I should also note that I'm not disagreeing with hunting deers-I mean I could not do it myself personally, but I recognize humans were hunters among many things through out evolutionary development- In fact I would go as far to point out,hunting deer compared to industrial (American)cattle farm operations- I mean, its hard to sure putting the cattle out of their misery vs. taking a animal making its living in the wild- its a tough one- Honestly, I have to reflect long,hard, and often on this bizarre juxtaposition of culture within our developed society (here in America).
Wednesday, January 4, 2012
Duck, Duck,-Goose-Kite?!!
I should also note that I'm not disagreeing with hunting deers-I mean I could not do it myself personally, but I recognize humans were hunters among many things through out evolutionary development- In fact I would go as far to point out,hunting deer compared to industrial (American)cattle farm operations- I mean, its hard to sure putting the cattle out of their misery vs. taking a animal making its living in the wild- its a tough one- Honestly, I have to reflect long,hard, and often on this bizarre juxtaposition of culture within our developed society (here in America).
Tuesday, January 3, 2012
Fracking Show Down
Image by Bosc d'Anjou via Flickr"Over winter break, the big local news stories just kept on a-comin' in little old Athens. If you left town and didn't follow The Athens NEWS online, here's a quick update on what you may have missed.
Frack, frack, frack
Undoubtedly the biggest continuing story over break was the accelerating rush by oil-and-gas operators to lease up land in Athens County for possible drilling. This leasing boom, which started in New York and Pennsylvania, spread to the eastern counties of Ohio in late 2010, and got to Athens County this past fall.
It's based on the presence of the deep underground Marcellus and Utica shale formations, which underlie much of the eastern United States, and contain large quantities of oil and natural gas. It has recently become profitable to harvest these petrochemicals by combining existing technology – hydraulic fracturing and horizontal drilling. Since shale layers are relatively narrow vertically, but run for many miles horizontally, the ability to employ horizontal hydraulic fracturing has revolutionized the oil and gas industry, both in this country and
Any drilling in Athens County would probably be into the deeper Utica shale; the Marcellus doesn't come very far into the county.
The new "fracking" method involves drilling thousands of feet down into a shale bed, then drilling out sideways in multiple directions. Once the drilling is complete, the operator pumps pressurized water, sand and chemicals underground to break up the shale, and bring the oil and/or gas to the surface.
The possibility that Athens County may be part of the anticipated boom in drilling has sparked wildly different responses among local residents. It's got many local landowners lining up to sign potentially big-money leases – mainly with a West Virginia company called Cunningham Energy – and environmentalists raising a great hue and cry about the potential for fracking to pollute water supplies and ruin the rural lifestyle. And recently, the threat of small earthquakes resulting from deep injection wells used to store fracking wastewater has become a reality in Northeast Ohio.
The same debate is occurring just about anywhere where fracking is being used, and some states and nationals have enacted strict limits or moratoriums on the practice."
Frack, frack, frack
Undoubtedly the biggest continuing story over break was the accelerating rush by oil-and-gas operators to lease up land in Athens County for possible drilling. This leasing boom, which started in New York and Pennsylvania, spread to the eastern counties of Ohio in late 2010, and got to Athens County this past fall.
It's based on the presence of the deep underground Marcellus and Utica shale formations, which underlie much of the eastern United States, and contain large quantities of oil and natural gas. It has recently become profitable to harvest these petrochemicals by combining existing technology – hydraulic fracturing and horizontal drilling. Since shale layers are relatively narrow vertically, but run for many miles horizontally, the ability to employ horizontal hydraulic fracturing has revolutionized the oil and gas industry, both in this country and
Any drilling in Athens County would probably be into the deeper Utica shale; the Marcellus doesn't come very far into the county.
The new "fracking" method involves drilling thousands of feet down into a shale bed, then drilling out sideways in multiple directions. Once the drilling is complete, the operator pumps pressurized water, sand and chemicals underground to break up the shale, and bring the oil and/or gas to the surface.
The possibility that Athens County may be part of the anticipated boom in drilling has sparked wildly different responses among local residents. It's got many local landowners lining up to sign potentially big-money leases – mainly with a West Virginia company called Cunningham Energy – and environmentalists raising a great hue and cry about the potential for fracking to pollute water supplies and ruin the rural lifestyle. And recently, the threat of small earthquakes resulting from deep injection wells used to store fracking wastewater has become a reality in Northeast Ohio.
