HERE

"Tim DeChristopher is going to jail.

Now it's our turn."

Bill McKibben

Tar Sands Action - HERE

"Once in a while, the moral insanity of the world we live in reveals itself to anyone who cares to look."

Rolling Stone - HERE and HERE

"This hero didn't stand a chance."

"His prosecution is evidence that our moral order has been turned upside down."

Truthdig - HERE

"We have the challenge
of maintaining our humanity"

"We're not going to meet it
in a convenient way"

"From now on our movement
needs to take a stand"

IT'S NOT DARK YET

BUT IT'S GETTING THERE

Sincere Thanks to everyone from around the world
who have continued to visit in my absence.

It's good to be back - be seeing you.

RIVER

2011-06-15T14:31:00.001-04:00

Susquehanna River near Shickshinny, PA c1900

“Sometimes, if you stand on the bottom rail of a bridge and lean over to watch the river slipping slowly away beneath you, you will suddenly know everything there is to be known"

winnie the pooh

The River Runs Through Us All

Wake Up Wilkes Barre

DARK FRACKING SHADOWS

2011-06-12T12:43:00.000-04:00

Mythical devil of the ever-present laws

Governing blindness, blindness and sight

Every picture has its shadows

And it has some source of light

Blindness, blindness and sight

The perils of benefactors

The blessings of parasites

Blindness, blindness and sight

Threatened by all things

Devil of cruelty

Drawn to all things

Devil of delight

Mythical devil of the ever-present laws

Governing blindness, blindness and sight

Suntans in reservation dining rooms

Pale miners in their lantern rays

Night, night and day

Hostage smile on presidents

Freedom scribbled in the subway

It's like night, night and day

Threatened by all things

God of cruelty

Drawn to all things

God of delight

Mythical god of the everlasting laws

Governing day, day and night

Critics of all expression

Judges in black and white

Saying it's wrong, saying it's right

Compelled by prescribed standards

Or some ideals we fight

For wrong, wrong and right

Threatened by all things

Man of cruelty-mark of Cain

Drawn to all things

Man of delight-born again, born again

Man of the laws, the ever-broken laws

Governing wrong, wrong and right

Wrong and right

JUICY DELICIOUS NATURAL GAS

2011-06-10T05:49:00.001-04:00

Wash your vegetables

Grill them at the same time

The Colbert Report
Tags: Colbert Report Full Episodes,Political Humor & Satire Blog,Video Archive

Kerosene
Benzene
Toluene

How many of those can I feed my toddler?
Cause it's perfectly safe, right?

AUSSIES SHOW HOW TO FIGHT FRACKING

2011-06-05T09:54:00.001-04:00

"MAKE NO MISTAKE

THIS IS NOT THE FIGHT OF OUR LIVES

THIS IS THE FIGHT FOR OUR LIVES"

COAL SEAM GAS IN AUSTRALIA

"THE FIGHT FOR FRESH WATER.

OUR GOVERNMENT HAS BETRAYED US.

THE DEALS ARE DONE.

THE ONLY DEFENSE WE HAVE NOW...

...IS THE PEOPLE.

NO MORE PETITIONS...

NO MORE COMMITTEES...

NO MORE DENIAL...

TIME TO ACT.

EDUCATE YOURSELF.

EDUCATE OTHERS.

TAKE TO THE STREETS.

MAKE SOME NOISE.

LOCK THE GATE.

BUILD AN ARMY.

PUT UP SIGNS.

PAINT THE ROADS.

BLOCK THE TRUCKS.

STOP THE DRILLS.

RESCUE OUR CHILDREN'S FUTURE."

AND THEY ARE...

May 29, 2011

May 31, 2011

April 13, 2011

March 15, 2011

What are we doing?
Can we rally 3000 protesters?

Will we risk arrest?
WHAT ARE YOU DOING?

