Gas Wells Are Not Our Friends

The 11th Injection Well Approved in Pennsylvania

noreply@blogger.com (Peacegirl) — Tue, 06 Jun 2017 20:24:00 +0000

A sign protesting a proposed deep injection well sits on the lawn of a home in Brady Township, Clearfield County. Community opposition to deep injection wells is strong because of links with earthquakes and fears of drinking water contamination.

Injection wells are now being permitted in Pennsylvania. Injection wells are installed to store fracking fluids from gas well drilling. In other areas of the country, for example, Oklahoma, injection wells have been linked to earthquakes, seismic activity, and underground pollution of water. I guess injection wells are going to be increasing in number. It is truly troubling that, added to more and more pipelines and compressor stations, we must face the consequences of all these threats to our environment and our health.

https://stateimpact.npr.org/pennsylvania/2017/06/05/pa-dep-approved-11th-underground-injection-well-for-oil-and-gas-waste/

A Good Decision Is Reversed: Cabot Oil Is Given An Undeserved Thumbs Up By Judge

noreply@blogger.com (Peacegirl) — Sat, 01 Apr 2017 17:18:00 +0000

I feel a personal connection to my dear friends in Dimock, PA, because I became friends with quite a few residents of Susquehanna County in 2009 when I had my epiphany about the natural gas industry and the destruction it was causing, especially in Dimock which was hit so hard early on when hydrofracking started tearing up everything underground, causing water contamination and illness. This weekend a judge vacated a case against Cabot Oil, taking away a $4 billion award to two families who have suffered so much in the last 8 years or more since Cabot ruined their perfectly good water. Now the judge says a new trial would be required. Read about the devastating news here.

This is the first post I have posted since September 2015. I am so angry about this decision that I was compelled to return to my blog and write about it.

BREAKING: Oil and Gas Drilling Impacts Public Drinking Water in Potter County (PA)

noreply@blogger.com (Peacegirl) — Fri, 25 Sep 2015 15:37:00 +0000

Journalist writer Melissa Troutman, Executive Director of Public Herald, reports that drinking water systems have been impacted and at least five private water supplies are contaminated due to ongoing pollution being caused by a natural gas fracking operation of JKLM Energy in Potter County, PA. An emergency public meeting occurred this week in downtown Coudersport (Ms. Troutman's hometown). The water contamination has been sourced to the Reese Hollow #118 shale gas well where drilling operations began on August 28, 2015.

An interesting side issue: JKLM Energy, a young company, whose largest shareholder, Terry Pegula, sold the former East Resources for $4.6 billion and then purchased the Buffalo Bills and Buffalo Sabres. A study revealed that East Resources ranked first among about 45 drillers cited for violations during the period of the study.

Another revolting aspect: DEP is telling local residents to direct their complaints to JKLM Energy. So they are kind of on their own I guess.

Read Troutman's report here. In the article, there are many links which will take you to other places to learn more about this horrible situation.

http://publicherald.org/breaking-oil-gas-drilling-impacts-public-drinking-water-supplies-in-potter-county/

Demand accountability!

Emergency Protest in Albany, NY, Against the Constitution Pipeline

noreply@blogger.com (Peacegirl) — Fri, 14 Aug 2015 13:52:00 +0000

Published on Aug 13, 2015

Governor Cuomo and Acting DEC Commissioner Gerstman must deny issuing a 401 Water Quality Certificate (WQC) fort the Constitution Pipeline.

Visit: www.stopthepipeline.org

Do not issue a 401 Water Quality Certificate (WQC) for the Constitution Pipeline! Thank you to all the protestors who went to Albany August 11th!

