Basing a current decision on "the way we always do it" is never a good policy or excuse for doing anything. If the police weren't directly told, by school officials, they should have asked what time to seal the doors instead of ASSuming they knew. Some people just can't handle a position of authority...
What Ohio Department of Natural Resources Director Jim Zehringer DOES NOT point out is the fact that all of this gas and oil is being exported to Asia. We were told over and over again that the main reason for drilling in this shale formation was to make the US independent of foreign gas and oil. We were told that there is absolutely no reason to fear contamination of our environment. We were told that this industry would create thousands of local jobs.
We were told nothing but a pack of lies by the ODNR and the gas/oil industry.
The ODNR is in the pockets of our governor's Wall Street buddies and the gas/oil industry.
Gas companies have been waiting and lobbying our illustrious republican governor and staff to take our rights away from enjoying the parks that we pay for, so that they can destroy hundreds of acres of pristine forest and contaminate park lakes. This is total madness! To top it all off, this gas is being sent to Asia because gas prices are 'too soft' in the USA. After we were told that this gas would make us more energy independent and lower the prices of this resource, the gas companies ship it to Asia in order to keep our gas prices up.
What a corrupt and arrogant pr*** this Lehman Bros governor is! I say the state of Ohio declare a tax holiday for all its residents (both income and sales taxes) statewide during the entire time that the beautiful Nelsonville area and Wayne National Forest is being raped by gas drillers. Afterall, they are entitled to make a fortune off of land that we own, without any respect given to the environment or the people who enjoy using these parks in the manner they are accustomed to.
I'm so tired of the 'anything goes to make a buck' philosophy of the republican party.
To those of you who think they know what fracking is all about, please read the following from somebody who is experiencing it within 350' of MY house, and only a couple hundred feet from a lake that sustains game fish and a variety of aquatic life, as well as a few Eagles and Blue Heron and many Canadian Geese.
Halcon is the drilling PM for the owner of the well, which happens to be BP. For one thing, no local jobs, other than a few equipment rental vendors, have been created at this particular well site. The hotels are full of workers who have been following Halcon's sites across the states, and working in our area.
The deception of "Fracking is safe" is just that, deception. The wealthiest industry on the planet wants to take the spoils of the earth by the quickest and not necessarily the safest or environmentally friendliest method. There are several dangerous chemicals used in the mix of water and sand, that comprises the concoction injected into the well to fracture the layers of rock. The five, or so, gigantic pumps used to perform this are usually powered by diesel generators that run 24/7 for weeks. Picture 5 or 6 large diesel semi trucks, huddled together and idling at high throttle, and the smoke they spew out. Add to that several more diesel generators used to power the site lighting, contractor trailers, siphon pumps, etc... The prevailing winds, where my neighborhood is located, are from the west. The well site is west of the neighborhood. The lights and noise from this site, while the initial drilling was going on, was almost unbearable at times and the fracking will be several times worse, according to the PM of the drilling contractor.
The chemicals that are released from the holding ponds around the well, are toxic to man and animal. We have small children and babies living in our neighborhood who will be exposed to these vapors. These chemicals have no smell, no taste, and no warning to the public that they are present. The company will tell you that there is no danger, but their employees wear masks around the site. The well shaft is drilled right through the aquifer, and at this time there is no plan in place for these companies to ensure the integrity of the well shaft as it slowly degrades and allows a mixture of gases and chemicals to leak through the casing and concrete, into our water tables.
Oh, by the way..... Halcon has just set up a new well, of several, in the watershed area around Meander Reservoir. So, how soon do you think this will be YOUR and your family's problem instead of just my neighborhood's?
To those of you who think they know what fracking is all about, please read the following from somebody who is experiencing it within 350' of MY house, and only a couple hundred feet from a lake that sustains game fish and a variety of aquatic life, as well as a few Eagles and Blue Heron and many Canadian Geese.
Halcon is the drilling PM for the owner of the well, which happens to be BP. For one thing, no local jobs, other than a few equipment rental vendors, have been created at this particular well site. The hotels are full of workers who have been following Halcon's sites across the states, and working in our area.
