December 14, 2013
During the reconstruction era, following the Civil war, the term Carpetbagger was coined to describe northerners who moved to the south and were usually seen carrying a bag which looked like it was made from a carpet. Motives for the “carpetbaggers” include political aspirations and/or economic opportunities. Many carpetbaggers were businessmen who purchased or leased plantations and became wealthy landowners. Today, carpetbagger refers to anyone coming in from the “outside” for political or economic motives. WPX and FRANKLIN FORKS Earlier this week, word was spread among fracktivist groups of the WPX obtaining a court order to allow them to remove water equipment from the home of two families in Franklin Forks. WPX had previously halted water deliveries, and the families relied on themselves and through donations to purchase and deliver […]
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December 9, 2013
In 2010, Gasland, a documentary by Josh Fox, explored the impact of natural gas drilling, specifically the practice of slickwater horizontal hydraulic fracturing. To the lay person, it’s known as fracking. Gasland was attacked by the natural gas industry, and thanks to those attacks, people became more aware and started to educated themselves about the hazards and risks. Gasland also did something else; it brought a small rural town in northeast Pennsylvania into the limelight. That town was Dimock. While media attention on Dimock has faded, we must keep in mind there are many other “Dimocks” out there. Small towns, where the gas drillers are denying responsibility. Small towns being ignored by the PA Department of Environmental Protection. Small towns, where real people are without clean water through no fault […]
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