tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2993321373300794743.comments2023-10-04T09:04:40.798-04:00The Marcellus EffectSue Heavenrichhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00550259613381458435noreply@blogger.comBlogger604125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2993321373300794743.post-3028787098259245212014-07-15T12:41:29.284-04:002014-07-15T12:41:29.284-04:00Thanks for all this information. You certainly fac...Thanks for all this information. You certainly face a great challenge where you live, but I think as time goes on, many, many more will be faced with the same challenge. Rosihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01294774973863802821noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2993321373300794743.post-45109858693863989862014-06-29T12:16:05.834-04:002014-06-29T12:16:05.834-04:00When industry or governments seek to squelch publi...When industry or governments seek to squelch public knowledge, it is almost certain the reasons are nefarious. Of course, those of us in the fight know there is much to hide for gas drillers. If the truth were to be revealed on many levels, they might have to cease drilling for good. But the thing that is really hard to believe is that, even when human health is at stake, it isn't enough for the industry to care, and put human life and environment, ultimately our survival as a species, first. Carol Manuel, resident of Rochester, NYCarol Manuelhttp://www.dearsusquehanna.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2993321373300794743.post-49330626272461878922014-06-20T01:47:46.784-04:002014-06-20T01:47:46.784-04:00Very interesting, Sue. Much to think about in this...Very interesting, Sue. Much to think about in this post. Thanks.Rosihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01294774973863802821noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2993321373300794743.post-42380474597762814182014-03-25T14:23:52.578-04:002014-03-25T14:23:52.578-04:00This is a great resource, Sue. Thanks for sharing ...This is a great resource, Sue. Thanks for sharing this information.Rosihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01294774973863802821noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2993321373300794743.post-17053876925677455772014-03-17T18:27:11.834-04:002014-03-17T18:27:11.834-04:00That is an amazing story. It reminds me of somethi...That is an amazing story. It reminds me of something I read a few years ago about one of the huge agribusinesses (Monsanto, I think) that sued to prevent farmers from using seed that was not their genetically modified seed lest the farmers' seed might "foul" the genetically modified seed. It was something ridiculous like that. Giant corporations have such a heavy hand in the legal system with all their money and corporate lawyers. It's a sad state of affairs.Rosihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01294774973863802821noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2993321373300794743.post-80281145732901301012014-03-08T14:05:35.330-05:002014-03-08T14:05:35.330-05:00Hi Sue-- Can you mention there will be a live stre...Hi Sue-- Can you mention there will be a live stream at: <a href="http://seneca-in-the-balance.com/" rel="nofollow">http://seneca-in-the-balance.com/</a><br /><br />Thanks :)Bill Huston 1https://www.blogger.com/profile/15288627254805985954noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2993321373300794743.post-75513631664350596982014-03-02T14:20:34.969-05:002014-03-02T14:20:34.969-05:00LOL. The preview said anonymous, but then the post...LOL. The preview said anonymous, but then the post had my blog name. At least I am making a bit of progress...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2993321373300794743.post-80155364905445510002014-03-02T14:16:47.869-05:002014-03-02T14:16:47.869-05:00From Joanne Corey: Thanks for this post. I shared ...From Joanne Corey: Thanks for this post. I shared the link on my blog, topofjcsmind.wordpress.com. (I would have properly re-blogged it, but couldn't figure out how to do it between different blog platforms. I'm new at this blogging stuff. Actually, I couldn't figure out how not to have this post shown as anonymous, even though I gave both my name and my blog info.)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2993321373300794743.post-75339973803950787892014-03-02T12:56:43.380-05:002014-03-02T12:56:43.380-05:00Wow. This is quite an indictment. Thanks for posti...Wow. This is quite an indictment. Thanks for posting this very interesting information. A great deal of food for thought here.Rosihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01294774973863802821noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2993321373300794743.post-83919704669475311222014-02-23T08:04:21.562-05:002014-02-23T08:04:21.562-05:00I think all of us would agree: our property, our s...I think all of us would agree: our property, our schools, our hospitals, our towns - all deserve the same protection as Rex's property.Sue Heavenrichhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00550259613381458435noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2993321373300794743.post-30287994218140320212014-02-23T01:33:54.874-05:002014-02-23T01:33:54.874-05:00Wow. This