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I'm so pissed at the "natural" gas drilling that is trying to take over this state.
They are currently allowed to drill in my city, like in my hood. It's freaking crazy.
When they drill they put chemicals in the land that end up getting into water supplies. This has definitely happened in the past for sure. Like people being able to light their tap water on fire.
"Chemicals and water -- there's your first clue to why people are alarmed. A report released by the Pennsylvania Land Trust this month showed that there have been 1,435 violations of the state oil and gas laws in the past 2.5 years -- at least 952 of which affect the environment. That's more than one a day.
The tiny town of Dimock, Pennsylvania, has more than 60 wells in a nine-square-mile area. Fourteen families have had their drinking water contaminated with methane gas after drilling on or near their property. They'll probably never be able to drink the water from their wells again.
Methane in your tap water is both creepy and dangerous. YouTube clips of people lighting the water from their faucets on fire are bad enough. But a couple of weeks ago, a man in Pennsylvania was severely burned after his well exploded while he was setting up a waterslide in his yard for his kids."
Michael Brune's blog - Sierra Club
Right now the drilling companies don't even need to disclose which chemicals they put into the ground
Had this lovely headline today:
1 killed in Pa. natural gas explosion; 5 missing
1 killed in Pa. natural gas explosion; 5 missing - Yahoo! News
They are currently allowed to drill in my city, like in my hood. It's freaking crazy.
When they drill they put chemicals in the land that end up getting into water supplies. This has definitely happened in the past for sure. Like people being able to light their tap water on fire.
"Chemicals and water -- there's your first clue to why people are alarmed. A report released by the Pennsylvania Land Trust this month showed that there have been 1,435 violations of the state oil and gas laws in the past 2.5 years -- at least 952 of which affect the environment. That's more than one a day.
The tiny town of Dimock, Pennsylvania, has more than 60 wells in a nine-square-mile area. Fourteen families have had their drinking water contaminated with methane gas after drilling on or near their property. They'll probably never be able to drink the water from their wells again.
Methane in your tap water is both creepy and dangerous. YouTube clips of people lighting the water from their faucets on fire are bad enough. But a couple of weeks ago, a man in Pennsylvania was severely burned after his well exploded while he was setting up a waterslide in his yard for his kids."
Michael Brune's blog - Sierra Club
Right now the drilling companies don't even need to disclose which chemicals they put into the ground
Had this lovely headline today:
1 killed in Pa. natural gas explosion; 5 missing
1 killed in Pa. natural gas explosion; 5 missing - Yahoo! News
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