The deception of "Fracking is safe" is just that, deception. The wealthiest industry on the planet wants to take the spoils of the earth by the quickest and not necessarily the safest or environmentally friendliest method. There are several dangerous chemicals used in the mix of water and sand, that comprises the concoction injected into the well to fracture the layers of rock. The five, or so, gigantic pumps used to perform this are usually powered by diesel generators that run 24/7 for weeks. Picture 5 or 6 large diesel semi trucks, huddled together and idling at high throttle, and the smoke they spew out. Add to that several more diesel generators used to power the site lighting, contractor trailers, siphon pumps, etc... The prevailing winds, where my neighborhood is located, are from the west. The well site is west of the neighborhood. The lights and noise from this site, while the initial drilling was going on, was almost unbearable at times and the fracking will be several times worse, according to the PM of the drilling contractor.
The chemicals that are released from the holding ponds around the well, are toxic to man and animal. We have small children and babies living in our neighborhood who will be exposed to these vapors. These chemicals have no smell, no taste, and no warning to the public that they are present. The company will tell you that there is no danger, but their employees wear masks around the site. The well shaft is drilled right through the aquifer, and at this time there is no plan in place for these companies to ensure the integrity of the well shaft as it slowly degrades and allows a mixture of gases and chemicals to leak through the casing and concrete, into our water tables.
Oh, by the way..... Halcon has just set up a new well, of several, in the watershed area around Meander Reservoir. So, how soon do you think this will be YOUR and your family's problem instead of just my neighborhood's?
With a conference title like that, it's sure to be a sales job for a greedy industry. They even hold our national security as ransom if the US government doesn't subsidize the openly gluttonous, greedy companies that own a few congressmen and senators..
Boardman parents outraged after doors to commencement close early
Basing a current decision on "the way we always do it" is never a good policy or excuse for doing anything. If the police weren't directly told, by school officials, they should have asked what time to seal the doors instead of ASSuming they knew. Some people just can't handle a position of authority...
June 4, 2013 at 6:52 a.m. permalink suggest removal
ODNR chief: Shale data for 2012 show ‘onset of a new boom’
What Ohio Department of Natural Resources Director Jim Zehringer DOES NOT point out is the fact that all of this gas and oil is being exported to Asia. We were told over and over again that the main reason for drilling in this shale formation was to make the US independent of foreign gas and oil. We were told that there is absolutely no reason to fear contamination of our environment. We were told that this industry would create thousands of local jobs.
We were told nothing but a pack of lies by the ODNR and the gas/oil industry.
The ODNR is in the pockets of our governor's Wall Street buddies and the gas/oil industry.
May 17, 2013 at 7:13 a.m. permalink suggest removal
Drilling forces restrictions on recreation at national forest, park in Ohio
Finally, what our parks are REALLY for!
Gas companies have been waiting and lobbying our illustrious republican governor and staff to take our rights away from enjoying the parks that we pay for, so that they can destroy hundreds of acres of pristine forest and contaminate park lakes. This is total madness! To top it all off, this gas is being sent to Asia because gas prices are 'too soft' in the USA. After we were told that this gas would make us more energy independent and lower the prices of this resource, the gas companies ship it to Asia in order to keep our gas prices up.
What a corrupt and arrogant pr*** this Lehman Bros governor is! I say the state of Ohio declare a tax holiday for all its residents (both income and sales taxes) statewide during the entire time that the beautiful Nelsonville area and Wayne National Forest is being raped by gas drillers. Afterall, they are entitled to make a fortune off of land that we own, without any respect given to the environment or the people who enjoy using these parks in the manner they are accustomed to.
I'm so tired of the 'anything goes to make a buck' philosophy of the republican party.
May 12, 2013 at 8:12 p.m. permalink suggest removal
Supporters of anti-fracking amendment unveil 2 billboards
Why are the pro-frackers so uptight about this issue passing if it's really not enforceable? They have nothing to worry about if it passes!
April 22, 2013 at 10:14 p.m. permalink suggest removal
Shale drilling controversies — who's wrong, who's right
To those of you who think they know what fracking is all about, please read the following from somebody who is experiencing it within 350' of MY house, and only a couple hundred feet from a lake that sustains game fish and a variety of aquatic life, as well as a few Eagles and Blue Heron and many Canadian Geese.
Halcon is the drilling PM for the owner of the well, which happens to be BP. For one thing, no local jobs, other than a few equipment rental vendors, have been created at this particular well site. The hotels are full of workers who have been following Halcon's sites across the states, and working in our area.
