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@BethMcCannHD8 told one of her constituents that fracking is an "Economic Driver" in Colorado after she trotted out pro-fracking advocates at her recent Town Hall on that subject. Only after receiving a lot of negative feedback from her constituents did she hold a second Town Hall where she invited opponents of fracking to present expert information.
Beth McCann, we invite you to publicly denounce your stance on fracking and pledge to stand up for your constituents' wishes.
Protest against Cuadrilla drilling & fracking just outside the village of Balcombe in West Sussex. Balcombe, West Sussex, UK, 2nd August 2013.
Howard Markert from Youngstown Ohio is a Green Party candidate for Mahoning County Commissioner.
Markert said hydraulic fracturing is not new.
“It’s been in use for more than 60 years. What’s new is the combination of the horizontal drilling technique, which has only been around for about 15 years, and the high volume slick water concept. Instead of tens of thousands or 50,000 gallons of water per well, they’re using anywhere from 8 to 10 million gallons of water per well; and anywhere from 7,500 to 50,000 gallons of concentrated chemicals.”
Market said those who say there are no alternatives to fracking for providing the energy to run modern society should look to Germany.
“Currently, Germany, a country four times the size of Ohio, produces more than 40 percent of their energy from renewables. They produce more energy from solar panels---both photovoltaic and thermal---than all of North America combined. Yet they’re farther north than Ohio, and have only 50 percent of the available solar energy that we do.”
Markert said public policy explains the difference between Germany and the United States.
“Germany’s government have been very proactive in making sure that subsidies and incentives are put in place to encourage the development of green energy alternatives and discourage the use of fossil fuels through taxes.”
A banner reminding us of the geological impacts of wastewater injection wells, linked to earthquakes in several US areas.
Anti-fracking protest in Parliament Square today. The group are from Bolsover, Derbyshire: Frack Free Mission
The Wizard of Oil! Pulling back the curtain on fairy tales of eternal economic growth...
Fracking and Cracking and Plastics, Oh My!!
The People Over Petro coalition assembled on Oct. 22 (during the Shale Insight Conference in Pittsburgh, PA) for an action that conjures a fantasy to draw attention to an unfortunate reality: that fossil fuels and fracked plastic are no way to run an economy. Witches might melt but our ice caps and glaciers will too if we don't get our act together. Learn more and join the coalition at PeopleOverPetro.org.
Jan Reeves talks to approx. 100 fellow fracking protestors during a rally in Abingdon, Virginia prior to the County Supervisors' meeting where they were to vote on allowing fracking in the county. Over 200 attended the meeting for and against the fracking.
A town in Wyoming now has to have its drinking water trucked in, after the US Environmental Protection Agency found that fracking for shale gas had poisoned the water.
John Fenton, Wyoming farmer and activist, toured Australia with a warning about the dangers of fracking for unconventional gas. It’s a message that resonates strongly with communities across NSW who are campaigning against coal seam gas, which is also classified as unconventional.
Greens MP Jamie Parker hosted a meeting with John Fenton in Leichhardt.
More: www.jamieparker.org.au/how-fracking-for-gas-poisoned-the-...
For more info related to the good, the bad and the disastrous please refer to the links below.
kdka.com/local/Natural.gas.drilling.2.1830666.html
blogs.sites.post-gazette.com/index.php/news/city-walkabou...
Blowouts and fires... we do not need
www.thepittsburghchannel.com/news/24354901/detail.html
In my personal opinion, fracking is still as dangerous as drilling if not more. It's inherently dangerous and should not be done anywhere near the city. We need to find alternate energy sources or mechanisms for energy rather than strip, blow up and decimate our habitats.
A coalition of groups participates at a demonstration near the David Lawrence Convention Center. Many carried blue umbrellas symbolizing clean water.
Photograph by Bob Donaldson for the Post-Gazette; Nov. 3, 2010
En el Día Internacional en la lucha contra la Fractura Hidráulica, ciudadanos de Villarrobledo y otros municipios han salido a la calle para reivindicar el derecho a sus aguas y a sus tierras;.
The Wizard of Oil! Pulling back the curtain on fairy tales of eternal economic growth...
Fracking and Cracking and Plastics, Oh My!!
The People Over Petro coalition assembled on Oct. 22 (during the Shale Insight Conference in Pittsburgh, PA) for an action that conjures a fantasy to draw attention to an unfortunate reality: that fossil fuels and fracked plastic are no way to run an economy. Witches might melt but our ice caps and glaciers will too if we don't get our act together. Learn more and join the coalition at PeopleOverPetro.org.