Predictably, and despite all the melodrama that Tom "Fracking Flop-Flipper" West could muster, Anschutz appealed the Drdyen decision, and the Cooperstown Holsteins (a very minor league team) may appeal Middlefield based on a 31 year old bit of anecdotal evidence. Here is Flop Flip Tom gassing about the Dryden appeal: "About a week ago, West said Anschutz was looking to see if someone else would take over the case. He said Anschutz was looking for someone else to fund the case. "It is a … [Read more...] about Anschutz v Dryden: Fracking Flop Flipper
Tioga Landowner Napalm Clusterfrack
Update here - the Tioga Napalm Clusterfrack was shut down as another fracking scam. http://www.nofrackingway.us/2012/04/05/tioga-commie-clusterfrack-accounting/ Tioga County Landowners have issued a "world wide" press release announcing a deal on their mineral rights : At exactly the lowest price for natural gas since the turn of the century. Terms are not a conventional royalty, but some communal sharing arrangement that sounds a whole lot like . . . communism. The landowners, the … [Read more...] about Tioga Landowner Napalm Clusterfrack
Water Defense on the Colbert Report - Wednesday March 28th
On the Stephen Colbert Show this Wednesday, Mark Ruffalo will announce Water Defense's campaign to expose the problems that can often arise when fracking frackers frack the countryside into a fracking brownfield. Not to mention the fracking earthquakes. . . or all the fracking frack trucks . . . . Ad campaign will launch with Mark Ruffalo, Dr. Anthony Ingraffea, Dr. Ron Bishop, and a non-actor, non-Phd. token Texan. Fractavist Fiesta at the Tonic Bar on 7th Avenue at 9:30 - see below - … [Read more...] about Water Defense on the Colbert Report - Wednesday March 28th
Range Resource’s Fractavist Martyr : Calvin Tillman
Range Resources really has a peculiar knack of energizing fratavists. Certainly has given a boost to the movement in New York. So, for that, we should all be grateful. Negative PR is a Range speciality: http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Range_Resources Range's Martyr of the Month is Calvin Tillman - popular lecturer on the perils of fracking and new Poster Boy of Range's Psy Ops Counter Insurgency Campaign Against Grassroots Opposition to Unfettered Fracking of Every Fracking Square … [Read more...] about Range Resource’s Fractavist Martyr : Calvin Tillman
Tom West’s unappeal in Dryden and Middlefield
Update = http://www.nofrackingway.us/2012/04/01/tom-wests-april-fool-joke-on-middlefield/ Having failed at trial twice, lawyer/lobbyist/master thespian Tom West has put his lobbyist/news commentator hat back on and is re-arguing both cases in the press - first threatening a "takings" claim against both towns (not even close, not even in the same county as close - so no more of that from Tom Boy ) then talking out of both sides of his mouth as to whether his client(s) are going to pay … [Read more...] about Tom West’s unappeal in Dryden and Middlefield
BREAKING News: Red Cross Citizen of the Year Displaces 32 Families for Profit
BREAKING News: Red Cross Citizen of the Year Displaces 32 Families for Profit Link to this post on social media: TinyURL.com/AquaAmericaJerseyShoreRefugees BREAKING News: 32 families evicted from Jersey Shore PA to make way for water withdrawal facility for hydrofracking. Refugees for commerce. New Video, by Scott Cannon youtube.com/watch?v=21-s2cNF14I Direct result of recent SRBC actions. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jF8gkXtNtnE&list=PL4B66343AC11BCC8B Aqua America = … [Read more...] about BREAKING News: Red Cross Citizen of the Year Displaces 32 Families for Profit
Trout to Frackers: “Frack off !”
"On March 20, Trout Unlimited and members of the Sportsmen Alliance for Marcellus Conservation —a coalition of 20 sportsmen groups representing more than 265,000 members—met with legislators in Albany about concerns with the impacts of Marcellus Shale drilling on fish, wildlife, forests and water resources. Some of the specific issues we conveyed to legislators, include the inadequacy of DEC’s proposed setback from water resources, the lack of cumulative impact assessment and the lack of … [Read more...] about Trout to Frackers: “Frack off !”
Anschutz Balks At Dryden Appeal
Born-Again-Billionaire Balks at Backing Bovine's Appeal Against Middlefield Born-Again Billionaire Phil Anschutz is balking at appealing his lawsuit against Dryden and may not back Cooperstown Holstein's appeal against the Town of Middlefield. Says it's too expensive, and is looking for some other group to pay for it. Anshcutz's lawsuit against the Town of Dryden was recycled by Anschutz's attorney / lobbyist Tom West, who represented the Middlefield plaintiff. West recycled most of the … [Read more...] about Anschutz Balks At Dryden Appeal
USDA Underwrites Mortgages on Toxic Properties = Toxic Mortgages (This time for real . . .)
Lower Standards on Mortgages + Write Mortgages on Fracked Properties = Toxic Mortgages Sound Familiar ? USDA announced today that it intends to write more "environmentally toxic sub-prime" loans, in order to "meet the growing demand" for toxic sub-prime secondary securitizations. "We like these toxic asset; every portfolio should have some, " a spokesman said, "with the run-off of subprime mortgages, this fills a need. We can write a lot of mortgages on these fracking contaminated properties. No … [Read more...] about USDA Underwrites Mortgages on Toxic Properties = Toxic Mortgages (This time for real . . .)
Scientists Give EPA an “F” on Dimock Water Tests
Ask the EPA to drink what they test . . . . Observations on Selected USEPA Summaries of Well Water Analysis from Dimock, Pennsylvania, 2012. Ronald E. Bishop, Ph.D., CHO I have reviewed biological and chemical analysis summaries of Dimock homeowners’ wells identified by the USEPA as HW-02, HW-04, HW-06, HW-08a, HW-12 and HW-17. These are my observations: The methods used to determine coliform and heterotrophic bacteria were very poorly performed: results from ten … [Read more...] about Scientists Give EPA an “F” on Dimock Water Tests
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