Our Dreamworld Must End

THE TIME IS NOW
STAND UP

STOP THE DRILLS

SCHNEIDERMAN SUES FEDS OVER FRACKING

2011-05-31T14:34:00.000-04:00

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

2011-05-29T10:39:00.000-04:00

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

2011-05-28T13:34:00.003-04:00

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?

2011-05-27T10:37:00.000-04:00

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...

2011-05-26T12:53:00.000-04:00

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!

2011-05-11T08:50:00.000-04:00

WHAT DO WE SAY?

THANKS CHRIS!

Chris Ruhe - HERE

WOW - THIS IS AWESOME

2011-05-06T20:38:00.000-04:00

"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

2011-05-05T14:24:00.000-04:00

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

2011-05-01T09:45:00.000-04:00

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

OUR PA HENHOUSE & THE FRACKING FOXES

2011-04-27T15:44:00.001-04:00

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

2011-04-24T12:36:00.000-04:00

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

2011-04-22T14:19:00.001-04:00

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

2011-04-21T23:00:00.000-04:00

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?

2011-04-20T08:21:00.000-04:00

"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

2011-04-18T19:10:00.001-04:00

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

2011-04-18T14:43:00.000-04:00

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

2011-04-10T22:44:00.001-04:00

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

2011-04-08T23:32:00.000-04:00

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

2011-04-05T23:18:00.001-04:00

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

2011-04-03T21:28:00.002-04:00

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

2011-04-01T11:30:00.002-04:00

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

BEND OVER FRACKSYLVANIANS

2011-03-30T23:31:00.001-04:00

Perfidy: n, Deliberate breach of faith;

calculated violation of trust; treachery.

Pennsylvania Limits Authority
of Oil and Gas Inspectors
by Abrahm Lustgarten

"Oil and gas inspectors policing Marcellus Shale development in Pennsylvania will no longer be able to issue violations to the drilling companies they regulate without first getting the approval of top officials."

"...the new edict applies only to enforcement actions related to Marcellus Shale drilling and that failure to seek prior approval 'will not be acceptable.'"

“It isn’t meant to be an interference, It’s meant to be a benefit to our constituents and would quite frankly streamline operations."

ProPublica - HERE

Are you suprised?
All those who didn't bother to vote -
how ya lik'n our new guv?

“It’s on its face really breathtaking
and it is profoundly unwise."

John Hanger, former pa dep secretary

John - please restrain yourself.

Update: Times Tribune - HERE

"I've got no patience now
So sick of compacence now
Sick of sick of sick of sick of you
Time has come to pay
Know your Enemy!"

HAD E-F'KN-NOUGH YET?

COUPLE OF QUESTIONS

2011-03-28T22:13:00.000-04:00

Doesn't it seem

government and industry

officials and spokespersons

think we are all idiots?

Are we all idiots?

Don't want to be an American idiot

One nation controlled by the media

Information age of hysteria

It's going out to idiot America

Welcome to a new kind of tension

All across the alien nation

Where everything isn't meant to be okay

Television dreams of tomorrow

We're not the ones who're meant to follow

For that's enough to argue

Now everybody do the propaganda

And sing along to the age of paranoia

SHALE GAS: THE FILTHY FOSSIL FUEL

2011-03-27T06:53:00.009-04:00

"Developing Natural Gas in the Marcellus
and other Shale Formations is likely to
Aggravate Global Warming"

Robert Howarth, Renee Santoro, and Tony Ingraffea

College of Agriculture & Life Sciences

Cornell University

March 15, 2011

"Last week, three Cornell University researchers, Robert Howarth, Renee Santoro, and Tony Ingraffea, gave a seminar about natural gas development and its potential contribution to climate change. Overall, they found that the natural gas industry's carbon footprint plus methane footprint was greater than that of the coal and oil based industries, thus increasing the likelihood that global warming will exacerbated by further implementation of natural gas production. Their findings will be published in the upcoming April edition of Climatic Change Letters, as an addendum to the main journal, Climate Change."

