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My comment to the following article: http://www.timesreporter.com/topstories/x919513385/Chesapeake-Energy-gets-commissioners-green-light-to-drill
'Chesapeake agreed to reimburse Tuscarawas County for any additional costs associated with the maintenance of roads as a result of the company's activities during construction, drilling and completion of wells. This includes any dust suppression needed during peak activity periods' How nice. Hey, wait a minute...... hey commissioners, how about our potable water supplies? for God's sake, where's the guarantee from the industry for that? Or guarantees for environmental reclamation and restoration?
The article and those identified explained it very well, this isn't about producing energy but it is clear it is all about making money; It is about profits before people and planet.
The industry tells us fracking was and is safe so it must be safe, right? And we all know corporations are looking out for people, right? That the energy industry is honest with the public, right? That's why the industry writes the legislation that gets passed into law by their flunky politicians that guarantees them unrestricted access to the resources, free from regulations, and protection from litigation. It's because they're looking out for people!
Well now; there our countries that are now banning the process and states are as well, New Jersey is the first, others are beginning to stringently regulate fracking and still others are reviewing and including environmental interests for input in strengthening, reinforcing and applying regulations to the process that provide protection to aquifers and water tables, streams, forests, and air quality. How could this happen? My God, the poor drilling and energy industry!!
Wow! who would have thought that any of us would live to see the day where Americans citizens would have to fight to ensure that our water stays drinkable. And that their efforts are beginning to make a difference to boot! Freaking A right! Reasonable, intelligent, logical people, rural and urban folk, from all walks of life, can still prevail, that's a good message for America's future. Ensuring water quality before profits, wow, what a concept.
It's not a message that has reached Ohio though, at least apparently not yet. In Ohio, once again, the bottomless lust for short term profits trump the long term (or even short term) health of our community, region, state and country.
Still the industry continues with misinformation and lies of the safety of its methods. The energy industry and their advocates, as well as those who would make great profits from this, would just as soon destroy the water supply and environment as to make a few bucks.
So, once again...It seems so obvious, we, that is you, I, all of us, need clean drinking water to live. So why would we allow private industry to mess with it...it is not like they have the best track record when it comes to the environment. No fracking! We, all of of us, need clean drinking water more than we need cheap natural gas.
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