The Fracksylvania Supremes have upheld a municipality's right to apply local land use ordinances - aka Home Rule - to oil and gas drilling. Bravo. This squares with established law in every state -except where out of state Carpetfrackers have attempted to subvert Home Rule by buying off some local politicians. Home Rule applies in the states where the frackers come from - Texas, Oklahoma, Louisiana, New Mexico. Even in the city with the highest number of frackers per capita in the world, … [Read more...] about HOME RULE UPHELD IN FRACKSYLVANIA !
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Fracksylvania’s Dumping Grounds: New York
Neither the waste haulers nor the NY DEC can be trusted regarding frack waste. There is simply more frack waste coming out of Fracksylvania than the frackers know what to do with. Fracksylvania's DEP does not track the filth beyond state lines, so once the truck is in New York, it's home free. The hauler will say that it is "salt water" that it is "brine" that it smells like roses. The haulers get paid by the load, not by the hour, so it is in their best interest to simply make the stuff go … [Read more...] about Fracksylvania’s Dumping Grounds: New York
Grisanti: “New York Will Take All The Fracking Filth That Fracksylvania Can Dish Out !”
Or until Casella stops handing him the fat envelopes. Whichever comes first . . . ALBANY, NY- A bill sponsored by Senator Cecilia Tkaczyk (S.5123A) to ban the disposal of hazardous fracking waste in NY was defeated in the Senate Environmental Conservation Committee by a 6-7 vote, along party lines. Among the republican “NO” votes were Senators LaValle, Grisanti, Marcellino, Little, Young, Maziarz and O'Mara. Committee Chairman Grisanti declared before the vote that "I’m not actually sure … [Read more...] about Grisanti: “New York Will Take All The Fracking Filth That Fracksylvania Can Dish Out !”
Fracksylvania Goes Fracking Bust
Fracksylvania's bid to become the New Texas has evidently run into a bit of economic reality. Won't happen. One fracking Texas is probably enough anyway. Fracksylvania has not just flat-lined, it's hit the fracking wall. With a higher unemployment rate than its un-fracked neighbor. http://www.philly.com/philly/news/20130911_Pa__fracking_boom_goes_bust.html IT WAS JUST a couple of years ago that fracking was booming in upstate Pennsylvania's Bradford County, and Janet Geiger, a retired … [Read more...] about Fracksylvania Goes Fracking Bust
Fracksylvania Poops on New York
One of the gotcha moments at the Assembly hearing was when one of the committee members expressed surprise that frackwaste was already being imported into New York state from Pennsylvania. As if that is a surprise ? Not only does Pennsylvania export its flowback and drill cuttings, but you can track where it goes - provided it's not dumped into a river or a road along the way. Meaning there's not enough places to dump it in Pennsylvania - so it gets trucked hundreds of miles in Ohio and New … [Read more...] about Fracksylvania Poops on New York
New York: Where Fracksylvania Dumps Its Frack Filth
Not all of Fracksylvania's frack filth gets exported to Ohio and Idafrackingho. Some of it is already being dumped in New York -as "brine." So here's the game - the gas goes to China, and New York gets the filth. Sound like a plan ? http://thelcn.com/2013/11/25/dec-confirms-fracking-fluid-processed-at-cuylerville-plant/ DEC confirms fracking fluid processed at Cuylerville plant November 25, 2013 by Howard W. Appell A 3-year-old rumor was confirmed during the question and answer session … [Read more...] about New York: Where Fracksylvania Dumps Its Frack Filth
Where Fracksylvania Dumps Its Waste
Turns out to be in New York state, in addition to Ohio, where Fracksylvania's toxic radioactive frack sludge is too hot to handle - so the Ohio landfills can't take it. Because shale is radioactive, drilling horizontally through it and bringing the drill cuttings and contaminated drilling fluids ("mud") back to the surface is basically mining radioactive material. Then fracking it with a few million gallons of toxic fluid is "solution mining" the radioactive and toxic materials out of the shale … [Read more...] about Where Fracksylvania Dumps Its Waste
Connecticut to Become Frack Waste DisposAll for Fracksylvania
In a bid to compete with the good folks in Idafrackho for Fracksylvania's seemingly limitless supply of toxic radioactive frack filth, and apparently unable to sustain its economy with insurance companies, hedge funds, antiques dealers, growing cigar wrapper tobacco, building ships, gun manufacturers, or providing 2nd homes to New Yorker's, Connecticut's governor touts the importation of toxic radioactive frack waste as the state's economic salvation. There are some folks in Connecticut that … [Read more...] about Connecticut to Become Frack Waste DisposAll for Fracksylvania
The Republic of North Fracksylvania
Unhappy with the court rulings that New York law actually allows towns to use their Home Rule powers to prohibit shale gas industrialization - if the town votes to do that - a few disgruntled town officials are threatening to secede and form the Republic of North Fracksylvania - presumably so they can roll the dice on their own leases - at the expense of the rest of the townsfolk. Meaning, they are deeply unhappy that the court has confirmed their ability as town officials to protect their … [Read more...] about The Republic of North Fracksylvania
Fracking Bust in Fracksylvania
Horizontal shale wells are down over 40% in the Pennsylvania / New York border counties as of September, year to date. The number for Susquehanna County is suspect since it's identical to last year. Bradford County is down over 55%. The year to year decline hides the fact that the actual monthly declines in permits decelerated rapidly during the year. No wonder the gas companies are starting to hold up royalty payments. They have to keep the Gas Blonde ads running on TV every 5 minutes. Then … [Read more...] about Fracking Bust in Fracksylvania
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