"Natural gas has long been touted as a "cleaner" fuel than oil, simply because less carbon dioxide is released into the atmosphere upon burning. However, the principal component of natural gas is methane, which is a much more potent global warming gas than carbon dioxide. During natural gas production a small percentage of methane is released into the atmosphere, either intentionally through venting, or inadvertently through leaks in the pipeline. While methane does not last nearly as long in the atmosphere as carbon dioxide, over the short term (20 years as opposed to 100 years), its global warming potential is estimated to be 72 times greater than that of carbon dioxide."

"The researchers looked at the overall life-cycle of natural gas production and compared methane emissions at each stage of production using industry reported data. They also compared emissions between shale gas production and conventional gas. They found that 3.6% to 7.9% of methane from shale-gas production escaped into the atmosphere during venting and leaks, almost two times greater than the emissions from conventional gas. These increased emissions in shale-gas production occured during the hydraulic fracturing of a well and during the drill out following fracturing. Their findings are in conjunction with a November 2010 Environmental Protection Agency report that found that emissions, particularly for shale gas, are larger than previously believed."

Climate Change 101 - HERE

"Turns out that drilling shale gas wells puts anywhere from 30 percent to twice as much carbon into the atmosphere as conventional gas wells."

"Carbon dioxide emissions are important, Howarth said, but methane is a more critical problem. Natural gas is 85 to 95 percent methane, a far more potent greenhouse gas than carbon dioxide. No one has measured actual methane emissions from gas wells throughout the various stages, so the Cornell relied on data from the gas industry, the General Accountability Office and EPA."

"When you tally up all the numbers from drilling to production to transport, something like 3.6 to 7.9 percent of the gas from a shale well disappears into the atmosphere over the lifetime of the well. That amount is 30 percent to two times greater than the amount lost during conventional gas production and development."

The Marcellus Effect - HERE

"We are not advocating for more coal or oil, but rather to move to a truly green, renewable future as quickly as possible."

Seminar Powerpoint - HERE

"We urge caution in viewing natural gas as good fuel choice for the future. Note that both the National Academy of Sciences and the Council of Scientific Society Presidents have urged great caution before proceeding with the development of diffuse natural gas from shale formations using unconventional technology."

Robert Howarth Paper - HERE

The Evidence is Overwhelming
The Evidence is Indisputable

Combined with the recent findings of many other trusted scientists such as Conrad Volz of CHEC and Walter Hang of Toxics Targeting:
The Filthy Lie Stands Exposed

Natural Gas is...
NOT CLEAN
NOT CLEANER

NOT a Safe Transition or Bridge Fuel

The Most DANGEROUS of Fossil Fuels

THE WORST OF ALL CHOICES

The Oiligarchs and their sycophant gas-holes
will continue to Deny the Truth
and sacrifice us all on their Altar of Greed.

STAND UP

Gas Drilling Hurts Kids

Don't Let Them Down

IT'S ABOUT FRACKING TIME!

2011-03-20T06:22:00.000-04:00

Inquirer Editorial: Is our water safe?

"Growing doubts about the safety of high-pressure drilling for natural gas should persuade the Delaware River Basin Commission to extend its drilling ban."

"There is growing evidence that the state's infrastructure cannot cleanse the polluted wastewater that is a byproduct of fracking."

"The gas industry disputes that Marcellus drilling is causing the problem. But concerns also have been raised about water-treatment plants' being unable to filter out radioactive materials from the drilling wastewater."

"It would be illogical for the DRBC to lift its moratorium before the results of the EPA study are known. There should also be a review of the impact in this watershed. The most sensible course for the 15 million people who depend on clean drinking water in the Delaware River watershed is for the DRBC to extend its ban on drilling for now."

Editorial - HERE

My Thanks to the Editorial Board, but...

WHAT TOOK YOU SO FRACKING LONG?

PLEASE

Send your comment to the Delaware River Basin Commission

Tell them the Delaware River must be protected.

Tell them to extend the comment period.

Tell them to extend the moratorium.

