One example of the complicity of some women in the promotion of the extraction industry is the exchange between Nicole Jacobs, Rachael Colley, and myself concerning my piece, "The Good Ole' Boy Extraction Club, (YouTube: The Good Ole’ Boy Extraction Club: The Pseudo-Patriotic and Pervasively Patriarchal Culture of Hydraulic Fracturing (Why Breast Cancer is the Canary in the Fracking Coal Mine). The exchange is interesting because it highlights the extent to which women who might in some ways … [Read more...] about Green-Washing and Gender-Sanitizing Fracking: Rachael Colley and Nicole Jacobs of Energy in Depth
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Frackin’ studies ? We Don’t Need No Stinkin’ Frackin’ Studies !
"Why confuse the issue with studies ?" The Governor dispels any doubt about what the fracking regulations will not be based on. Health studies. Ones that are actually completed. Or science. You know, stuff like that. Whatever gave us that impression ? Dr. Shah playing Good Fracking Cop to Martens's Bad Fracking Cop ? When they both report to Cuomo. Think maybe we got played ? Maybe it's time for your town to get its road and land use ordinance up to snuff. If not, you may need to get … [Read more...] about Frackin’ studies ? We Don’t Need No Stinkin’ Frackin’ Studies !
Cuomo Hides in Bunker, Dodging Teachout and Bailiffs
Cuomo was last seen in New York state kissing babies on the 4th of July in Bed Stuy. Supposedly has taken a tanning bed into the bunker to keep some semblance of a tan. Will not surface for fear of being hit with a subpoena or challenged to a debate by Teachout. Unless it's to sneak out to lock up the Bomb the Bejeezus out of the Palestinians Vote in Israel, one of his core constituents. Other than the odd overseas boondoggle and photo op, Cuomo's re-election campaign has degenerated into … [Read more...] about Cuomo Hides in Bunker, Dodging Teachout and Bailiffs
Range Resources: Where the Sun don’t shine
To catch up on the saga read: Range Resource: Making Problems Go Away and What’s in Your Water? Don’t ask the PA-DEP. Representative Jesse White, Pennsylvania State Representative (D) for 46th District of Pennsylvania (parts of Washington, Allegheny and Beaver Counties has become the latest target by the Natural Gas Industry. The Independent Petroleum Association of America (IPAA) through their public relations campaign site – Energy-in-Depth (EID) accuses Representative White of … [Read more...] about Range Resources: Where the Sun don’t shine
Tilting at Tax Shelters: The Great Wind Farm Tax Scam
The reason why you don't see many functioning 10 year old wind turbines is because wind farms are financed as tax shelters and the tax bennies run out in 5 years. After that, the wind turbines are not even worth repairing. They are left to spin listlessly in the wind. In high wind regime areas such as Tehachapi Pass in California, you can spot each successive generation of tax shelter programs - none of the older wind turbines are working. Only the current crop of tax shelter machines are … [Read more...] about Tilting at Tax Shelters: The Great Wind Farm Tax Scam
Deborah Goldberg Frack Fighter
My pal Deborah Goldberg, or as I call her Lady Chainsaw, is where the rubber meets the road in the legal battles to keep frackers at bay. Great interview here. She looks so harmless, doesn't she ? At least that's what shale shysters Tom West and Scott Kurkoski thought before she had their guts for garters. Advice to frackers: If this person shows up carrying a legal brief, cell phone and notepad - do not make eye contact - walk slowly back to your truck, get in, lock the door, and head back … [Read more...] about Deborah Goldberg Frack Fighter
Drill Deeper or Don’t Drill at All
The press covered the Assembly hearing - maybe not all 12 hours of it, but enough to hear many expert witnesses explain what's missing in the DEC's approach - about everything. And to hear a grab bag of local frack flaks deny absolutely every risk - and not address the proposed regulations. So here's the Times Union's take is on the biggest fiasco in the DEC's history. http://blog.timesunion.com/opinion/drill-deeper-%E2%80%A8new-york/23705/ Drill deeper, New York January 15, 2013 at … [Read more...] about Drill Deeper or Don’t Drill at All
Fracking Insurance
Is an oxymororn. It does not exist for homeowners. The way the insurance business works is the insurance companies aggressively market the policies, maximizing revenue, and then do whatever they can to not pay claims, minimizing costs. They invest the "float" (the difference between revenues held/retained and claims paid) and make money on the investments. That summarizes Warren Buffet 101. Finding out whether they will pay a claim on a fracking related incident is not something most homeowners … [Read more...] about Fracking Insurance
Pipeline Rule Number 1: COME AND FRACKING TRY TO TAKE IT
Rule Number 1 - if some fracker tries to buy your land for a pipeline right of way (ROW) and threatens you with an eminent domain condemnation, tell them: "Come and take it." Force them to have to condemn it. Have blogged about this before and the word has gotten out : You're better off forcing a condemnation than selling or leasing an easement. Make the frackers have to take it away from you. Don't sell out cheap, if at all. This is a 2012 University of Texas study that shows that, on … [Read more...] about Pipeline Rule Number 1: COME AND FRACKING TRY TO TAKE IT
Shale Chablis: Fine Varietal Wines and Bomb Trains Don’t Mix
The frackers are planning a massive industrialized exploding gas cavern right next to the shores of Seneca Lake, which is the home of New York's finest vineyards. Meaning there will be exploding shale Bomb Trains and tanker trucks 24/7/365 through the vineyards. Before the whole thing goes kaboom. The Sandra explains why this is not an inspired use of prime vineyard lands: "The gas industry plan to import and store fracked gases (methane, butane, propane) in abandoned salt mines along the … [Read more...] about Shale Chablis: Fine Varietal Wines and Bomb Trains Don’t Mix
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