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Toxic big oil pulls sneaky dirty trick on Californians trying to kill the state’s health-protecting ban on new oil and gas wells within 3,200 feet of homes, schools, clinics, hospitals, and other sensitive sites.
Our Patients Need Us to Stand Up to Big Oil — The industry protects profits over public health by Lisa Patel, MD, MESc December 13, 2023, MedPageToday Welcome to Climate Checkup, a new MedPage Today column on climate change and … Continue reading
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A Scathing Must Read by Prof Emmett Macfarlane on Danielle Smith/UCP’s and Preston Manning’s “Ideological Garbage Fire” Public Health Emergencies Panel Report, in cahoots with retired SCC judge John C. Major (to give it and them fake legitimacy)
The Manning Report and the former SCC judge by Emmett Macfarlane, Dec 15, 2023, Declarations of Invalidity, Substack Last month Alberta saw the release of the final report of its Public Health Emergencies Governance Review Panel, appointed by the government … Continue reading
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Art Berman: Shale Oil and the Slurping Sound. “That’s the bottom of the milkshake, the slurping sound.”
The real jaw dropper in the study looking at USA oil production today, performance is dropping at a precipitous rate, and the shale plays, again the average well performance is declining at a really concerning rate. The unconventional plays bought … Continue reading
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Just Released! Videos for 2023 Shale & Public Health Conference (11th Annual) with hair-raising presentation by Justin Nobel, and analysis by David Hess. The oil, gas and frac industry is toxic, no matter how we look at it.
Main page: YouTube Playlist: If you only watch one of the 14 videos from the conference, I recommend video #8 with Justin Nobel. 20:54 Min Welcome to the 11th Annual LWV Shale and Public Health Conference 15:37 Min Exploring Risk … Continue reading
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Slaughterhouse Zionism: 75 years of bloodshed and feeding hate. Rabbi Yisroel Dovid Weiss, Neturei Karta spokesman, talks to TRT World about Israel’s decades of sins and attacks on Palestine: “Zionism is the problem. … It was the Muslim countries that gave us a home.” UN Resolution 3379 (1975): “Zionism is a form of racism and racial discrimination.”
Jewish religious leader reveals how he feels about Israeli aggression in Gaza by TRT World Now, Dec 11, 2023 International terrorism, challenge and response: proceedings of the Jerusalem Conference on International Terrorism by Jerusalem Conference on International Terrorism (1979) Edited … Continue reading
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Today, Noon, streamed live from Pennsylvania: Press Briefing with workers injured at frac wastewater treatment plants, Sen Katie Muth and investigative journalist Joshua Pribanic
PA Sen. Muth, Public Herald Hold Press Briefing on Workers Injured at Oil & Gas Wastewater Treatment Plants by David E. Hess, PA Environment Digest Blog, December 11, 2023 On December 11 at Noon, Sen. Katie Muth (D-Chester) and investigative … Continue reading
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COP-out28 summed up in two cartoons
by @PatChappatte Ben Mosquera@b97264: Will they be discussing anything else than oil & gaz supply? Dec 2, 2023 cartoon in the Globe and Mail by Canada’s Michael de Adder The ultimate Synergy Festival of polluters and their enablers. A day … Continue reading
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“Unwelcome Guests.” Alberta’s Danielle Smith & her “100-person convoy of oil crony delegates” at COP28
@DcrInYYC: So Exon sent 18 people to COP28, Shell 14, BP 11, Gazprom 16 ….. Alberta 100. I guess we know who is doing it on Taxpayer $$$. @CataholicPriest: “100 person convoy of oil crony delegates” this is the most … Continue reading
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Murderous Fuck Henry Kissinger’s Obit
“Political satire became obsolete when Henry Kissinger was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize.” Tom Lehrer, musician Noelle@Noellenarwhal: Imagine thinking it’s antisemitic to think that Henry Kissenger is evil Lawprofblaw@lawprofblawg: Henry Kissinger is an inspiration. His legacy says that no matter … Continue reading
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If men could get pregnant, …
Nurses Against Dick Pics.@ClaudetteGGibs1: If men got pregnant, abortions would be available at a drive thru window Diana Says!@MsDianaMKSCM: If men could get pregnant abortion would not only be legal, but also free, celebrated, available at the Taco Bell drive … Continue reading
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Killer Water: The toxic legacy of Canada’s oil sands industry for Indigenous communities. Complete documentary
Killer Water: The toxic legacy of Canada’s oil sands industry for Indigenous communities 49:29 Min. by Ricochet Media, Nov 24, 2023 In Northern Alberta, Canada, sit the Athabasca tar sands—the world’s largest known reservoir of crude bitumen, and a major … Continue reading
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Excellent quote on AER by Athabasca Chipewyan First Nation Chief Allan Adam: “I would like the (regulator) to immediately cease what they’re doing…They’re not credible enough to do anything.”