HELP PROTECT OUR CHILDREN

Public Comment Period Ends April 15

Comment - HERE

IT IS TIME

GET UP

LEARN TO FLY

ROSS SPEAKS OUT AGAINST FRACKING

2011-03-14T23:16:00.000-04:00

Public Hearing on Fracking

Philadelphia City Council

March 8, 2011

"To me there is no acceptable level of death in the name of fossil fuels and money"

Ross Levin

Lafayette Hill

Thanks Ross

TOO FRACKING HOT!

2011-03-12T13:20:00.000-05:00

Research Group Slams DEP Study

"A University of Pittsburgh environmentally based research group disagrees with the state Department of Environmental Protection's study that claims water is not being tainted by radioactive material stemming from Marcellus Shale gas drilling activity."

"Dr. Conrad Volz, director and principal investigator with the Graduate School of Public Health's Center for Healthy Environments & Communities, said the DEP is not doing an adequate job of protecting the public's health."

"On Monday, the DEP released information saying that testing of seven Pennsylvania rivers and streams in November and December revealed levels at or below naturally occurring background levels of radioactivity."

"'There's no way the DEP could make a claim like that based on sporadic water testing,' Volz said Friday."

"Volz said the CHEC will release information Monday it collected on tracking brine treatment at the Josephine facility along Black Lick Creek in Indiana County. That information, he said, includes high levels of barium, strontium and bromides."

"Even higher levels were found coming from sewage treatment plants on the Mon River."

"'They're not made to treat it,' Volz said of those plants. 'They're made to treat human waste. They're not made to break down chemicals and things like that.'"

"'If you don't know the hazards, you must err on the side of protecting people,' he said."

Story - HERE

MORE FROM DR CONRAD VOLZ,

FRACTRACKER:

The Devil’s Details

about Radioisotopes

and Other Toxic Contaminants

in Marcellus Shale Flowback Fluids

"In yesterday's FracTracker post, CHEC's data manager Matt Kelso told the tale of two stories regarding radionuclides in Marcellus Shale flowback water and in river water as sampled by the PA DEP. As he said “the devil is in the details” and here are the “devil's details” that put both stories into their proper public health context."

"While there is at present considerable scientific inquiry and even controversy regarding the potential of vertical or horizontal fracturing of shale gas reservoirs to contaminate shallow or confined groundwater aquifers (thus exposing municipal or private well water users to chemicals used in the hydrofracturing process and/or toxic elements, organic compounds, and radionuclides that exist in the formation materials); disposal of oil and gas wastewater/ Marcellus shale brine water in sewage treatment plants or inefficient brine wastewater treatment facilities is a direct exposure threat to public health through ingestion, inhalation and dermal absorption exposure pathways."

FracTracker - HERE

FRACKED NOTE:

I have posted a couple of times to express my concern over the urgent problem of radioactivity and our water here in Pennsylvania. They contain numerous stories, reports and videos - see the links below.

We should all be grateful to Ian Urbina and the NY Times for finally bringing attention to this serious and very scary issue.

NY Times - HERE

Really Fracking Hot - HERE

Even Fracking Hotter - HERE

Let's keep our eyes on the only ball that matters:

OUR CHILDREN

DON'T LET THEM DOWN

TURN IT UP

Very Indebted to Our FracTracker:

Dr Conrad Dan Volz

THE FRACKDOM

2011-03-11T04:37:00.000-05:00

Supreme Authority For Truth?

The Rachel Maddow Show

State Politics Go Nuclear

Where There's No Will...

There's a Way

Visit msnbc.com for breaking news, world news, and news about the economy

ProPublica - HERE

"Let's make Pennsylvania

the Texas of the natural gas boom"

Tom Corbett

( Meanwhile in Happy, Texas - HERE )

Bob Marley

STAND UP

FOR YOUR RIGHTS

FRACKSYLVANIA

2011-03-10T05:19:00.001-05:00

"Gov. Corbett has charged an advisory commission made up of donors and representatives from the drilling industry with setting Pennsylvania’s Marcellus Shale gas drilling policy. The Commission members and spouses, their corporate political action committees and company employees have contributed over $1 million to advance Corbett’s political career."

