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When the Roots Aren’t Made of Grass, the Solutions Save the System, and the Only Thing Hotter than the Planet is the Bacon

March 18, 2015

About two thirds of the way into Josh Fox’ Solutions Grassroots Tour performance at Clarke Chapel, Lycoming College, Pennsylvania, I got up and walked out. I wasn’t noisy-but I was definitive. I could say that Fox’ gig just wasn’t very well put together (it wasn’t), or that it seemed pretty cheesy on the side of a pitch for his new installment in the Gasland documentary series (it was). I could say that the “theater” promised in the trailer was wholly MIA, and that it wasn’t much of a concert-but the surprise musical guests were really really great.   Nope, I got up and walked out because the Progressive Democrat brand of politics being sold to an audience mostly made up of all the usual anti-fracking movement suspects-and no one really […]

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Climate Change – The Debate is OVER

September 22, 2014

On Sunday, September 21, 2014 over 400,000 people assembled in New York City for the People’s Climate March. In the run up to the march, news stories estimated number of attendees around 100,000. Within a couple of days before the march, this number was upped to 200,000. People came on buses, trains, subways, bikes and by foot on the morning of September 21. We initially heard over 400 buses were expected; by the time we reached the starting point of the march we were hearing over 550 buses were arriving. As the day passed we heard CNN reported that it was impossible to estimate the size of the crowd. Other media conservatively stated tens of thousands. The largest number has been estimated at over 400,000. How big was the march? […]

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ANATOMY OF A SHALE SOCKPUPPET

January 5, 2014

We all know the fossil fuel industry talking points need close scrutiny to properly understand how they define their words. We also know their supporters will happily promote those talking points regardless of whether or not these supporters understand the talking points and the definitions. It’s an insult to parrots to say these supporters are “parroting” the Fossil Fuel Industry (FFI) talking points. Studies have shown parrots are intelligent and possess an understanding of words and what they mean. No similar study exists to indicate the fossil fuel supporters understand what is coming out of their mouths. Perhaps sockpuppet would be a better word to describe the supporters? Aside from the FFI’s trade organizations, front groups and green washed associations, there are the political sockpuppets. Use of a politician as […]

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ANOTHER FRACK FAIRY TALE

December 29, 2013

Bryan Walsh, Senior Editor at Time magazine , published an article entitled “Fracking for Natural Gas May Help Us Save Water”. Based on some study from the University of Texas at Austin (UT), for which Walsh does not give a link or even the study title, he contends the extraction of oil and natural gas through the process of unconventional drilling (i.e hydraulic fracturing) is saving water. If you run a google search on “university of austin natural gas fracking saves water”, you will find essentially the same article on a number of fossil fuel cheer leading sites. The similarity of wording, and the closeness of publication times between all these “articles”, leads me to believe they are essentially a copy/paste job from a fossil fuel industry source. It took […]

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FRACK FAIRY TALES FROM MSC

December 27, 2013

Newly hired President of the Marcellus Shale Coalition (MSC), David Spigelmeyer has a sad and reacts to the recent ACT 13 rulings by retelling old Frack Fairy tales. One would think in light of growing opposition to the fossil fuel industry’s industrialization of our communities that Spigelmeyer would have come up with better frack fairy tales. Briefly, Spigelmeyer, was Vice President of Government Relations for Chesapeake Energy. He and a number of other Chesapeake employees were let go in mid 2013 during a “massive restructuring” of the company. Forbes magazine characterized it as a “bloodbath”. Since the beginning of 2013 approximately 1,200 employees have been let go. If you are interested in reading what Chesapeake Energy employees (current and former) are saying, CLICK HERE.   ACT 13 FRACK FAIRY TALE […]

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IT’S THE METHANE, STUIPD!

August 5, 2013

People! It is critical that you all become well versed in this material. Methane concentrations are skyrocketing and it’s because of natural gas development. For a larger version of this graphic to distribute click HERE. This is indisputable proof. About a dozen universities and governments around the world cooporated in these measurements. They have been peer-reviewed up the wazoo. For my original post about this please see: The real story about methane and the EPA estimates. You MUST learn this material!

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CLIMATE CHANGE – FORGET PEOPLE, SAVE THE PROFITS

June 3, 2013

At a May 2013 ExxonMobil shareholder’s meeting in Dallas, TX.. CEO Rex Tillerson made an astonishing statement. “WHAT GOOD IS IT TO SAVE THE PLANET IF HUMANITY SUFFERS?” For the seventh time, ExxonMobil shareholders voted down a resolution to require the corporation to set goals for reducing greenhouse gas emissions. What Tillerson probably meant to say is “WHY SAVE HUMANITY AND THE PLANET IF PROFITS SUFFER?” A 2011 report by Carbon Brief has found 9 out of 10 of the most prolific published which deny the existence of climate change are connected to ExxonMobil. The top ten contributors are alone responsible for 186 of the papers cited by the Global Warming Policy Foundation. The data also shows that there are many other familiar climate sceptic names among the major contributors […]

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Natural Gas Methane - OMITTED RESULTS

May 3, 2013

Kevin Begos, from the Associated Press reported on April 28, 2013 that the EPA Methane Report Further Divides Fracking Camps. Begos didn’t give a link to the report. It really wasn’t all that difficult to find on the EPA website. Read or download the entire Inventory of U.S. Greenhouse Gas Emissions and Sinks: 1990-2011 (PDF, 503 pp., 14.10 MB). I suggest you also go the EPA Climate Change Indicators in the United States page. The EPA report was issued in April of 2013; the report covers the period of 1990-2011. Per EPA Report Section ES2 Recent Trends in US Greenhouse Gas Emissions and Sinks: (emphasis added) The decrease from 2010 to 2011 was due to a decrease in the carbon intensity of fuels consumed to generate electricity due to a […]

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