While in power from 2015-2019, Alberta’s NDP had their chance to clean up AER and remove ex Encana VP Gerard Protti from his top position there. They did nothing but talk – a lot, and enable AER’s law violations and … Continue reading
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“NDP, go frack free,” chant 250 citizens outside BC 2023 New Democratic Party convention in Victoria; Resolution to end fracking sponsored by 14 electoral district associations did not reach the floor, as usual.
Crowd gathers outside B.C. NDP convention in Victoria to protest fracking by Michael John Lo, Nov 19, 2023, Times Colonist Protesters chanted “NDP, go frack free.” Listen to this article About 250 people gathered outside the B.C. New Democratic Party … Continue reading
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Frac’ing harms seniors. UC Berkeley epidemiologist David González: best way to protect health is by eliminating the hazard — ban new wells and phase out existing fossil fuel development. Frac’d resident Ray Kemble: “This industry is basically killing us”
Pennsylvania’s fracking boom is hurting its oldest residents, “Up until 10 years ago, I was a pretty healthy bitch. And, unfortunately, I’m dying.” by Scott Cannon and Kate Raphael, Nov 06, 2023, Grist In 1976, Mary Ellen McConnell, a “concrete … Continue reading
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Alberta: Methane leaks still leaking more than official estimates (of course), threatening life on earth; UCP led by “Take Back Alberta” Extreme Right Anti-Science Anti-Earth Religious Party (TBA) and AER still lying, letting companies avoid clean up (more than $300B in liabilities). UCP/TBA solution? Ban wind and solar.
A measurement-based upstream oil and gas methane inventory for Alberta, Canada reveals higher emissions and different sources than official estimates by Bradley M. Conrad, David R. Tyner, Hugh Z. Li, Donglai Xie & Matthew R. Johnson, Nov 15, 2023, Communications … Continue reading
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Hayes Carll: “This is why your whole world is on fire…why you can’t drink from your own springs.”
Dear Mr. Carll, I love this song (and the pop up art). It sums up my frac’d life and that of many others. I had not heard “Nice Things” before. A friend sent it to me tonight: “Hey Jess, I … Continue reading
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New study: Frac compressor pollution harms health. Dear Encana/Ovintiv/Lynx/AER/UCP & TBA et al: Shut up frac compressors and stop poisoning us, our loved ones, homes, livestock, wildlife; stop harming our health!
Dear Liar Liar Danielle Smith, UCP/TBA, and Liar Liar unelected Premier David Parker, You banned wind and solar, and other alternate energies from Alberta to enable illegal aquifer frac’ers and health-harming oil and gas companies like Encana/Ovintiv (now Lynx in … Continue reading
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CEOs: Easily replaced with AI, or more fairly (i.e. not old rich white man biased) and law-abiding, a mop. May as well automate politicians too.
