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“This is what my kids are made of. They are made of water. They are made of the food that is grown in the county that I live in. And they are made of air. We inhale a pint of atmosphere with every breath we take... And when you poison these things, you poison us. That is a violation of our human rights, and that is why this is the civil rights issue of our day.”
Tomgram: Ellen Cantarow, An Environmental Occupy Fracks Corporate America
Seeded on Mon Jan 23, 2012 1:30 PM EST
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Halliburton Profit Grows as U.S. Fracking Surges
Bloomberg -Net income rose 50 percent to $906 million, or 98 cents a share, from $605 million, or 66 cents, a year earlier, according to the statement. Excluding a $15 million charge related to an unspecified environmental matter, the company beat by 1 cent the average of 33 analysts’ estimates compiled by Bloomberg. Sales climbed 37 percent to $7.1 billion.
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#1 - Mon Jan 23, 2012 1:33 PM ESTThanks for seeding this - you beat me to it.
At the moment, in fact, the anti-fracking movement in the state only seems to be ramping up. Should the government approve the SGEIS in its current form, lawsuits are planned against the Department of Environmental Conservation. And a brief "Occupy DEC" event that took place in the state capital, Albany, on January 12th may have set the tone for the future. Meanwhile some activists, turning their backs on established channels, are already working on legislation that would criminalize fracking.
Indeed the anti-fracking movement in New York is strong and growing. Last night, I attended a public hearing on a fracking moratorium in my sleepy little town in Western NY. Gas drillers and their attorneys were present, making their case for fracking to the board members. Their case boiled down to the usual BS talking points:
Don't worry, the problems you've heard about couldn't happen here.
Your town will prosper from all the money we'll generate for you.
You (the board and the citizens) don't understand this but you can trust us
As I waited for the board to open up the floor for citizens to comment I wondered what would be said. I live in a very conservative, Republican dominated area and worried fracking could get rubber stamped. That didn't happen. The citizens were absolutely and passionately against fracking. Many spoke including myself. The poor town board members looked like deer in the headlights - they had never seen this level of attendance and solidarity for any issue.
I encourage New Yorkers, and concerned citizens everywhere, to join and keep up the fight against dirty energy.
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#2 - Fri Jan 27, 2012 9:14 PM ESTI think Vermont is looking at a three year moratorium. I want to see it banned, as you know.
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At a time when the International Energy Agency reports that we have five more years of fossil-fuel use at current levels before the planet goes into irreversible climate change, fracking has a greenhouse gas footprint larger than that of coal. And with the greatest water crisis in human history underway, fracking injects mind-numbing quantities of purposely-poisoned fresh water into the Earth. As for the trillions (repeat: trillions) of gallons of wastewater generated by the industry, getting rid of it is its own story. Fracking has also been linked to earthquakes: eleven in Ohio alone (normally not an earthquake zone) over the past year.
What more does anyone need to know?
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