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Natural Gas drilling hazards not confined to below ground
Posted: Jun 22, 2010
This article is long, but the jist is....since they opened the Marcellas Shale operations in PA, there have been numerous accidents by companies of EOG of TX, Chesapeake Appalachia, Fortuna aka Talisman, Chief Oil and Gas, Cabot Oil and Gas, and others.
They have polluted private property and wells, ponds, streams, and the ground with benzene, hydrochloric acid, oil, diesel fuel, and wastewater.
They are destroying some of the most beautiful areas in the state. It's really all caused by carelessness, but the fines DEP is saddling them with are miniscle compared to the damages being caused. To get to the areas, they build roads....buy using a dozer to plow down trees. That's it. Trucks must drive over the stumps. At least 3 trucks a week wind up on their sides because of it.
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Daily Show Last Night - Guest
[ In Reply To ..]Josh Fox was on the Daily Show last night and he apparently has a show on HBO called Gasland. In it, he has traveled around the country and found people where this shale high-pressure drilling for natural gas has wreaked havoc on the water supplies. They showed a clip where this fella was able to light the water on fire as it came out of his tap. Some apparently want to dismiss it as many of the people this is happening to are in rural hours, but as Mr. Fox pointed out, this is the water that is also being used to supply many large cities. It was pretty frightening really. LOL I'll think twice about having the oven on while I'm doing dishes.
Wish I could have seen that. Do they ever do re-runs? - Backwards Typist
[ In Reply To ..]Some of the streams that had 'wild' fish (not stocked by the game commission) turned a dark burnt orange.
There have been at least 9 accidents that are known. Who knows how many others that were covered up.
I don't live in those areas, but we used to visit there a lot. We thought about moving there for a long time, but doubt it now.
Heck, on our property,which is all shale, if it rains hard and heavy, we have oil coming out of the ground from our shale. Shame it's not enough to do something with it. :-(
Frequently - I_am_watching_it_again_now
[ In Reply To ..]I can't tell you exactly the times because I'm in central zone so we're a little 'off', but it's on several times during the course of the day. I know they've also got full episodes on-line, too.
Dang. Changed the channel and caught the last sentence. - Backwards Typist
[ In Reply To ..]Guess I'll have to try on line.
Don't know if you're still around, but - it_is_on_again_at_6_CST n/m
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