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Radioactive Frackwaste ? Call The Rachel !

July 22, 2013
Radioactive Frackwaste ? Call The Rachel !

Our pal Rachel Treichler is an environmental lawyer and a pretty cool hand on a hot topic: radioactive frackwaste. Since the Marcellus Shale is particularly rich in radioactive material, getting rid of it has become a quite a challenge - in some cases, amounting to a black market in contraband frackwaste. Or shipping it all the way across the continental United States to Idafrackingho. When the frackers are unable to dump it illegally in a local wastewater treatment plant. Out West, they just dump the stuff into a disposal well - and cause earthquakes. And just hope that it won’t bubble up somewhere in our lifetime. (New York actually has 8 such disposal wells, with more queued up to be permitted. So keep your seat belts fastened and your crockery on […]

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The Great Frack Water Giveaway

September 4, 2013
The Great Frack Water Giveaway

The Rachel sent this along about how the state basically gives water away - for free - no permit, no nothing - for up to 100,000 gallons a day - per user. Coming from where I do, why anybody would give water away simply baffles me. The enabling legislation was passed unanimously after the Major Environmental NGOs said giving water away was an inspired idea. For private golf courses, power plants, frackers, hog factories, and other Corporate Personages. Who donate to political campaigns. And Major Environmental NGOs. 100,000 gallons x 10 applicants (tank truck owners) = 1 million gallons a day. For fracking free. Even I could figure that one out. And I only took one course at Texas A&M. http://www.nofrackingway.us/2013/07/15/free-fracking-water/ http://www.nofrackingway.us/2012/11/22/free-frack-water/ Contact The Rachel about contesting these giveaways : […]

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Free Fracking Water

July 15, 2013
Free Fracking Water

The frackers re-wrote the New York state water withdrawal regulations with a big fracking loophole that will enable them to take massive amounts of water for free. They can get 100,000 gallons a day - no questions asked - free. And so, if they get say 10 subcontractors, that’s 1,000,000 gallons a day from the state - for nothing. We wrote about it at the time. What did the environmental NGOs in NYS do about it ? They helped get the regulations passed. Loophole and all. The loophole is so obvious that even a Texan with a 10th grade education could figure it out. Which is why I spotted it almost right away. After The Rachel pointed it out. Rachel Treichler and Karen Edelstein put this report together on the […]

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After Frack “Ban” New York Awash in Frack Filth

March 18, 2015
After Frack "Ban" New York Awash in Frack Filth

Imported fresh daily from Fracksylvania. Where they appear to have an infinite supply of the stuff. Post Frack-Ban Impacts on New York’s Water Resources Three months ago, Governor Andrew Cuomo announced a ban on high-volume hydraulic fracturing in the state of New York. So – at least for now - contamination from active drilling is off the table. But there are other ways that hydrofracking puts New York’s water resources at risk. Steve Penningroth, director of the Community Science Institute recently spoke about how shale gas waste disposal and infrastructure development threaten the state’s water resources despite the federal Clean Water Act and the state-wide frack ban. State regulations that address wastewater treatment plants, factories, landfills, and even concentrated animal feeding operations (CAFOs) allow a certain amount of pollution. That’s because […]

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January sees five major pipeline leaks

February 4, 2015
January sees five major pipeline leaks

More Pipelines = More Spills & Accidents     On Thursday, the Senate voted 62 to 36 to approve the Keystone XL tar-sands pipeline, which would move heavy crude oil across the Canada-U.S. border and down to Texas refineries and ports. Nine Democrats joined 53 Republicans in voting for the bill, which now must be reconciled with a House version before heading to President Barack Obama’s desk … and a promised veto. The pipeline needs White House approval because it crosses an international border, but perhaps odder than the futile effort of crafting legislation that is assured a veto is that the latest public push for the massive pipeline comes at the end of a month that has seen more than its share of serious pipeline accidents. “Maybe this is […]

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Frack Ban Victory Party - Albany New York January 21, 2015

January 25, 2015
Frack Ban Victory Party - Albany New York January 21, 2015

The Sandra may be the Rachel Carson of the fractavists, but Gasland was our Silent Spring Thanks The Josh. And everybody else.

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Theo & Pete

January 10, 2015
Theo & Pete

Real American Idols January 9, 2015In the past year, we’ve lost four science and environment icons whose impact will be felt for decades. By Peter Dykstra Americans have an unfortunate genius for anointing the irrelevant and forgetting those who truly mattered. Let’s make sure we remember four who left us in 2014: Pete Seeger, Martin Litton, Theo Colborn and Rick Piltz. Seeger will surely be remembered for his music as a folksinging legend and Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductee (he converted a biblical passage into a Top Forty smash for the Byrds, “Turn, Turn, Turn.) But his politics and his half-century crusade to clean up the Hudson River outweigh his huge musical legacy. Seeger was blacklisted during the McCarthy Era, and unlike many of his fellow victims, he […]

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A Brief History of the New York State Frack Ban Movement

December 21, 2014
A Brief History of the New York State Frack Ban Movement

Or what the frack really happened ? The science - including the political science and the geoscience - decided. Why New York Did Not Get The Fracking It Did Not Deserve “Success has many parents, failure is an orphan.” We can summarize why fracking was prohibited in New York with a simple construct - the cost/ benefit ratio - what the environmental risks and economic costs would be to the state and it citizens versus the benefits of shale gas industrialization. Initially, this ratio appeared to tilt very much in favor of fracking - at least in the popular press and in the corridors of power - because the gas industry had grossly overstated the benefits of shale gas development while categorically denying the risks and collateral damage associated with it. […]

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What the Frack Happens Now New York ?

December 20, 2014
What the Frack Happens Now New York ?

We won that battle. So relax. Take the rest of the week off. There will be plenty to do later on. Mean time, there will be no fracking “counter-attack” by the frackers. No big lawsuits. No Congressional action. Just some frak flaks whining and mouthing off. Here’s why: It’s simply not worth it to the frackers to take any more of a public caning. And they admit it publicly. Which is why there won’t be any meaningful lawsuits or legislation to challenge this. They not only lost, but they were chided in public by Governor Cuomo: the frackers failed to make their case environmentally in New York, economically in New York or scientifically via a preponderance of the peer-reviewed studies. Babbling (Governor Cuomo’s words) about how great fracking might be in a godforsaken […]

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Thank You Governor Cuomo

December 17, 2014
Thank You Governor Cuomo

You deferred to DOH Commissioner Zucker and DEC Commissioner Martens, but we all know who was responsible for this epic act. So for that, we thank you Governor Cuomo. First, I’m going to thank you on behalf of some people that aren’t here to thank you themselves. Our beloved Theo Colborn did not live to see the day, but god knows she would have agreed with Dr. Zucker and she would thank you. Hillary Acton followed you everywhere with her home-made signs, as did thousands of other, but she’s no longer with us, so on Hillary’s behalf, I thank you. Pete Seeger didn’t live to see the day, so for Pete’s sake, I thank you. I’m going to thank you on behalf of Ian McKee, who was burned to death on a rig in […]

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