The deception of "Fracking is safe" is just that, deception. The wealthiest industry on the planet wants to take the spoils of the earth by the quickest and not necessarily the safest or environmentally friendliest method. There are several dangerous chemicals used in the mix of water and sand, that comprises the concoction injected into the well to fracture the layers of rock. The five, or so, gigantic pumps used to perform this are usually powered by diesel generators that run 24/7 for weeks. Picture 5 or 6 large diesel semi trucks, huddled together and idling at high throttle, and the smoke they spew out. Add to that several more diesel generators used to power the site lighting, contractor trailers, siphon pumps, etc... The prevailing winds, where my neighborhood is located, are from the west. The well site is west of the neighborhood. The lights and noise from this site, while the initial drilling was going on, was almost unbearable at times and the fracking will be several times worse, according to the PM of the drilling contractor.
The chemicals that are released from the holding ponds around the well, are toxic to man and animal. We have small children and babies living in our neighborhood who will be exposed to these vapors. These chemicals have no smell, no taste, and no warning to the public that they are present. The company will tell you that there is no danger, but their employees wear masks around the site. The well shaft is drilled right through the aquifer, and at this time there is no plan in place for these companies to ensure the integrity of the well shaft as it slowly degrades and allows a mixture of gases and chemicals to leak through the casing and concrete, into our water tables.
Oh, by the way..... Halcon has just set up a new well, of several, in the watershed area around Meander Reservoir. So, how soon do you think this will be YOUR and your family's problem instead of just my neighborhood's?
April 21, 2013 at 10:56 p.m. permalink suggest removal
Anti-fracking groups dismiss drilling certification as ‘publicity stunt’
To those of you who think they know what fracking is all about, please read the following from somebody who is experiencing it within 350' of MY house, and only a couple hundred feet from a lake that sustains game fish and a variety of aquatic life, as well as a few Eagles and Blue Heron and many Canadian Geese.
Halcon is the drilling PM for the owner of the well, which happens to be BP. For one thing, no local jobs, other than a few equipment rental vendors, have been created at this particular well site. The hotels are full of workers who have been following Halcon's sites across the states, and working in our area.
The deception of "Fracking is safe" is just that, deception. The wealthiest industry on the planet wants to take the spoils of the earth by the quickest and not necessarily the safest or environmentally friendliest method. There are several dangerous chemicals used in the mix of water and sand, that comprises the concoction injected into the well to fracture the layers of rock. The five, or so, gigantic pumps used to perform this are usually powered by diesel generators that run 24/7 for weeks. Picture 5 or 6 large diesel semi trucks, huddled together and idling at high throttle, and the smoke they spew out. Add to that several more diesel generators used to power the site lighting, contractor trailers, siphon pumps, etc... The prevailing winds, where my neighborhood is located, are from the west. The well site is west of the neighborhood. The lights and noise from this site, while the initial drilling was going on, was almost unbearable at times and the fracking will be several times worse, according to the PM of the drilling contractor.
The chemicals that are released from the holding ponds around the well, are toxic to man and animal. We have small children and babies living in our neighborhood who will be exposed to these vapors. These chemicals have no smell, no taste, and no warning to the public that they are present. The company will tell you that there is no danger, but their employees wear masks around the site. The well shaft is drilled right through the aquifer, and at this time there is no plan in place for these companies to ensure the integrity of the well shaft as it slowly degrades and allows a mixture of gases and chemicals to leak through the casing and concrete, into our water tables.
Oh, by the way..... Halcon has just set up a new well, of several, in the watershed area around Meander Reservoir. So, how soon do you think this will be YOUR and your family's problem instead of just my neighborhood's?
April 21, 2013 at 10:14 p.m. permalink suggest removal
All trash haulers at Allied Waste to return to work tonight
"Allied Waste should be crediting our bills for putting up with this nonsense."
Waaaaaaaaaa..... If YOUR pension was being defunded, would it still be "nonsense"?
April 21, 2013 at 9:28 p.m. permalink suggest removal
FBI, IRS agents lock down Pilot Flying J headquarters
Another Republican Bible thumper. The GOP is full of slick hypocrites and sicken me.
April 16, 2013 at 9:02 a.m. permalink suggest removal
Discuss concerns about fracturing at Warren conference
With a conference title like that, it's sure to be a sales job for a greedy industry. They even hold our national security as ransom if the US government doesn't subsidize the openly gluttonous, greedy companies that own a few congressmen and senators..
March 30, 2013 at 9:41 p.m. permalink suggest removal
Domenici acknowledges having son outside marriage
Yet another God fearing, bible thumping, hypocrite Republican gets caught doing what he rails against others for.
February 20, 2013 at 1:47 p.m. permalink suggest removal