What's Killing the Babies of Vernal, Utah?

noreply@blogger.com (Peacegirl) — Sat, 18 Jul 2015 16:34:00 +0000

A fracking boomtown, a spike in stillborn deaths and a gusher of unanswered questions

Read more: http://www.rollingstone.com/culture/features/fracking-whats-killing-the-babies-of-vernal-utah-20150622#ixzz3gGGrLKMm
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Vera Scroggins: Anti-Fracking Activist Talks About Her Injunction

noreply@blogger.com (Peacegirl) — Fri, 03 Jul 2015 22:06:00 +0000

Uploaded on Jun 29, 2015

Vera Scroggins explains the injunction set by Cabot oil and gas against her she must follow in Susquehanna County. She also explains a new phenomenon: Vera sightings.

Vera has been revealing what is actually happening in Susquehanna County, PA, through her video documentation and the tours she gives of the area, during which she shows people the effects of the gas industry. To say she is relentless is an understatement. She has been sued by Cabot Oil and made several court appearances. An injunction was given to her in May which has many orders in it, limiting her access to many places in her county, and will never expire.

She explains what Vera Sightings are here. Cabot is trying to build a case against her even now after all she has been through.

We Are Seneca Lake: Josh Fox Speaks Out About Nat Gas Storage Under Seneca Lake

noreply@blogger.com (Peacegirl) — Fri, 15 May 2015 13:42:00 +0000

"[Josh] Fox put together this short documentary, which premiered exclusively at the Daily Beast on Wednesday—a call to action from him and fracking activist Sandra Steingraber, an ecologist and author who has been at the forefront of the We Are Seneca Lake campaign."

Horizontal slickwater hydrofracking was banned in New York State in 2014. However, the infrastructure needed to support the natural gas industry, i.e. pipelines, storage facilities, trains, compressor stations, etc., are equally as disturbing and dangerous. We must not let up on the fight to protect the planet.

Sharon Wilson: How She Became an Activist Against the Gas Industry in Texas

noreply@blogger.com (Peacegirl) — Sat, 09 May 2015 14:36:00 +0000

Sharon Wilson - Ft. Worth, Texas from Oceans 8 Films on Vimeo.

Sharon Wilson is a horsewoman and blogger from Texas whose bucolic property suddenly became prime real estate for hydrofracking. In response, she organized other landowners in similar predicaments and made sure their voices could be heard.

Earth Day Message from Rep. Louise Slaughter of New York

noreply@blogger.com (Peacegirl) — Wed, 22 Apr 2015 14:20:00 +0000

Happy Earth Day!

God bless Mother Earth, our island home.

Stop the Trans-Pacific Partnership!

noreply@blogger.com (Peacegirl) — Wed, 22 Apr 2015 14:07:00 +0000

To get involved in the movement to stop the Trans-Pacific Partnership, click here.

#noTPP

The good news is that this is a plan we can stop. Today, Congress introduced a bill that would allow the TPP to be signed into law. This legislation, called Fast Track, faces a close vote -- if enough Members of Congress come out against this plan in the next few weeks, TPP stops in its tracks.

The Trans-Pacific Partnership is being negotiated in secret because it is such a bad idea, and the corporations behind it are hoping it moves forward without too many people noticing. If our representatives know we're watching, they're much less likely to get behind this thing.

TPP could also be used to attack worker's rights, and so many other things that matter. For instance, if New York finally raises the minimum wage to $15, multinational corporations could sue the state and make taxpayers pay for lost profit. Every major organization fighting for economic justice for workers opposes it.

Fracking Intimidation: Vera Scroggins Edition

noreply@blogger.com (Peacegirl) — Wed, 22 Apr 2015 13:18:00 +0000

on Apr 21, 2015

Cabot Oil and Gas does not tolerate dissent. They've used lies and intimidation to silence Vera Scroggins, who does citizen tours around Dimock Pennsylvania. But the harassment of any and all critics is very common - I found this out personally as I filmed installation across America. I was reported to Homeland Security for filming a gas refinery - Homeland security gave my boss a call after they tracked the license plate on the rented car I was driving to him. "To know who rules over you, find out who you can not criticize" The fossil fuel industry - using the fracking boom - has decided we will remain on fossil fuels no matter what science says. Silencing critics is pone way they get this done - which destroying our democracy, our environment and our communities at the same time.

