NY TIMES: Pennsylvania concerns inspiring Texans to protest fracking.

[Divernan]

Let's make an effort to cross post &/or rec our local PA news stories on fracking up to 5 & get the word out to the rest of DU's members and readers. This is a problem in approximately 30 states & we need to support a national awareness of this fracking rape of our state's environment and the health of our citizens.

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/04/24/us/24ttnaturalgas.html?src=recg

"FORT WORTH — Texans pride themselves on being the heart of the nation’s oil and gas business. But even here, public concern about natural gas drilling is growing.

On Wednesday, several dozen protesters marched through downtown Fort Worth, waving signs and chanting anti-drilling slogans that reflected concern over air and water pollution.

The protest, organized by the group Rising Tide North Texas, is the latest sign of a backlash against drilling in Texas. Yard signs saying “Get the Frack Out of Here” and “Protect Our Kids/No Drilling” have appeared in some yards in Southlake, a Dallas suburb. A few communities have declared a temporary moratorium on drilling permits, and Dallas set up a task force last week to examine drilling regulations within its city limits.

Analysts say the discontent appears to be partly inspired by highly publicized concerns in Pennsylvania, a state unaccustomed to drilling and where fracking has recently increased. The federal government is also raising concerns: the Environmental Protection Agency is beginning a study about the method’s effect on groundwater, and a report for Congressional Democrats released last week detailed the quantity of chemicals that gas companies are putting into the ground."

[drm604]

1. K&R

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[blue neen]

2. I'm glad that the word is getting out.

The Marcellus Shale industry has done its' best to make sure that the concerns ARE NOT highly publicized.