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March 26 & 27, 2023: End Fracking in Canada (PEI already banned it). Frac Free Art Day of Action. Let’s put posters up across Canada!
Anyone who makes frac free posters for your community and puts them up, or prints and puts up the one provided below: Take photos when you do, send them to me, I’ll add them to this post. email hidden; JavaScript … Continue reading
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James Byrne: We must act fast, push for change and dump fossil fuels; “Health-care costs alone are a great reason to get the hell off of fossil fuels”
World needs to mitigate and adapt to climate change: expert by Ry Clarke, March 24, 2023, Lethbridge Herald The Southern Alberta Council on Public Affairs welcomed back James Byrne to its Thursday session speaking on the topic of “Climate, Energy, … Continue reading
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Gong Show! Oil and gas industry self-regulator, AER, after blaming nature, “regulates” Obsidian Energy *only* because researchers make their study public on the 2022 damaging, record-breaking 5.6M industry-induced earthquake at Peace River, and media, including Tyee, reported on it. Corrupt AER cowards led by just another scandal-ridden old white “dickhead.” Obsidian shares fell 4% by morning.
And here’s why industry’s self-regulator, AER, doesn’t regulate unless publicly pressured to: Obsidian shares fall after Alberta’s energy regulator says company caused seismic events March 24, 2023 6:30 AM, The Globe and Mail I wonder how much Encana’s shares would … Continue reading
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New Standford study confirms Tyee investigation: Tarsands high pressure injections near Peace River most likely caused 2022 5.6M earthquake (largest in Alberta so far) and others, felt as far away as Edmonton; More quakes (4.6 to 5) in 2023, also felt in Edmonton. AER, industry’s self regulator, as usual, blames nature.
Disposal From In Situ Bitumen Recovery Induced the ML 5.6 Peace River Earthquake by Ryan Schultz, Jeong-Ung Woo, Karissa Pepin, William L. Ellsworth, Howard Zebkar, Paul Segall, Yu Jeffrey Gu, Sergey Samsonov, March 23, 2023, Geophysical Research Letters, Volume 50, … Continue reading
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No surprise: New study by UChicago links frac’ing to heart and respiratory disease among older adults living near unconventional (un)natural gas development.
Study links fracking to heart disease in nearby communities by Alison Caldwell, Press Release by UChicago News, March 14, 2023 UChicago Medicine research finds hospitalizations for older adults are higher near fracking sites A new University of Chicago study examining … Continue reading
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Faces of Greed, Lies & Evil: LNG2023 Vancouver BC Canada, July 10-13, Sponsors include Bennett Jones Law Firm. Biggest lie = LNG is green (it’s not, it wastes masses of energy and water and can’t be decarbonized). In Canada, LNG is polluting, health farm & family harming, methane-leaking (at every stage), noisy, diesel-fuming, permanent water-losing, frac’d gas. *LNG = LFG (Liquid Frac’d Gas), it’s not natural!*
1982 LNG bomb cartoon in Vancouver Sun LNG’s biggest lie is that it’s green. LNG is much more polluting than coal. Think about what LNG is, and the vast amounts of energy required to frac it, ship it, cool it, … Continue reading
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Holy Fracamoley! U.S. Dept of Justice Backs Communities Suing Big Oil
DOJ Backs Communities Suing Big Oil, Reversing Trump-era Position Press Release by Centre for Climate Integrity, March 16, 2023 For the First Time, the Justice Department Sides with Communities Seeking to Hold Major Fossil Fuel Corporations Accountable for Climate Damages … Continue reading
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Queen’s University (receives $millions in corporate “donations”) via CBC spews crap to deflect dioxin and phosgene pollution/health risks in Ontario and Quebec from Norfolk Southern’s toxic train derailment, burning of vinyl chloride, etc.
Greg [email protected] March 8, 2023: Chemistry prof Philip Jessop @queensu quoted saying dioxins are “too heavy to have crossed the Great Lakes through the air.” But study from 2000 found that almost all dioxins in Nunavut got there by traveling … Continue reading
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Dear rage farmers, anti science, anti rule of law Justice Centre for [Con] Freedoms; anti maskers; anti vaxxers; anti public health care; abusive Fucker Truckers: “Prior COVID-19 infection associated with increased risk of newly diagnosed erectile dysfunction”
I write rage farmers because during the wanna-be-republican insurrectionist fucker truckers’ violent illegal invasions of Ottawa and elsewhere, I was nastily assaulted five separate times by fucker truckers enraged that I choose to mask indoors in public to protect myself … Continue reading
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USA Supreme Court, In 6-3 ruling asserts “only corporations have the right to abortion, if done properly through child health and development issues arising from air pollution”
I have hundreds of posts in draft form. I am struggling to catch up. Injuries done to me when I was being raped (often) as a child causes me difficulty typing and posting. Unknowingly bathing in Encana/Ovintiv’s life-threatening frac water … Continue reading
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Finally! More than four years after quitting Ernst vs Encana, Murray Klippenstein (lawyer bencher LSO) stops using me, my image and “environmental protection” case as free advertising for his firm (that he said was destroyed along with his career by working to kill his self regulator’s Statement of Principles)
Why now? To appear honest to get re-elected to the board of Ontario’s LSO? On the main page of his law firm’s website, Mr. Klippenstein used my name, image and case without permission or specifying he quit in 2018, betraying … Continue reading
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Give Canadian youth their day in court! Kids appeal 2020 loss trying to sue Canada over climate inaction where Harper’s Justice Michael D. Manson ruled it’s not for courts to decide. What cave does he (and Harper) live in?