"Vera Scroggins, a Pennsylvania grandmother who gives tours of her local area to people interested in knowing more about fracking, could be jailed for her work. Cabot Gas and Oil has been trying to stop her citizen tours by using false claims to place a legal injunction against her. Cabot's attack on Vera reached a zenith this Spring when an industry worker falsely testified that Vera Scroggins violated the court's order.

Vera has many witnesses who testified that the worker was wrong and Vera was well within the boundary set for her by the injunction. But the judge, who has financial interests in the gas industry - rejected the testimony of three witnesses and accepted the testimony of the singular gas worker who had no proof of his claims.

Why is Cabot so dead set on punishing Mrs. Scroggins? Cabot takes this approach with anyone who defies them. The corporation uses local media propagandists and local pro-gas groups to harass, intimidate and obstruct all opposition. This time Cabot Gas and Oil hopes to jail a critic based on false testimony.

Vera is encouraging anyone in the area to come to the Montrose Courthouse on Thursday, April 23, at 1:30 to stand in support of democracy, decency and justice."

How Hilary Clinton's State Department Sold Fracking to the World

noreply@blogger.com (Peacegirl) — Wed, 15 Apr 2015 14:10:00 +0000

I want a woman to be president. Hilary is running for president. Can I support her? Here is an article that appeared in Mother Jones last fall. An excerpt:

"One icy morning in February 2012, Hillary Clinton's plane touched down in the Bulgarian capital, Sofia, which was just digging out from a fierce blizzard. Wrapped in a thick coat, the secretary of state descended the stairs to the snow-covered tarmac, where she and her aides piled into a motorcade bound for the presidential palace. That afternoon, they huddled with Bulgarian leaders, including Prime Minister Boyko Borissov, discussing everything from Syria's bloody civil war to their joint search for loose nukes. But the focus of the talks was fracking."

Hilary Clinton also urged Romanian officials to give fracking another chance. She bent over backwards to encourage Bulgarian officials to go forward with fracking, including sending her special envoy for energy in Eurasia to stop fracking bans. With her help, Romania's parliament voted down its proposed fracking ban and Bulgaria's eased its moratorium.

Mrs. Clinton worked very hard to promote and spread fracking around the globe. She employed the services of David Goldwyn as her special envoy for international energy affairs. He had a long history of promoting drilling overseas- both as a Department of Energy official under Bill Clinton and as a representative of the oil industry.

I am very, very, very concerned about Hilary Clinton's position on fracking worldwide and, of course, global climate change. I think it is painfully obvious that she is not going to promote sustainable energy policies. And that is very unfortunate.

Here is the link to the article: http://portside.org/2015-04-14/how-hillary-clintons-state-department-sold-fracking-world

We may have to sort out what we can live with when choosing our next president, and having a woman occupy the office may not be the most important consideration.

Anti Pipeline Rally: Josh Fox in Schoharie, NY

noreply@blogger.com (Peacegirl) — Fri, 10 Apr 2015 02:46:00 +0000

Published on Apr 9, 2015

This is at the Press Conference in Days Inn, Schoharie, NY; by a group of organizations concerned about the latest, 30" gas pipeline coming through NY and the group of additional gas compressor stations along the route; Open House followed this by the Kinder Morgan Pipeline Company with their reps...Mohawk Nation Natives of NY attended and in the background. Like Josh says , we don't need this gas and we can be 100% independent using non-fossil fuels alternatives...

Video: Vera Scroggins

Chip Northrup: Netanyahu Frack Bombs Iran in Congress

noreply@blogger.com (Peacegirl) — Wed, 04 Mar 2015 14:06:00 +0000

I invite you to read this post from Chip Northrup.

http://www.nofrackingway.us/2015/03/03/netanyahu-frack-bombs-iran-in-congress-again/

Is Iran a nuclear threat? I think Chip Northrup has a well-informed answer.