CEOs are hugely expensive. Why not automate them? If a single role is as expensive as thousands of workers, it is surely the prime candidate for robot-induced redundancy by Will Dunn, May 2023, The New Statesman On Wednesday 31 May, … Continue reading
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Racist Canada shits on Remembrance Day, votes *for* Israel’s illegal settlements taken by military force on Palestinian lands; Doctors without Borders reports sniper shooting patients inside Gaza hospital.
I’ve been horrified by Canada’s racism for decades now; I boycott Canada Day because of it. For many years now, I also boycott Remembrance Day and fake poppies because of Canada’s war mongering while our sleazy politicians propagandize to the … Continue reading
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Frac Compendium 9: From 65 studies to “an avalanche” of nearly 2,500 showing evidence of harm from frac’ing. Dr. Sandra Steingraber: “Fracking resembles lead paint or indoor smoking — no rules or regulations can make these practices safe.”
New study finds overwhelming evidence of harms from fracking by Nicholas Cunningham, Nov 10, 2023, Gas Outlook A review of the scientific literature reveals enormous public health, environmental, and climate damage from fracking. Authors say that “no rules or regulations … Continue reading
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Frac’ing ‘generation 3’ rock requires injecting captured carbon to make more oil flow. No wonder companies, lobby groups, regulators, gov’ts and Env NGOs are conning the world with Net Zero miracles via high risk Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS).
Shale Billionaire Hamm Tackles ‘Generation 3’ Rock, Continental Resources chairman is seeking ways to pull crude from sites passed over during the boom he helped start by David Wethe with assistance from Kevin Orland and Sarah Chen, November 8, 2023, Bloomberg Welcome … Continue reading
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Texas: Sound Resources Solutions chemical explosion injures at least one worker; highly flammable toxic products used/made at the plant include: xylene, toluene, acetone, methy ethyl ketone, phosphoric acid, acetic acid, sulfuric acid 93, various isoproply alcohols, hexane, etc. Residents within 5 mile radius ordered to shelter in place and turn off HVAC systems. Homes, schools, hospitals, workplaces will not be able to keep toxic chemical fumes out.
@baridapoi: Deregulation… @TappyTapin: Naturally the republican TX state legislature will use this opportunity to cut even more safety regulations *** Local affiliate Fox 26 was providing live coverage: @briancalliari4421: More extensive list from SRS’s products list: *Aromatics – Ketones – … Continue reading
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Nov 1, 2023 Webinar on Frac Harm Compendium 9
Dr. Sandra Steingraber @ssteingraber1: Friends! TOMORROW 11-1, 2 pm EDT please join Texas activist Ranjana Bhandari @Ranjana_LA of @LivablArlington and me for a webinar on the findings of the fracking science compendium, 9th ed. Register: https://lu.ma/lkwg1y7c Especially for frontline communities; … Continue reading
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Free Palestine. BC’s Jenny Kwan: “Canada must end arms sales to Israel and condemn settler attacks in the West Bank.” Benjamin Netanyahu is proving himself worse than Hamas and must step down. Stop using our tax dollars to obliterate Palestinians.
A growing number of reports indicate Israeli forces responsible for Israeli civilian and military deaths following October 7 attack, Many details of what transpired on October 7 continue to be shrouded in mystery, including how the 1,400 Israelis who died … Continue reading
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Carbon Capture & Storage (CCS): Fossil fuel industry and enablers pick perfect bend over liar at Geological Survey of Canada: Honn Kao. Not only can CO2 injection cause earthquakes, it won’t stay put, busts caprock, shoots to surface, pollutes ground water, migrates into and contaminates petroleum wells, kills, impairs cognitive function, harms families and communities
FIRST, A REALITY CHECK: 2006 May: The Role of the Upper Geosphere in Mitigating CO2 Surface Releases in Wellbore Leakage Scenarios USA Dept Energy removed the paper. Access it here. Think of the many millions high pressure fracs in oil … Continue reading
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Nov 14, 2023: 11th annual shale & public health conference
Eleventh Annual Shale & Public Health ConferenceTuesday, November 14, 2023From 9:00 AM to 4:00 PM – registration/sign-in opens at 8:30 AM University of Pittsburgh University Club 123 University Place, Pittsburgh. PA 15260 The conference is presented by the League of … Continue reading
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Updated Hartford Ohio: Brine tanker rolls, spills. Why call Hazmat if frac waste is perfectly safe?