is pretty much the definition of irony, ...Wow. This is pretty much the definition of irony, isn't it?Thanks for sharing this story, Sue. Very informative.Rosihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01294774973863802821noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2993321373300794743.post-74172937937863792802014-02-01T19:13:00.884-05:002014-02-01T19:13:00.884-05:00thank you for your cogent comments, Mary.thank you for your cogent comments, Mary.Sue Heavenrichhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00550259613381458435noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2993321373300794743.post-19942217508280929042014-02-01T14:55:38.415-05:002014-02-01T14:55:38.415-05:00Good article, Sue, but I wanted to comment on your...Good article, Sue, but I wanted to comment on your statement re the highest density of wells in the study being more than 125/mile. I think some people may think this was a typo and/or may be asking themselves if it should be per square mile and/or may be asking themselves how many places have more than 125 gas wells per square mile. <br /><br />These are questions I was asking myself when I first saw that number quoted in news articles about the study, so I read the study itself (http://ehp.niehs.nih.gov/wp-content/uploads/122/1/ehp.1306722.pdf) to try to find out what was going on. <br /><br />It turns out that the researchers (reasonably enough) wanted a way to assess exposure, which you cannot really do with a straight count of the number of wells within a given area, since in some cases the wells may be very close to homes, and in other cases they may be farther away. So the researchers used an "inverse distance weighted" approach which they say is used in air pollution studies. This approach, as the paper states, gives "greater weight to wells closest to the maternal residence. For example, an IDW well count of 125 wells per mile could be computed from 125 wells each located 1 mile from the maternal residence or 25 wells each located 0.2 miles from the maternal residence." <br /><br />The paper also notes that "Recent data indicate that exposure to NGD activities is increasingly common. The Colorado Oil and Gas Conservation Commission estimates that 26% of the more than 47,000 oil and gas wells in Colorado are located within 150 to 1000 feet of a home or other type of building intended for human occupancy."Mary Sweeneyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08878546420428414773noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2993321373300794743.post-29333906058821950452013-12-22T21:19:01.252-05:002013-12-22T21:19:01.252-05:00As Yoko and Jay's comments illustrate, Home Ru...As Yoko and Jay's comments illustrate, Home Rule is not going to protect every community. Nevertheless, I support Home Rule in NY and PA and everywhere, because if we've come to the point where corporations can literally invade our neighborhoods and tell us how to live whether we like it or not, that is quite horrifying. But of course, using Home Rule to control fracking is really a second-best attempt to protect the environment and public health, since it still allows an inherently dangerous activity to take place in those towns that decide to allow it, and even in such towns there will no doubt be many adults who do not want to be fracked as well as innocent children, who of course have no say in the matter. Moreover, the adverse effects of fracking are not going to stay within the boundaries of the towns in which fracking occurs, and then what? Once Town A's drilling has fouled Town B's water, what will Town B do? (One thing I'm wondering about this hypothetical situation is whether Town B might have standing to sue Town A, since Town A could have opted not to frack in which case Town B's water would not have been affected.)<br /><br />Despite the shortcomings of the Home Rule approach, I do think that the more towns that ban fracking, the more public pressure there will be for an end to fracking. Dallas, TX (a place that is certainly not hostile to the oil and gas industry) has enacted a 1500-foot setback that effectively bans fracking--this should make everyone really think twice about whether they want fracking in their communities. <br /><br />The danger is that the Home Rule approach could end up just protecting a few chosen places, but I think the hope is that it will form the basis for statewide and nationwide bans, and maybe eventually even a worldwide ban. Mary Sweeneyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08878546420428414773noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2993321373300794743.post-1421869820474387702013-12-21T12:13:39.680-05:002013-12-21T12:13:39.680-05:00My Township has been in the process of writing an ...My Township has been in the process of writing an amendment to our zoning code. Act 13 has been mentioned as a guideline in the process. Beware! Be ever vigilant! If a community's elected officials favor exploiting the environment over protecting it, the former will prevail. This is not democracy. There has never been a vote on the matter.Jay Sweeneyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04764478082232751145noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2993321373300794743.post-29666088322219383382013-12-20T18:47:49.571-05:002013-12-20T18:47:49.571-05:00good news but communities that do not have zoning ...good news but communities that do not have zoning will be heavily exploited . We have neighbors who do not think clean air, clean water and esthetic values matter. Those of us who think these things are essential to a quality of life are outnumbered in the drilling fields. Truck drivers have jobs and some are getting royalty checks. It comes down to leaving the drilling fields if you cannot live within a massive industrialized area...our days are numbered for sure.yokohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12920254541187319563noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2993321373300794743.post-20123601876468714692013-11-26T05:13:11.871-05:002013-11-26T05:13:11.871-05:00Excellent and helpful post… I am so glad to left c...Excellent and helpful post… I am so glad to left comment on this<br /><a href="http://www.synod.in/" rel="nofollow"> Recycling of Waste in Bangalore</a><br /><a href="http://www.synod.in/" rel="nofollow"> Institutional Biogas Plant in Bangalore </a><br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2993321373300794743.post-908481183192914832013-11-19T19:33:28.478-05:002013-11-19T19:33:28.478-05:00Thanks for another interesting post. I always lear...Thanks for another interesting post. I always learn a great deal when I come here.Rosihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01294774973863802821noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2993321373300794743.post-21463492368620936062013-10-30T22:50:39.681-04:002013-10-30T22:50:39.681-04:00Thanks, Sue, for another interesting article. I al...Thanks, Sue, for another interesting article. I always learn something when I read your blog. Rosihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01294774973863802821noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2993321373300794743.post-64083963303498627542013-09-19T16:21:07.394-04:002013-09-19T16:21:07.394-04:00Is Mother Nature trying to shut down the folly of ...Is Mother Nature trying to shut down the folly of Men? One way to do it, but wish there was a better way....<br />Verahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18004004772420388834noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2993321373300794743.post-37851815352274194042013-09-17T08:22:38.803-04:002013-09-17T08:22:38.803-04:00Well, that's a relief...Well, that's a relief...beeahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05405651228791288427noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2993321373300794743.post-84931184182298959742013-09-16T23:29:14.806-04:002013-09-16T23:29:14.806-04:00Let's stop this madness! Garfield County has h...Let's stop this madness! Garfield County has half as many wells as Weld County, in what used to be remote, wild areas and pristine, productive ranch and farm land. If more fires come our way, or severe rains make the Colorado River swell beyond its banks, we'll be joining the efforts going on in the Front Range in disaster relief. Sign my petition to ban fracking on public lands.<br /><br />http://petitions.moveon.org/sign/ban-hydraulic-fracturing-1Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17074536717530849460noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2993321373300794743.post-77431754141615623532013-09-16T13:34:34.326-04:002013-09-16T13:34:34.326-04:00That is a pipeline pig launcher. Similar looking t...That is a pipeline pig launcher. Similar looking to a wellhead but completely different. This is used to send inspection/service equipment down a pipeline to a receiving station somwhere downstream.<br />Here is a common wellhead for reference: http://clasweb.clas.wayne.edu/multimedia/Geology/images/field_trips/Texas_2006/Christmas%20Tree.jpgbenedict.ahhhnoldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11684086686546433073noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2993321373300794743.post-80749778141621316242013-09-16T11:18:48.246-04:002013-09-16T11:18:48.246-04:00Sue, don't you know that only LIBERALS are req...Sue, don't you know that only LIBERALS are required to report dangers to the populace and DAMN them if they forget one or two of them. Conservatives are far too busy protecting the rights of zygotes, bible thumpers and gun nuts.Brian T. Osbornhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04384414832064812064noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2993321373300794743.post-7086791220851301212013-09-16T07:23:11.775-04:002013-09-16T07:23:11.775-04:00Good question, "unknown". What does happ...Good question, "unknown". What does happen when severe flooding hits ethanol plants? oil refineries? fertilizer plants? any heavy industrialized activity?<br />Exactly the sorts of things that SHOULD be considered before those things are allowed in: flood plains, near residential areas, near schools, near village wellheads. Thank you for bringing it up! Hopefully you will take some action beyond writing anonymous comments.Sue Heavenrichhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00550259613381458435noreply@blogger.com