Pennsylvania to Become 'Gasland'?

[Lars77]

Run time: 11:47 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KRRe5X6deNc   Posted on YouTube: November 08, 2010 By YouTube Member: TheRealNews Views on YouTube: 508   Posted on DU: November 09, 2010 By DU Member: Lars77 Views on DU: 649

 

[Altoid_Cyclist]

1. I watched a local public access show last night.

It's hosted by a teabagger and she had our PA state Senator on as her guest. They were discussing the Marcellus Shale and how safe it is and how many jobs it will bring to PA along with a lot of money.

They both claimed not to know why the "Fracking" process is exempt from the clean water regulations. They decided that it must be due to the fact that it's completely safe???????????? :wtf: :dunce: :wow:

I sent the Senator an email that wasn't very nice, but meh...


I happened to see Speak Out with Lois Kaneshiki and Sen. Eichelberger last night.

In regard to the Marcellus Shale industry, they were either both badly misinformed and/or bought off by the industry.

The fact that both of them claimed to not know the reason for the EPA Clean Water Act exemption for the "Fracking" process is mind boggling.

A simple 5 second search on the web would have supplied the answer.

In case they're still ignorant of the facts, the reason that they are exempt is because of what is called the "Halliburton Loophole". This was inserted into law by none other than Dick Cheney while he was Vice (in more ways than one) Prsident. As you are probably aware, Cheney stood to benefit from anything that served to benefit his former company (Halliburton). Halliburton as you might not know developed the "Fracking" process and stood to prosper as long as there were no regulations to safeguard people and property exposed to this form of "clean energy".

Please inform Sen. Eichelberger that he really needs to be either more honest or more diligent in his duties before he proclaims this procedure as non-harmful.

Here are a few links if he's interested:

http://www.donnan.com/Marcellus-Gas_Hickory.htm

http://solveclimatenews.com/news/20090929/fracking-accidents-prompt-calls-oversight

http://frackmountain.wordpress.com/beta/

http://gaslandthemovie.com/whats-fracking

http://www.vanityfair.com/business/features/2010/06/fracking-in-pennsylvania-201006

[nunyabidness]

2. Say goodbye to healthy anything there.

[Klukie]

3. My husband knows some folks who have leased their land

When he asked them about the risks they shrugged it off. The dollars must have clouded their foresight.

[Klukie]

4. Chevron nabs U.S. shale gas acreage

SAN RAMON, Calif., Nov. 10 (UPI) -- A deal to acquire U.S. energy company Atlas Energy Inc. adds trillions of feet of shale gas to Chevron's portfolio in the United States, the supermajor said.

Chevron announced that it would acquire Atlas for $3.2 billion in cash and $1.1 in assumed debt. The acquisition gives Chevron access to natural gas deposits in the Marcellus Shale play in southern Pennsylvania.

Chevron Vice Chairman George Kirkland said the deal gives his company around 9 trillion cubic feet of gas reserves with the bulk of that locked in American shale deposits, including 100,000 acres of shale in Michigan.

"This acquisition is the right opportunity for Chevron," he said.

The big guys are descending on our state.....I am convinced that we will consume one another in the end!