Road reopens following tanker crash in Trumbull County by Nadine Grimley, Oct 24, 2023, WKBN Youngstown State Route 305 is back open after a commercial tanker overturned Monday. The accident triggered a large response from emergency personnel, hazmat, the EPA, … Continue reading
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Take Back Alberta deeper into the Cave with prayer, racism, hatred & bigotry! Keynote promoting terrorism by repulsive old white man, Nigel Hannaford – Steve Harper’s ex speech writer no less (did he help pick Harper’s racist judges that continue to harm Canadians?)
Adam Toy@Adam_Toy: [Calgary] prayer breakfast hears anti-LGBTQ2 rhetoric, residential school denialism @troyliss.bsky.social@Troyliss; Incredibly scary that this audience is cheering on White Christian supremacy. Mark Lehman@Mlehman99: What a great reason to skip breakfast and the disgusting message that was shared. I’m … Continue reading
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İyad el-Baghdadi | إياد البغدادي on the Al Ahli hospital massacre. “I also want to say that I hold Jewish life to be as sacred as Palestinian life.”
@iyad_elbaghdadi Oct 18, 2023: Good afternoon (or morning, or evening). I went dark yesterday, really dark. But I managed to sleep and I have some clarity about the Al Ahli hospital massacre that I want to share with you. I’ll … Continue reading
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Life’s future under humanity’s inhumanity, greed, selfishness (over population), and pollution-induced climate chaos: Starvation for us and other species. “The future increasingly features catastrophes that have never been recorded before”
Scientists discover why dozens of endangered elephants dropped dead, In 2020, 350 elephants mysteriously died in Botswana, with a further 35 dying in similar circumstances in Zimbabwe. Now scientists think they may have found the reason why by Phoebe Weston, … Continue reading
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Frac Harm Compendium 9 released by Physicians for Social Responsibility, Concerned Health Professionals of NY, Science and Environmental Health Network: “The risks and harms of fracking for public health, the climate, and environmental justice are real and growing. Many early warnings in our previous editions have been borne out. … The rapidly expanding body of evidence compiled here is massive, troubling, and cries out for decisive action.”
The summary accompanying the 9th Compendium is rather alarming when over 80% of U.S.A.’s and more than 60% of Canada’s energy consumption is from fossil fuels. How many families live with frac’d water and harms like I do? I live … Continue reading
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Confidential: Chesapeake with $13Billion in debt looks to buy Southwestern Energy (SWN, valued at $12Billion) which tried to frac New Brunswick but wise Maritimers said “NO!” Is Chesapeake prepping to unload billions more in debt and snag more free billions from frac-friendly judges via bankruptcy?
Exclusive: Natgas producer Chesapeake explores buying Southwestern Energy -sources by David French, October 17, 2023, Reuters Oct 17 (Reuters) – U.S. natural gas producer Chesapeake Energy Corp (CHK.O) has approached Southwestern Energy (SWN.N), a peer valued by the stock market … Continue reading
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In Ottawa, John Vaillant testifies against big oil before Canada’s Parliamentary Standing Committee on Natural Resources: “Who’s stopping us?”
Jeff Berardelli@WeatherProf: Hats off to John. Some of the most superb climate communication I’ve seen. This is how it’s done. (Just a few mins long). Great work! John Vaillant@JohnVaillant: I’m a big fan of yours, Jeff, so, this means so … Continue reading
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Sharon Wilson (aka TXSharon) and Miguel Excoto launch Oilfield Witness revealing the invisible pollution that oil and gas denies
Sharon Wilson and Miguel Escoto launch “Oilfield Witness,” continue conducting fieldwork in Texas oilfields, We reveal the invisible pollution that oil and gas denies, keeping the industry accountable and strengthening climate movements by Oilfield Witness, Oct 16, 2023 TEXAS – … Continue reading
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Bravo Poland! Win for women’s rights; Women and youth vote in record numbers; A quickening abandonment of the raping catholic church.