Million Dollar Drilling Club - HERE

"PA Governor Gives Energy Executive

Supreme Authority Over Environmental Permitting"

"Walker, who has contributed $184,000 to Corbett’s campaign efforts since 2004, is CEO and owner of Bradford Energy Company and Bradford Coal, which was once among Pennsylvania’s largest coal mining companies. He also owns or has an interest in 12 other companies, including a trucking business and a central Pennsylvania oil and gas company."

ProPublica - HERE

Power and the money, money and the power

Minute after minute, hour after hour

Everybody's runnin, but half of them ain't lookin

What's goin on in the kitchen,

but I dont know what's cookin

Tell me why are we, so blind to see

That the ones we hurt, are you and me

Been spending most our lives

living in the Gangsta's Paradise

PUSH BACK

RIDE, PETER, RIDE

2011-03-09T06:51:00.002-05:00

Peter Buckland

"My bike
doesn't release frackwater."

“I have written to legislators, to the governor, signed petitions, gone to rallies, and now instead of getting responsibility and representation, we’re being sold out to an industry that doesn’t seem to mind turning Pennsylvania into a third-world country. “

"I don’t have hundreds of thousands of dollars to give to a political campaign. I can’t buy lobby time, and the other things don’t seem to be working.”

Story - HERE

OUTSTANDING

DELAWARE RIVERKEEPER SPEAKS ABOUT GAS DRILLING

2011-03-05T23:36:00.001-05:00

Maya van Rossum

"THIS IS ABOUT THE CHILDREN"

"THIS IS ABOUT OUR FUTURE"

"THIS IS ABOUT US ALL"

"THIS CAN'T BE ABOUT PUTTING MONEY
IN THE BACK POCKETS OF THE DRILLERS"

Maya van Rossum is the Delaware Riverkeeper and leads the Delaware Riverkeeper Network (DRN). She heads a team of dedicated staff and volunteers who monitor the River and all of its tributaries for threats and challenges, and who then take this information and advocate, educate and litigate for protection, restoration and change. The Delaware Riverkeeper and Delaware Riverkeeper Network work to restore natural balance in the River and watershed where it has been lost, and to ensure preservation where it still exists.

In 1994, Maya came to work at the DRN. By 1996, she had been appointed the Delaware Riverkeeper. She testifies before state and national governing bodies, organizes concerned citizens, and keeps a close watch on the Delaware. Often, she is out on the water herself, keeping an eye on the River and looking for signs of pollution and illegal activity.

The Delaware Riverkeeper - HERE

DRBC Public Hearing - Trenton, NJ

"There are alternative sources of energy
that don't require shale drilling or hydrofracking.
There is no alternative for water."

DRN Workshop on DRBC Draft Regulations

"Gas Drilling is probably one of the biggest threats
to ever face our river and our region
and it is barreling down upon us
unless we take some stong action today."

FRACKING AND THE EPA ON DEMOCRACY NOW

2011-03-04T22:14:00.001-05:00

Democracy Now!

From today's show:

The NY Times report on gas drilling and the EPA.

Amy Goodman interviews Walter Hang and Josh Fox

"These are elevated concentrations of toxic radionucleotides."

"It's just unbelieveable. People are going to be shocked.

They're going to be so angry that the government tried to do the right thing and then basically ran up against the barriers of internal politics."

Toxics Targeting - HERE

"It is very scary."

"Absolutely right now is the time for action

within the EPA

within the Congress

at the Exectutive Level

and certainly among the citizenship."

Gasland Site - HERE

VERY INDEBTED TO:
JOSH FOX

WALTER HANG

DEMOCRACY NOW!

110 MILE BIKE RIDE TO FIGHT FRACKING

2011-03-04T11:33:00.002-05:00

Peter Buckland of Sustainability Now Radio

in State College, PA will ride from

State College to Harrisburg to join the

Fair Budget March & Rally

on Wednesday, March 9.

