On the occasion of the spill on Douglas pass, let me post this news, from CNN, of the sanest state in the nation, making a very reasonable decision.
Until the industry STOPS using toxic chemicals in drilling and fracking fluids, we just shouldn’t let them do it.
http://www.cnn.com/2012/05/17/…
Vermonts’ governor signed a bill that makes it the first state to ban fracking, the controversial practice to extract natural gas from the ground.“This is a big deal,” Gov. Peter Shumlin said Wednesday. “This bill will ensure that we do not inject chemicals into groundwater in a desperate pursuit for energy.”
Shumlin said fracking contaminates groundwater and the science behind it is “uncertain at best.” He said he hopes other states will follow Vermont’s lead in banning it.
Are you listening governor Frackenlooper? Aren’t you ready to lose that nickname? Do you know the name Laura Amos, governor? How about Karen Trulove, or Chris Mobaldi? Does the name Jose Lara ring a bell? These are all names of people sickened or killed by the toxic industry you blindly defend.
Is the money really worth it to you? Do you really think you are doing the people of Colorado a favor by allowing an industry that comprises less than 4% of our state economy to screw up the air and water for the rest of us?…just so they can provide a few thousand jobs? …and make a bloody damned fortune for themselves, in the bargain.
The courageous governor of Vermont has opened the door. Do you have the courage to look through that door and see the truth…or has the taste of fracking fluid poisoned your soul?
So I ask again, governor…is the money really worth it?
Loading ...
Full story: One down…forty nine to go….are you listening Hick?
Since it’s widely known that there is little, if any, natural gas or oil below ground there.
I appreciate and applaud the effort but let’s be honest here, this isn’t exactly a costly move, politically or otherwise, for the governor or the state of Vermont.
but we use what we can get….
I think Hick is still in denial about the level of destruction perpetrated by his buddies from 17th St. He needs to get out to the patch more. It all looks so clean and pretty from the 40th floor.
His stance on the environment isn’t one of them. He’s sucked on it from the get go–I remember questioning something he said back when he first started campaigning for governor.
Once Ritter visited the gas patches, he understood just what was at stake and also understood that poisoning someone’s water isn’t a partisan issue. For Hick, it is. I don’t know why but it is. He needs to get off his dead ass and see for himself what’s going on.
Hell, he doesn’t even need to head your way. Just go up I25 to Weld County–plenty of fine examples of ways to ruin a person’s property less than an hour away from Denver.