@PavelSlunkin; I am 34 y.o. Belarusian living in exile in Poland. FIRST time in my life I will see a peaceful transition of power. To opposition. After democratic elections. With 73% turnout. My message to you – value and protect … Continue reading
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Another frac water hoarding death, this time a Birchcliff Energy Ltd. worker in Alberta. Did he drown or did toxic chemical additives kill him? How many wild beings die in frac pits? Who’s checking? AER’s too busy schmoozing Australian mining “dominatrix” billionaire Gina Rinehart
My condolences to the worker’s loved ones and coworkers, and to area families and communities. Drowning in a pit of frac waste or water hoarded for frac’ing would be a terrible way to die, and is preventable with adequate safety … Continue reading
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What do frac’ers do best? Rape (and go bankrupt). Exxon’s “married head of shale” senior frac boss and XTO President, David Scott, arrested for sexual assault
2024 02 14: Typical: A grand jury agreed there was not enough evidence for the case to move forward. Exxon exec busted on sex assault charges after woman called cops by Denette Wilford, Oct 10, 2023, Toronto Sun A married … Continue reading
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Killer Water: Toxic spills, cover-ups, Indigenous betrayal in Alberta’s tar sands. New documentary by Brandi Morin and Georgie Day. Coming soon.
Brandi Morin@Songstress28 Oct 11, 2023: Our documentary ‘Killer Water’ coming soon…Toxic spills, cover ups, & Indigenous betrayal in the oil sands. By myself & @geordieday with support from @therealnewsnetwork @indiginews @ricochet_en Refer also to: 2023 10 02: Imperial and Alberta … Continue reading
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American Psychological Association and ecoAmerica: Kids mental health threatened by climate change impacts, “starting before birth and potentially derailing the normal development of physiological systems, cognitive abilities and emotional skills in ways that are sometimes irreversible.” Sharon Wilson: “Hey MAGA, climate change is mass abortion. Care now?”
Best thing I’ve done in my life was choose not to have kids. The suffering ahead for all humans is unimaginable; kids will bear the brunt. Who is preparing kids for the hell their lives will be, if human pollution … Continue reading
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Wildfires 2023 Canada: More than 44 million acres burned (so far), hundreds of thousands of animals and migratory birds estimated dead. How many fish, insects and other small species roasted? What will survivors eat or shelter in?
Sept 2023, ERA5 Global surface air temperature Canada’s wildfires, 2023 in pink, Y axis in terrawatts Canada’s wildfires take devastating toll on wildlife by Mathiew Leiser and Genevieve Normand, Oct 4, 2023, Phys.org No droppings, tracks, nests or other traces … Continue reading
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A+++! Markham Hislop interviews law prof Martin Olszynski on Deloitte’s report about AER’s failed response to Imperial’s massive toxic tarsands waste spill/leak (intentional dump?) at Kearl: “The AER is indeed hiding something.” Never forget: In Ernst vs AER, Alberta courts ruled the regulator owes us and our groundwater “No Duty of Care” and is above Canada’s highest law, our Charter.
Is AER a best in the world regulator? It’s “tatters upon tatters.” “The AER is indeed hiding something.” “Of course you can comply with nothing.” Too funny but horrifying. AER/ERCB/EUB is a bully, but not towards law-violating polluting oil gas … Continue reading
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Monster Fracs, getting bigger and thirstier, threatening America’s drinking water aquifers
In my view, this is the most important concern about water injected for frac’ing that is rarely reported in main media: 2012: AEA: Support to the identification of potential risks for the environment and human health arising from hydrocarbons operations … Continue reading
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End of September 2023, Canada’s wildfires still raging (please don’t call it “season” which is propaganda normalizing it)
What will Canada’s wildfires look like when frac’ers inject the last billion gallons of water in dry jurisdictions? What will they look like after hundreds of thousands of fracs permanently leak methane and other flammable hydrocarbons to surface (that are … Continue reading
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Bravo! Dear wise and courageous Nanaimo city councillors: Thank you for voting out life-threatening, health-harming, water-decimating frac’d gas hookups!