The Rally will protest planned budget cuts

"We need to stand together with our allies

and fight for fairness."

Peter will then present a letter to the office of Governor Tom Corbett requesting a meeting to express his concerns and fears as a citizen and father about the many dangers

of gas drilling in our state.

" I will be riding my bike ~110 miles to Harrisburg from my house in Pine Grove Mills to do my own small part to stand up to Corbett and the gas companies. It just seems like the right thing to do.

"For me this is very personal because I love the forest

"It is also about the quality of our water and air and my hopes and fears as a father.

"I am riding my bike there because because it is better for the forest, for the person, for water, for air, for noise, for the climate, and for all of us than gas trucks, well-pads, natural gas, and frack water are. I am riding my bike because it means something better and brings me in touch with life and living. As a citizen of this commonwealth, the commonwealth's government should help me and my fellow common people to reach the common good.

"After the budget protest I plan to go to the governor's office and request a meeting with the governor.

"I just know that something must be done differently.

"It is a modest goal. Please join me if you can.

"With great hope..." Peter Buckland

NOW THAT'S WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT

WAY TO GO PETER

Peter's Message - HERE

Sustainablity Now Radio - HERE

GO GET'EM PETER

EPA GETS FRACKED

2011-03-03T08:13:00.005-05:00

The New York Times

Drilling Down Part 3

E.P.A. Struggles to Regulate

Natural Gas Industry

HERE

'“It was like the science didn’t matter,” Carla Greathouse, the author of the study, said in a recent interview. “The industry was going to get what it wanted, and we were not supposed to stand in the way.”'

"...the agency had planned to call last year for a moratorium on the gas-drilling technique known as hydrofracking in the New York City watershed, according to internal documents, but the advice was removed from the publicly released letter sent to New York."

"Asked why the letter about hydrofracking in the New York City watershed had been revised, an agency scientist who was involved in writing it offered a one-word explanation: “politics.”'

"Now some scientists and lawyers at the E.P.A. are wondering whether history is about to repeat itself, as the agency undertakes a broad new study of natural gas drilling and its potential risks, with preliminary results scheduled to be delivered next year."

POLITICS

MONEY

Everybody knows that the dice are loaded

Everybody rolls with their fingers crossed

Everybody knows that the war is over

Everybody knows the good guys lost

Everybody knows the fight was fixed

The poor stay poor, the rich get rich

That's how it goes

Everybody knows

Everybody knows that the boat is leaking

Everybody knows that the captain lied

Everybody got this broken feeling

Like their father or their dog just died

Everybody talking to their pockets

Everybody wants a box of chocolates

And a long stem rose

Everybody knows

Everybody knows that you love me baby

Everybody knows that you really do

Everybody knows that you've been faithful

Ah give or take a night or two

Everybody knows you've been discreet

But there were so many people you just had to meet

Without your clothes

And everybody knows

Everybody knows, everybody knows

That's how it goes

Everybody knows

Everybody knows, everybody knows

That's how it goes

Everybody knows

And everybody knows that it's now or never

Everybody knows that it's me or you

And everybody knows that you live forever

Ah when you've done a line or two

Everybody knows the deal is rotten

Old Black Joe's still pickin' cotton

For your ribbons and bows

And everybody knows

And everybody knows that the Plague is coming

Everybody knows that it's moving fast

Everybody knows that the naked man and woman

Are just a shining artifact of the past

Everybody knows the scene is dead

But there's gonna be a meter on your bed

That will disclose

What everybody knows

And everybody knows that you're in trouble

Everybody knows what you've been through

From the bloody cross on top of Calvary

To the beach of Malibu

Everybody knows it's coming apart

Take one last look at this Sacred Heart

Before it blows

And everybody knows

Everybody knows, everybody knows

That's how it goes

Everybody knows

Oh everybody knows, everybody knows

That's how it goes

Everybody knows

EVERYBODY KNOWS

NOW YOU KNOW

TIME TO DO SOMETHING

Big, Big Thanks to Ian Urbina & to Leonard Cohen

BLOGGERS AGAINST DRILLING

2011-03-02T09:59:00.001-05:00

THERE'S A NEW BLOGGER IN TOWN

WATCH OUT

B.A.D. - HERE

THE TIME HAS COME

DO SOMETHING

EVEN FRACKING HOTTER

2011-03-01T05:59:00.002-05:00

"It's the oldest game in public health:

if you don't want to know,

don't go looking for it."

