Lisa and Bob Parr (Photo: Wise County Messenger / Joe Duty) Read this April 23 story from the LA Times on the groundbreaking award of nearly $3 million in damages to a Texas family from fracking activity near their home. In a landmark legal victory that centered on fracking, a middle-class north
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Dead Wild Roses: Smile While We Contaminate Your Water – Gas Land Documentary
Business as usual. Enjoy? Filed under: Politics Tagged: Corporate Folly, Corporate Greed, Fracking, Gasland, Shitting on the Public Trust, Shitting where we eat
Continue readingThe Common Sense Canadian: Christy Clark: BC LNG “The Cleanest Fossil Fuel on the Planet”…Really?
In the keynote address kicking of her government’s second major conference on liquefied natural gas (LNG), BC Premier Christy Clark billed the resource as nothing short of “the cleanest fossil fuel on the planet.” Clark touted LNG as a “generational opportunity” for the province’s economy, before a sold-out crowd at the
Continue readingCowichan Conversations: The BC Liberal Government Is Foolishly Moving To Allow Fracking On Farmland-Videos
Long time Cowichan activist Bill Woollam has offered this guest post critical of fracking and David Black’s refinery proposal. Bill has his own blog that covers wide-ranging issues. It can be found here. Bill Woollam Guest Post I recently wrote to David Black, newspaper owner/manager, in response to his support
Continue readingThe Common Sense Canadian: LNG Pipedreams: Feat. Liz Logan, Damien Gillis – May 21
Are you concerned about the impacts of fracking and liquified fracked gas (also know as liquefied natural gas or LNG) export? Join us for a night of powerful speakers from the frontlines of the communities facing the true impacts of LNG development.From May 21-23rd, the BC government and big oil will
Continue readingThe Common Sense Canadian: Damien Gillis talks fracking, LNG on J-Fest Panel tonight
Documentary filmmaker and Common Sense Canadian Publisher Damien Gillis Listen to Fractured Land filmmaker and Common Sense Canadian Publisher Damien Gillis talk about the costs and conflicted benefits of natural gas development in British Columbia at J-Fest, a special event for the public organized by the Canadian Association of Journalists. Other speakers
Continue readingLeDaro: Fracking for natural gas/oil causes earthquakes
Earthquake damage (cropped) by Martin Luft. The Latest Fracking Earthquake Research Now for the meat of the matter. SSA cites significant increases in seismic activity linked to increased fracking and wastewater operations in Colorado, Oklahoma, Texas, Arkansas and Ohio among other states. To give you an idea of how significant, the
Continue readingCowichan Conversations: Parliament Hill gets “Fracked”
Richard Hughes-Political Blogger The number of concerned Canadians opposed to hydraulic fracturing, aka ‘Fracking’ is increasing on a daily basis. The Council of Canadians are among them and carried their protest to Parliament Hill to bring their message to the MP’s and policy makers. In spite of known risks the
Continue readingThe Canadian Progressive: Fracking: Council of Canadians’ ‘Frack Corp’ Fracks Parliament Hill
by: Council of Canadians | Press Release | May 1, 2014 ‘Frack Corp’ fracked Parliament Hill this morning using a 14-foot fracking rig spilling fracking wastewater in the process. The Council of Canadians, the organization behind the action, said it was to highlight the grave risks associated with fracking such as well leaks and wastewater spills.
Continue readingCowichan Conversations: Hang on to your Hats-Here comes Horgan!
Richard Hughes-Political Blogger Look for a rejuvenated BC NDP under Horgan’s leadership. He will engage and entertain voters so tired of seeing a dull plodding uncertain opposition. Yes, politics in BC is about to become interesting again. The Damien Gillis piece above focuses on the foibles of the ‘Christy Clark Choir’
Continue readingCowichan Conversations: Gasland II- Eye Opener Films-Duncan United Church May 8th 7PM
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Continue readingreeves report: Fracking impact report due early May
Fracking well in USA. A panel report on the potential environmental impacts of shale gas exploration, extraction and development in Canada has been finalized but will not see the light of day until after May 1, 2014. In 2011, then federal Environment Minister Peter Kent asked the Council of Canadian
Continue readingThe Common Sense Canadian: Halliburton refuses to disclose fracking chemicals
By Kevin Begos And Matthew Daly, The Associated Press PITTSBURGH – The U.S. Department of Energy said Friday that it welcomes the decision by oil and gas industry supplier Baker Hughes to disclose all chemicals in hydraulic fracturing fluid. But Halliburton, a major competitor in the field, isn’t committing to such
Continue readingThe Common Sense Canadian: Fort Nelson chief to gas industry: “First Nations will decide on LNG”
Watch this follow up video to the stunning events in Forst Nelson from earlier this week, when Chief Sharleen Gale ousted government and industry leaders from a conference discussing the benefits and impacts of BC’s proposed liquefied natural gas (LNG) industry. Gale was reacting to a surprise move by the
Continue readingThe Common Sense Canadian: Fort Nelson First Nation drums govt, industry out of LNG conference
Video by Chief Bob Chamberlin Members of the Fort Nelson First Nation, led by the strong words of their chief councillor, Sharleen Gale, literally drummed out government and industry representatives from a conference the band was hosting on liquefied natural gas (LNG), Wednesday afternoon. The 3-day conference, titled “Striking the
Continue readingThe Common Sense Canadian: BC LNG faces growing First Nations opposition
The Unist’ot’en camp’s Toghestiy (left) and Mel Bazil stand in the path of 3 pipelines (Two Island Films) One of the biggest myths pervading BC’s energy dialogue goes something like this: While First Nations stand united against the proposed Enbridge pipeline, they overwhelmingly embrace Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG). Sure, Premier Christy
Continue readingLeDaro: Fracking Causes Earthquakes
Fracking caused over 100 earthquakes in Ohio. State geologists in Ohio have for the first time linked earthquake activity in the Marcellus Shale basin to hydraulic fracturing, confirming the suspicions of activists pushing for drilling limits in the interest of public health. State Oil & Gas Chief Rick Simmers told
Continue readingCowichan Conversations: Maroc’s Public Letter to John Horgan Probably The New Leader of Her Majesty’s Loyal Opposition
Don Maroc-Cowichan Conversations Contributor It looks like the power brokers have decided that you are the NDP’s last hope for revival. Of course no one is saying anything like that John, but that’s what’s being bantered back and forth out here among what was once the NDP backbone. Don’t be
Continue readingThe Common Sense Canadian: Pipelines in parks? Welcome to Super, Fracktural BC!
Cartoon and letter by Loren Craig – republished from his green briefs blog An open letter to BC Premier Christy Clark – April 7, 2014 Dear Christy, May I call you Christy? It seems appropriate, given your warm, woman-of-the-people style of governing. I’m a soccer parent too, so that puts
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