“Fossil fuel companies have used their wealth and influence and political connections to slow things down. And they fight tooth and nail against anything that would reduce the burning of oil and gas and coal. They’re much better at capturing … Continue reading
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Homo sapiens mutilates the tree of life, destroying conditions on earth that make human life possible.
In my view, Homo sapiens proved its evil nature when it began frac’ing the earth. It’s impossible to repair industry’s trillions of fracs and impossible to put that leaking frac’d methane back. Satan has been unleashed, never to be locked … Continue reading
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Calgarians say “No!” to oil, protest World Petroleum Congress 2023 (a decade ago, they also said “No”)
Amanda Hu@amandalhu Sept 17, 2023: Calgarians facing down the World Petroleum Congress is not a small thing. The idea of Alberta identity being intrinsically linked to the oil and gas industry is something we’re steeped in our whole lives. But … Continue reading
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Wise! Republic of Ireland Planning Board says no to unclean unnatural frac’d LNG
Permission refused for Shannon Estuary LNG terminal by RTE, 15 Sep 2023 An Bord Pleanála has refused permission for the proposed development of a liquefied natural gas (LNG) terminal and power station on the Shannon estuary in Co Kerry. The … Continue reading
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Participant Dennis LeNeveu Perspective on Manitoba Clean Environment Commission (CEC)’s Recommendations for Vivian Sand Extraction Project by Sio Silica Corporation of Calgary (prev. CanWhite Sands)
I commend Mr. LeNeveu for his diligence exposing what I see is ample fraud (and many unaddressed valid concerns) regarding the Vivian Sand mining scheme that smells like just another a frac job (con). Mr. LeNeveu has donated an incredible … Continue reading
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Hey Tamboran, what’s going down down down? Your share price! Even after NT gov’t approved frac’ing and gave you $1.5 billion subsidy. Just another frac scam to steal from investors and the citizenry?
Snaps taken Sept 6, 2023 Mark Ogge@MarkOgge Sept 6, 2023: So weird. NT fracking company Tamboran’s share price has completely tanked SINCE the NT government approved fracking, and despite $1.5 billion subsidy from the Australian Government. What is going on … Continue reading
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Dual Trucking, suspected radioactive Bakken frac waste dumper, does the hanky panky; Montana court sides with Admiral Insurance
Trucking company withheld information, taking insurer off the hook for hazmat violation by Tyson Fisher, May 26, 2021, Landline Now An insurance company for Dual Trucking is off the hook for covering an environmental violation on the company’s property, in … Continue reading
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Synergy Strikes Again! CAPE (BC doctors) & CANE (nurses) blame LNG and frac’ing for rampant wildfires and disease but do not call for a ban, instead they ask for a pause on new fracs to study harms that have already been studied (for years)!
CAPE and CANE need to get with the frac ban program. They even link to PSE’s eighth (2022) Frac Harm Compendium on their LNG harms website, https://www.lngharms.ca/. They have known better for years, but do not do better. Smells like … Continue reading
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Webinar Aug 30, 2023: Wasted Water: The Impacts of Fracking’s Water Use from Pennsylvania to Colorado; Frac’s in PA consume 19 million gallons of freshwater per well, most of which is lost permanently to the hydrogeological cycle (in Canada too) as we roast ourselves and other species out of life and home. What when there is no water left to drink or fight fires with?