Richmond, VA, People's Climate March

noreply@blogger.com (Peacegirl) — Sun, 01 Mar 2015 15:06:00 +0000

A impressive and creative People's Climate March took place in Richmond, VA, on February 23, 2015. Ten protestors were arrested.

#NOACP

Stop selling our future!

Terry Greenwood- Living on the Shale (PA)

noreply@blogger.com (Peacegirl) — Tue, 24 Feb 2015 15:10:00 +0000

Published on Feb 21, 2015

This video was produced at our event Living on the Shale" on May 17th, 2014 by CECA, (Coshocton Environmental and Community Awareness Inc.). It featured citizens from around the nation who are at the forefront in the fight to protect our communities from the extreme environmental impacts of slickwater horizontal hydrofracking . The event was entitled "Living on the Shale" and was held in Coshocton, Ohio. Visit our website at www.Cecaware.org.

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RIP Terry Greenwood: October 26, 1947- June 8, 2014

Say No to the Keystone XL Pipeline

noreply@blogger.com (Peacegirl) — Sat, 21 Feb 2015 20:12:00 +0000

President Obama says he’ll veto the latest attempt by Congress to push through the Keystone XL pipeline, but he hasn’t yet committed to rejecting this dangerous proposal outright.

Stop the pipeline permanently!

Groundhog Day: Is the groundhog our best predictor?

noreply@blogger.com (Peacegirl) — Tue, 03 Feb 2015 16:25:00 +0000

Let's think about this, everyone.....

North Dakota Spill From Leaking Pipeline: The Biggest Spill On Record

noreply@blogger.com (Peacegirl) — Sat, 24 Jan 2015 18:04:00 +0000

3 million gallons of brine from oil drilling spills in N.D.
January 21 at 11:17 PM
3 million gallons of brine spill in N.D.

Nearly 3 million gallons of saltwater generated by oil drilling have leaked from a North Dakota pipeline, an official said Wednesday, the largest such spill since the state’s oil boom began and nearly three times worse than previous record spills. Two creeks have been affected, but the full environmental effect might not be clear for months.

Operator Summit Midstream Partners detected the pipeline spill on Jan. 6, about 15 miles north of Williston, and told health officials then. Officials said they were not given a full account of the size until Tuesday.

Cleanup has begun and inspectors have been monitoring the area, but it will be difficult to measure the effects on the environment and wildlife until ice melts, said Dave Glatt, chief of the North Dakota Department of Health’s environmental health section. Some previous saltwater spills have taken years to clean up.

“This is not something we want to happen in North Dakota,” Glatt said.

At the moment, the spill does not threaten public drinking water or human health, Glatt said. He said a handful of farmers have been asked to keep their livestock away from the two creeks, the smaller of which will be drained.

[So there is nothing to worry about, oh, but don't let your animals drink from the creeks, oh, and one of the creeks will be drained.....]

The saltwater, known as brine, is an unwanted byproduct of oil and natural gas production that is much saltier than sea water and may also contain petroleum and residue from hydraulic fracturing operations.

The new spill is almost three times larger than one that fouled a portion of the Fort Berthold Indian Reservation in July.

— Associated Press

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Sandra Steingraber Greets Large Crowd In Albany Yesterday

noreply@blogger.com (Peacegirl) — Sat, 24 Jan 2015 03:29:00 +0000

Sandra Steingraber addressed the gathering at the Hilton in Albany yesterday. The occasion was a rally and celebration of the recent decision by Gov. Cuomo to ban fracking in New York State. Here is the text of her speech: click here.

Gas Pipelines Installed Next To Homes in PA

noreply@blogger.com (Peacegirl) — Sat, 24 Jan 2015 00:29:00 +0000

Published on Jan 23, 2015

Pipelines dug near homes in Vera's county, Susquehanna County, Pa. and there are no setbacks that I know of. See what it's like in this video near Montrose, Pa. in my county and we now have a spider web of high-pressure gas pipelines all over our county and more regularly being proposed and installed. We are exposed to this risk and change of our landscape with many trees being cut down and wetlands and waterways crossed and impacted...