The same debate is occurring just about anywhere where fracking is being used, and some states and nationals have enacted strict limits or moratoriums on the practice."
Colorado Rules to close FRACKING chemical Loophole!
"First, the good: A few weeks ago, the State of Colorado passed the strongest rules in the United States for publicly disclosing what cancer-causing and other types chemicals are used in oil and gas fracking. In a ground-breaking and intense set of negotiations between oil and gas companies and environmentalists, frackers are now forced to publicly disclose when they are fracking and what chemicals they use in fracking.
This disclosure gets at two very serious concerns posed by fracking: 1) when fracking pollution occurs in groundwater, in streams, or on land, the public should be able to connect that pollution back to the fracking chemicals that caused it, and 2) it will allow landowners to test their wells and groundwater prior to fracking, and then re-test after fracking to check for fracking pollution.
Importantly, the new rules substantively removed the "trade secret loophole" that was proposed in the original version of the rules that would have allowed frackers to not disclose the names of the chemicals in fracking fluids by saying those chemicals were "trade secrets." Led by attorneys from Earthjustice in Denver, the environmental community held its ground against this ridiculous exemption.
This disclosure gets at two very serious concerns posed by fracking: 1) when fracking pollution occurs in groundwater, in streams, or on land, the public should be able to connect that pollution back to the fracking chemicals that caused it, and 2) it will allow landowners to test their wells and groundwater prior to fracking, and then re-test after fracking to check for fracking pollution.
Importantly, the new rules substantively removed the "trade secret loophole" that was proposed in the original version of the rules that would have allowed frackers to not disclose the names of the chemicals in fracking fluids by saying those chemicals were "trade secrets." Led by attorneys from Earthjustice in Denver, the environmental community held its ground against this ridiculous exemption.
Tuesday, July 27, 2010
CLAIRE’S BOUTIQUE CADMIUM Not True BFF Material
Not only tacky, but also toxic! If you really want to be "best friends forever" skip the cheap junk jewelry. More suiting to your worst enemy than best friend! In the realm of true friends material objects are an unnecessary accessory.
"THE “BEST FRIENDS” THREE BRACELET SETS ARE SILVER-COLORED CHAINS WITH METAL PENDANTS CONTAINING ONE OF THE WORDS “BEST,” “FRIENDS” OR “FOREVER” AND HEART LOCK AND KEY CHARMS WITH DIFFERENT COLORED STONES.
SOLD EXCLUSIVELY AT: CLAIRE’S STORES NATIONWIDE FROM FEBRUARY 2009 THROUGH JANUARY 2010 FOR ABOUT $12.
MANUFACTURED IN: CHINA. More info Full Artical Here Or vist Claires site for recall returns.
It's what you do together, shared enjoyment that makes a great friendship. Better to spend the $12 to do something fun together like an amusement park or zoo or movie + fruit smoothie !
Friday, June 18, 2010
FRAC ACT up for debate
"Ithaca, NY – On the heels of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s recent trip to Ithaca, Congressman Maurice Hinchey (D-NY) today urged the Speaker to bring his Fracking Responsibility and Awareness of Chemicals (FRAC) Act up for debate and a vote in the House. Hinchey’s bill would would close a loophole created in the Energy Policy Act of 2005, which he voted against, that exempted hydraulic fracturing from the Safe Drinking Water Act. The FRAC Act would also require the oil and gas industry to disclose the chemicals they use in their hydraulic fracturing processes. Currently, the oil and gas industry is the only industry exempt from the Safe Drinking Water Act."Keep reading More:
Up for Votes: NEW YORK moratorium on hydraulic fracturing
"TITLE OF BILL: An act to establish a moratorium upon conducting hydraulic fracturing pending the issuance of a report thereon by the federal Environmental Protection Agency; and providing for the repeal of such provisions upon the expiration thereof
PURPOSE OR GENERAL IDEA OF BILL: This bill seeks to place a moratorium upon the activity of hydraulic fracturing until such time as the environmental protection agency has released there report on the effects of hydraulic fracturing on ground water and freshwater supplies.
