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The EPA just reneged on delivering water to rural Dimock Township so they now have no potable water. This after the drilling company was allowed to stop delivering water by state regulators. We’re on our own, folks. It’s clear that state and federal agencies charged with protecting the population are worse than useless. Fracking protest, Occupy Youngstown (WYTV news photo) The Ohio Department of Natural Resources placed a moratorium on further pumping of waste liquids in an area five miles around a disposal well located near Youngstown after the 10th earthquake hit the region on December 24th. In response, the owner of the well, D&L Energy Group of Youngstown, [...] After a Wyoming community complained to the E.P.A. a while back that their well water “reeked of chemicals” the agency analyzed the water and found hydrocarbons. So the residents have been advised not to drink the water. And today a draft report was published that I’m sure made neither the residents nor the oil and [...] Topics last night included: Triumphalist liberals proclaim mission accomplished in Libya even as battles still continue in Tripoli and the National Transitional Council draws up a constitution for a strict Islamist state under sharia law. And then there’s the problem of 1000x more loose weapons than under Saddam. Libya is nowhere near being stable [...] Libya: Assuming the rebels take Tripoli, what comes next? Let’s not forget Dubya’s “mission accomplished” statement on the aircraft carrier when in fact, not much had been accomplished at all. Financial crisis: BofA is in dire shape as are some countries. Bailing out the big banks has made things worse, not better. Hurricane Irene: She [...] Pumping toxic chemicals deep underground can result in polluted ground water. Marcellus Shale Protest Natural gas may be a marginally cleaner fossil fuel than coal, but obtaining it through the processing of fracking turns out to be more damaging to the climate than coal ever was. Fracking is a process that splits deposits of natural gas deep underground, using high pressure chemicals. A new study [...] Shale gas drilling, which involves injection toxic and flammable liquids at high pressure underground to fracture rock formations can make tap water flammable. Crazed environmentalists (and those who wish to drink water from their taps without fear of exploding) oppose this dangerous practice, while the UK government harrumps about how the drilling is subject [...] |  | ||||
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