Wasted Water: The Impacts of Fracking’s Water Use from Pennsylvania to Colorado by Halt The Harm Network, Kevin Richardson, HHN & Erica Wednesday, August 3012:00 p.m. to 1:00 p.m. MDT Registration Hello! To join the event, please register at link … Continue reading
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6 Bad and Dangerous Geoengineering Ideas Meant to Cool Down Earth that we should never try includes “A little potato flying a kite” to block the sun. Why not simply stop human over-breeding and over-polluting? Much less harmful. Oh right, rich raping churches, corporations and billionaires need more and more babies to keep making too much money destroying life on earth.
I thoroughly enjoyed this clip and agree wholeheartedly. I do think though the extreme white paint has uses for people living in poverty without fans or AC. AC is a polluting energy wasting privilege in areas without hydro; I’ve never … Continue reading
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Freeport PA: “Where the frack is Toby [Rice]?” After EQT Corp’s 2022 frac out and many resident water wells turned “naturally” toxic, Toby is nowhere to be seen, other than more frac’ing and gag orders in exchange for safe water; David Hess: “These companies can do whatever they want and ask for forgiveness later or not.”
‘Orphan well’ mishap stirs suspicion and frustration in tiny Pennsylvania town, Some New Freeport, Pennsylvania, residents say they are still without definitive answers over what exactly happened last summer and whether their water is safe to drink by Lisa Cavazuti, … Continue reading
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Frac Canada Dry!
Drought conditions at highest level in parts of B.C. as province warns of tightening water restrictions, Two-thirds of the province’s water basins are now at Level 4 or 5 drought by CBC News with files from The Canadian Press, Jul … Continue reading
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Dear Danielle Smith, Take Back Alberta, UCP, Fucker Truckers (prev Yellow Vesters) and rural Albertans (too greedy and brainwashed by oil and gas to think for themselves): This post is for you.
Jeff Berardelli@WeatherProf: The GOAT: He was so well respected and deservedly so. He would have been so angry at the nonsense going on right now. Not surprised, as he did predict this exact evolution, but still beside himself that people … Continue reading
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Severe Drought, water restrictions for citizens but not frac’ers: Calgarians and Airdronians not allowed to wash windows but oil and gas frac’ers permanently lose billions of gallons of water to the hydrogeological cycle while Alberta Premier Danielle Smith bans clean safe non-water harming solar and wind energy projects. How stupid can Albertans get?
2023: Frac Canada Dry! 2015: Fracing the Bow River: “The most important resource in the province, and the rarest, is water” Then why let “No duty of care,” legally immune, Ex-Encana led, Charter violating AER permit multinationals to frac it? … Continue reading
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Held v Montana Victory! Judge Kathy Seeley rules kids’ constitutional right to “clean and healthful environment” violated by state agencies permitting fossil fuel development without considering greenhouse gas emissions effect on climate (like Steve Harper made agencies do in Canada when he was PM). Michael Gerrard, founder of Columbia’s Sabin Center for Climate Change Law: “I think this is the strongest decision on climate change ever issued by any court.”
@MichaelGerrard: … After a trial where climate scientists testified under oath and were subject to cross examination (very rare in itself), the court issued a 103-page decision that found that fossil fuel use is the principal cause of climate change, … Continue reading
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Aug 15, 2023 U Pittsburgh and PA Dept Health Frac Harm Studies released. Was the truth told? I doubt it (industry controls much of gov’t studies and academia, notably in Republican states – in Canada too).
Comments by a PA resident who attended and recorded the event: … Audience comments were the highlight of the evening in my opinion, and the link below takes you to their beginning at the 39:43 mark, starting with retired Post-Gazette … Continue reading
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Petroleum-238 by Justin Nobel. “Their strategy was to keep this quiet and not let anyone know what was going on. They’ve known for 110 years, but they haven’t done anything about it. It’s the secret of the century.” (Secrets are a judge’s best friend too.)
About The Book An acclaimed science journalist’s years-long investigation into how the US oil and gas industry has averted environmental regulations and created a dangerous public health crisis. Over the past decade, as Justin Nobel traveled the country reporting on … Continue reading
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