SUMMARY OF SPECIFIC PROVISIONS: Establishes a moratorium on conducting hydraulic fracturing for the extraction of natural gas or oil until 120 days after federal environ mental protection agency. JUSTIFICATION:
On March 18, 2010 the EPA announced that it will be conducting a compre hensive 2-year research study to investigate the potential adverse impact that hydraulic fracturing may have on water quality and public health, including the potential impacts the hydraulic fracturing mixture may have on water quality. Hydraulic fracturing is a process that involves vertical and horizontal drilling and fracturing of underground formations to facilitate withdrawal of natural gas or oil, from shale and other geological formations. In general, the process involves injecting fresh water, fracturing fluids and sand into the formation, withdrawing the gas and separating and managing the leftover waters. The fracturing fluid itself is made up of dozens of chemicals that act as a lubricant for the sand. These chemicals can include potentially dangerous petrol compounds. Millions of gallons of water, sand and frac turing fluid are needed to fracture a natural gas well. New York State must continue to be vigilant where questions of water quality and public health are concerned and must have all available information before allowing a questionable practice such as hydraulic fracturing to take place without fully knowing the potential dangers. My legislation will place a moratorium on such activity until the EPA study has been completed and the results know to the public.
PRIOR LEGISLATIVE HISTORY: New bill.
PURPOSE OR GENERAL IDEA OF BILL: This bill seeks to place a moratorium upon the activity of hydraulic fracturing until such time as the environmental protection agency has released there report on the effects of hydraulic fracturing on ground water and freshwater supplies.
SUMMARY OF SPECIFIC PROVISIONS: Establishes a moratorium on conducting hydraulic fracturing for the extraction of natural gas or oil until 120 days after federal environ mental protection agency. JUSTIFICATION:
On March 18, 2010 the EPA announced that it will be conducting a compre hensive 2-year research study to investigate the potential adverse impact that hydraulic fracturing may have on water quality and public health, including the potential impacts the hydraulic fracturing mixture may have on water quality. Hydraulic fracturing is a process that involves vertical and horizontal drilling and fracturing of underground formations to facilitate withdrawal of natural gas or oil, from shale and other geological formations. In general, the process involves injecting fresh water, fracturing fluids and sand into the formation, withdrawing the gas and separating and managing the leftover waters. The fracturing fluid itself is made up of dozens of chemicals that act as a lubricant for the sand. These chemicals can include potentially dangerous petrol compounds. Millions of gallons of water, sand and frac turing fluid are needed to fracture a natural gas well. New York State must continue to be vigilant where questions of water quality and public health are concerned and must have all available information before allowing a questionable practice such as hydraulic fracturing to take place without fully knowing the potential dangers. My legislation will place a moratorium on such activity until the EPA study has been completed and the results know to the public.
PRIOR LEGISLATIVE HISTORY: New bill.
Article: Nestle to begin draining millions of gallons of Arkansas River water
"If things go according to plan, in about a month someone at Nestle Waters North America will turn a valve and water will begin running out of a pipeline near Buena Vista and will splash into an empty 8,000-gallon tanker truck. It will take roughly an hour for the truck to fill, and then another truck will take its place. The water will run 24 hours a day, filling approximately 25 trucks each day, every day.
The trucks will drive 120 miles to a Nestle bottling plant in Denver where the water will be used to fill hundreds and thousands and millions of little plastic Arrowhead Springs water bottles, which will then be trucked to convenience markets, grocery stores, movie theaters, and sports palaces around the West. Each month, Nestle will fill roughly 40.4 million 16.9 ounce bottles with the water from the area’s Nathrop spring. By the end of a year, 65 million gallons of Arkansas Valley water will have been driven to Denver, bottled, driven somewhere else, and sold." -Continued
The trucks will drive 120 miles to a Nestle bottling plant in Denver where the water will be used to fill hundreds and thousands and millions of little plastic Arrowhead Springs water bottles, which will then be trucked to convenience markets, grocery stores, movie theaters, and sports palaces around the West. Each month, Nestle will fill roughly 40.4 million 16.9 ounce bottles with the water from the area’s Nathrop spring. By the end of a year, 65 million gallons of Arkansas Valley water will have been driven to Denver, bottled, driven somewhere else, and sold." -Continued
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)