Dr Irena Cech - University of Texas

KHOU NEWS TEXAS

KHOU I-Team report - HERE

FOX 40 - BINGHAMTON

Fox 40 report - HERE

MSC's Katheryn Klaber says:

"It has a half-life, where, um, over time,
and in some cases very quickly, um,
that radioactivity, uh, exists differently.
I think that's what was really, um, left out of the article
that was a critical part of this compound."

WTF?

For some background and much more information
on radiation, water and drilling see my previous post:

REALLY FRACKING HOT - HERE

"It is in the interest of the gas industry ...
to ignore or minimize the existence of uranium."

"DRILLING DOWN" - AWESOME

2011-02-26T22:19:00.005-05:00

The New York Times is publishing

the first of a series of investigative pieces

on natural gas drilling:

THE WASTE PROBLEM - HERE

"While the existence of the toxic wastes has been reported, thousands of internal documents obtained by The New York Times from the Environmental Protection Agency, state regulators and drillers show that the dangers to the environment and health are greater than previously understood.

"The documents reveal that the wastewater, which is sometimes hauled to sewage plants not designed to treat it and then discharged into rivers that supply drinking water, contains radioactivity at levels higher than previously known, and far higher than the level that federal regulators say is safe for these treatment plants to handle.

"Other documents and interviews show that many E.P.A. scientists are alarmed, warning that the drilling waste is a threat to drinking water in Pennsylvania. Their concern is based partly on a 2009 study, never made public, written by an E.P.A. consultant who concluded that some sewage treatment plants were incapable of removing certain drilling waste contaminants and were probably violating the law.

"The Times also found never-reported studies by the E.P.A. and a confidential study by the drilling industry that all concluded that radioactivity in drilling waste cannot be fully diluted in rivers and other waterways."

This outstanding report includes:

an abundance of previously unrevealed documents

interactive features

a new video on drilling and air pollution

AND THIS

TOXIC CONTAMINATION IN PENNSYLVANIA

Interactive Map - HERE

Out of 149 wells mapped:

42 exceeded the federal drinking water standard for

RADIUM

4 exceeded the federal drinking water standard for

URANIUM

128 exceeded the federal drinking water standard for

GROSS ALPHA RADIATION

41 exceeded the federal drinking water standard for

BENZENE

It's no coincidence that this series begins on the same day as the Oscar ceremonies with Gasland competing for Best Documentary
and Mark Ruffalo for Best Actor.

A Documentary on Natural Gas Drilling

Ignites an Oscar Controversy

Time Magazine Story - HERE

"THE WAR IS JUST HEATING UP"

ARE YOU READY?

"HYDROFRACKED?" - ESSENTIAL READING

2011-02-25T14:06:00.000-05:00

Abrahm Lustgarten

Hydrofracked? One Man’s Mystery Leads to a Backlash Against Natural Gas Drilling

Louis Meeks’ well water contains methane gas, hydrocarbons, lead and copper, according to the EPA’s test results. When he drilled a new water well, it also showed contaminants. The drilling company EnCana is supplying Meeks with drinking water. (Abrahm Lustgarten/ProPublica)

PLEASE

YOU MUST READ

THIS OUTSTANDING ARTICLE

Read Every Word

Then Read It Again

HERE

Thank You Abrahm: possibly the best I've seen

in nearly a year of reading about fracking.

DEEP GRATITUDE

BEST WISHES

TO LOUIS MEEKS

WAKE UP

DO SOMETHING