Canada is behind on environmental rights. Will the courts help? Last month, 15 children and youth asked judges to hear their claim to a constitutional right to a livable climate. The federal government wants to stop the case before the … Continue reading
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Worldwide Premier of award-winning film: “Uncovering the Permian Climate Bomb”
Complete documentary now on youtube: Uncovering the Permian Climate Bomb Trailer: Uncovering the Permian Climate Bomb by Earthworks To protect billions of people from the immediate risks of climate change, science tells us the world needs to end all new … Continue reading
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“Women don’t need to be ‘included’ into our capitalist, neoliberal economic system. We need to transform it.” This International Women’s Day, “resist, reimagine and rebuild.” No more empty platitudes. Say “NO!”
I highly recommend this short clip, best in full screen: Message from the Governor General on the occasion of International Women’s Day March 8, 2023 Today, as we mark International Women’s Day, we celebrate the contributions of women and girls. … Continue reading
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Politicians magically turn toxic frac’d gas “green.” Poof! No more sperm-decimating benzene from frac crews spewing into the air you and your loved ones breath. No more life threatening drinking water.
Comments: Pilot3: Goebbels would be proud. No tactic is too slimy for big business. asdfkjasldk: Their new definition of green energy is “anything better than coal”. Their clean coal friends are going to be really pissed. Voter Frog: In other … Continue reading
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Lawsuit settles industry’s 2016 methane leak contaminating citizen water wells and Mahomet Aquifer, Illinois’ largest freshwater source. Judge’s order requires four relief wells to try to remove the gas. In Alberta, AER still has not ordered Encana/Ovintiv to fix the company’s illegal fracs into Rosebud’s drinking water aquifers 20 years ago.
Illinois AG, Peoples Gas settle lawsuit over 2016 leak that reached Mahomet Aquifer by Mary Schenk, June 29, 2022, The News-Gazette URBANA — A Champaign County judge has approved an agreement between the state of Illinois and People’s Gas Light … Continue reading
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Ontarian white ass, Alberta (ex) Premier Jason Kenney, joins Bennett Jones Law Firm. Ex PM Steve Harper glued his anti rule of law Ontarian white ass to a law firm too (Dentons in Edmonton). How much do firms pay for punted politicians voters reject? No wonder most can’t afford to hire lawyers, legal fees are too high because of exorbitant costs buying used white trash to keep raping religion and corporations happy.
How many Albertans did Kenney and his compliant puppet Dr Deena Hishaw kill or disable via COVID-19? Of course he “joined” a law firm, one that largely serves big oil, notably runaway to the USA illegal aquifer frac’er Encana/Ovintiv. Kenney … Continue reading
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Bankruptcy, Deregulated & Weaponized: Used by the rich and powerful, judges, lawyers, corporations (including churches), politicians, etc. to hide truth, evade liability and accountability so as to keep polluting and poisoning us (as earth becomes increasingly unlivable). “Using bankruptcy, corporations get to eat their cake and lie about it too.”
Alberta is in an uproar these days, with anti Canada, anti Rule of Law “Dead Eyes” Premier Danielle Smith giving law-violating, billion dollar profit-raping, polluting oil and gas companies more billions off the backs of taxpayers (to clean up abandoned … Continue reading
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Calgary Petroleum Club 1986: Votes against women, “That’s very discriminatory.” Calgary Petroleum Club 2023: Says it never tolerated “any form of discrimination.”
Heather [email protected] March 1, 2023: Quote: “The club replied Tuesday that it has never and will never tolerate any form of discrimination, and encourages respectful freedom of expression.” So says the Calgary Petroleum Club which did not admit women until … Continue reading
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Victoria BC: Big crowd protests old growth logging; Neil Young and Daryl Hannah special guests: “The necessary and simple answer is do no harm. … No further destruction.”
It’s always fascinating to me, but upsetting, how mainstream media report using photos showing a few attendees at such events at this one, instead of photos showing the thousands attending and marching, such as the photos above. Main media no … Continue reading
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Dutch Gov’t NAM Exxon Shell Game: Delay Delay Delay Court orders to Pay?