Video: Vera Scroggins

PA Governor's Inaugural Speech: Protestors Chant Throughout!

noreply@blogger.com (Peacegirl) — Thu, 22 Jan 2015 20:26:00 +0000

Published on Jan 22, 2015

Concerned Citizens and Community Members protested and chanted, "Ban Fracking Now" and interrupted Gov. Wolf's Inauguration Speech and some in the bleachers were stopped and removed by the Police, arrested and taken away. Hear Gov. Wolf's total speech and hear the anti-fracking chanting in the background. Large group of protesters were situated about 300' behind the outside setup for the Inauguration....thanks, to the caring Citizens for your protest and letting the new Gov. hear that Fracking needs to be banned and is harmful and dangerous for us....at 9:24 into the video, Gov. Wolf addresses Gas and Pa. Resources and the Protesters....

Unprecedented relentless chanting throughout the entire speech! Thanks to Vera Scroggins for the video!

Ban Fracking In Pennsylvania Now!

Furor Over Fuel: Finger Lakes Region (NY) Faces a Crisis

noreply@blogger.com (Peacegirl) — Mon, 19 Jan 2015 00:25:00 +0000

New York State has banned horizontal slickwater hydrofracking. However, there is much work to be done to insure the health of the environment, human health, and the economic health of the state. The infrastructure necessary for the gas industry, namely, pipelines, wastewater treatment, liquid natural gas storage, compressor stations, and transportation of oil and gas via rail, is still very much in question. In the Finger Lakes region, famous for its pristine water, tourism, and wine industry, there are those who want the money from the gas industry and those who are more concerned about the inevitable and irreversible health and environmental effects.

"The furor is over construction plans by Crestwood Midstream Partners to expand natural gas storage and add LPG storage in existing caverns on Seneca Lake's western shore. Gas would be withdrawn during heating season, with the facility connected to an intricate pipeline and options to ship by truck and rail."

Read the article from The Ithaca Journal here.

Just about every day, groups of protestors block the two entrances to Crestwood. This is causing a strain on local law enforcement, so they say. The costs of the protests, including extra staff and court costs, were not budgeted this year. The many protestors are people from many walks of life, and they are passionate about this crisis. Well over a hundred people have been arrested so far, with some serving jail sentences.

Let the protests continue until Crestwood leaves!

High Volume Horizontal Hydrofracking: New York State Says No!

noreply@blogger.com (Peacegirl) — Sat, 20 Dec 2014 16:09:00 +0000

For a good read, check out this response from Chip Northrup:

http://www.nofrackingway.us/2014/12/20/what-the-frack-happens-now-in-new-york/

What's going to happen next in New York State? Chip Northrup says, "Nothing!" We will not have horizontal gas drilling in New York. Game over for the frackers. The sad part is that the drillers will just take their marbles and go somewhere else to destroy the landscape and put human beings and other living things in harm's way. So we must all get busy and ban fracking wherever we live. Many communities in NY have done this, and it has made it very difficult for frackers to operate. Click here to see an excellent map showing the actions against drilling in New York communities.

Cuomo Says No To Fracking in NY: Sandra Steingraber Responds

noreply@blogger.com (Peacegirl) — Wed, 17 Dec 2014 23:55:00 +0000

Hallelujah! The news is astounding, but the report from Acting Health Commissioner Zucker and Commissioner Martens of the DEC have weighed in today on the matter of horizontal slickwater hydrofracking. Based on the findings of the long-awaited report of health risks and harm caused by this extractive industry, the commissioners recommended that Governor Cuomo ban fracking at least for the foreseeable future. The Governor has agreed with the report and announced this afternoon that horizontal gas drilling will not be permitted in New York State. This is a huge day for all those who have worked so hard to stop fracking which has destroyed water, air, and soil in areas of the country where this industry has operated. There is much work to be continued, especially in regard to infrastructure related to the gas industry which will still affect NYS: pipelines, wastewater treatment, railroad transportation of gas, among other issues.