The Marcellus Shale and Fracking

 

The  Main Points      *  water, air, and  ground contamination put our health at risk from gas drilling    *  our future water supplies and recreation areas at risk not just        from chemicals but also from the sheer volume of water taken for each well    *   the process is not  transparent, and what information there is is not easy to access     *   there were over 1400 violations between 1/1/2008 & 7/25/2010    *   DEP & EPA are under-funded for the oversight needed    *   the full range of emission of greenhouse gases is significant but not yet available    *   landowners suffer both financial and quality of life losses, including livelihoods    *   landowners have financial enticements to lease their land, often false ones             without understanding the consequences before they sign    *   proper testing is not being done prior to the drilling near  water supplies     *   landowners have  felt threatened they would suffer consequences if they don’t lease    *   quality of life in the region of the drilling (often pristine mountains ) is diminished              by truck  traffic, scenic blight, noise,  devastation of  recreational land  etc    *    waste water processing plants are not able to process frack water properly    *    the burden of proof that this is safe is NOT  on the ones profiting, but on the victims    *     taxing the drillers will  encourage politicians to embrace more drilling to fill coffers    *     taxing for clean up and restoration ASSUMES that proper clean-up will not be enforced    *     burdens of permitting, inspections, clean-up  should be on the polluter / profiteer    *    the cost of roads, police and other regional costs should be borne by the profiteer    *    gas subsidies take $ from pockets of the polluted & increases profits of polluters    *   renewables are shunned when these dangerous drilling methods are embraced    *   we need to live within our means, not at the cost of our future    *   after spoiling  water and land, we will still have tofind more energy    *   destroyed water and land cannot be replaced  -  now, before it happens is the time to act    *    this gas does not enrich America – it is owned by other countries or by companies          who will sell on the open market      *   our country is not securing these resources for our use -  this energy won't meet our            energy needs - it will meet the needs only of the poerson or company that             owns it.    *   our Constitutional rights are violated by this process

The Socio-Economic impacts of Shale drilling  http://www.multistateshale.org/forum-shale-boomtowns

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Frequently asked questions ? Yes, it  IS a local issue .....
The Main Points   
What You Can Do
Movies & Short Videos to Inform You & for House Parties
The Latest News, Information  and Links  
It's Your Constitutional Right ......
Why Not Just Tax The Fracking Companies?
Other Laws That We Need besides Fracking Regulation
Groups Working for Proper Regulation 
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