Dutch government, Shell and Exxon ignored Groningen risks for years, inquiry finds by Reuters, February 24, 2023, The Globe and Mail The Dutch government and energy companies Shell SHEL-N -0.86%decrease and Exxon Mobil XOM-N -0.41%decrease ignored the risks of gas … Continue reading
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Rob Rogers cartoon, Team Trump-GOP-Norfolk Southern’s vast Poisoning for Profit Project, East Palestine Ohio, PA, NY, Ontario, Quebec and more: “I love the smell of deregulation in the morning.”
Just like the wanna-be-GOP, Trump-worshipping conservatives in Canada, notably in Ontario, Alberta and Saskatchewan where deregulation is religion, and oil and gas towns ‘n trains ‘n frac’d water towers blow up poisoning and killing (with judges lying in rulings, enabling … Continue reading
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Judge rules CP not liable for Lac-Megantic deadly frac’d oil train crash. Status quo wins again. Soon, there will be no ordinary people left for the rich to rape, pillage and murder.
Quebec court says Canadian Pacific Railway not liable in Lac-Mégantic train derailment by Marisela Amador The Canadian Press, December 15, 2022, Global News A Quebec Superior Court judge has found that Canadian Pacific Railway was not liable in the 2013 … Continue reading
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How can an intelligent species be so stupid? Trout River, my favourite town in NL, ignores destructive reality of the up and incoming sea (created by our greed induced over population and pollution)
Trout River’s Main Street destined for destruction by Diane Crocker, Feb. 12, 2023, Saltwire TROUT RIVER — Residents and business owners in Trout River are concerned that their town could become another Port aux Basques if something isn’t done to … Continue reading
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New study: Increased transparency and public pressure around frac’ing lowers pollution levels; mandatory chemical disclosure lowers number of new wells drilled. Targeted transparency can influence corporate behavior, no kidding – that’s why regulators keep so many secrets and let industry keep secrets too.
No wonder conservative/repuglican states and provinces have been so busy destroying education. Knowledge brings power to ordinary minds, which rapists (frac’ers, churches, and other industries) do not want us to have. No wonder my lawyer Murray Klippenstein withheld my website … Continue reading
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Texas: 58,199 wells frac’d (some by Encana/Ovintiv) in 9 years with 6.1 billion lbs “trade secret” chemicals, nearly 100,000 lbs PFAS (extremely toxic at low levels) “forever” chemicals and precursors. How much in Canada? Hint: No one is looking.
Frac’ing proves the stupidity of the human species. In a world running out of safe water, and in some communities, running out of contaminated water, politicians (so called “law” makers but really rape enablers, both rape by corporations and men … Continue reading
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Boycott the Olympigs! IOC’s Thomas Bach licks Putin’s ass, threatens Ukraine, says boycott violates its charter. Oleksandr Usyk: “The medals that Russian athletes are going to win are medals of blood, deaths and tears.”
I’ve boycotted the raping doping exploitative Olympigs for decades and will until I die. Nothing will change my mind. The Olympigs and its IOC are like frac’ing and CAPP – corrupt and harmful. Typical. IOC’s head honcho, Thomas Bach, is … Continue reading
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Australia: NT gov’t hit with frac lawsuit, had a “terrible track record of failing to regulate highly polluting industries … we’re arguing the minister failed to lawfully assess Tamboran’s environmental plan by not identifying and considering all the risks”
Frack Free [email protected] Feb 6, 2023: Central Australian Frack Free Alliance have launched a legal challenge to Tamborans approval to drill and frack 12 wells in the Barkly. Caffa will argue the minister should have considered the climate impacts of … Continue reading
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Pegagus Scandal: Have you been hacked and spied on by Israeli company NSO Group’s spyware sold to your gov’t and or agencies like AER?
My favourite quotes: Part 1: “….like living inside the condom.” Part 2: “The question is going to be, ‘Who have they missed?’” Part 2: “If you publish anything, we will sue you.” Part 2: “….it could not happen without the … Continue reading
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Newfoundland: First the sea collapsed. Now comes the crisis everyone is talking about
This article has some translation glitches, but is excellent with stunning photos. Aftenposten, based in Oslo, is Norway’s largest printed newspaper by circulation. I too, am afraid of the future. I grieve daily for the endless harms humans cause while … Continue reading
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SARS-CoV-2 in 2022: Outstanding reporting by Andrew Nikiforuk, and courage by The Tyee for publishing his works. Complete with nasty backlash from anti-public health, pro-corporate-rape-&-pillage-for-profit bullies (COVID liars, minimizers, and deniers).
Thank you Mr. Nikiforuk and The Tyee. I believe there are citizens alive today and COVID-free because of your diligent reporting and the experts willing to honestly warn us about the virus. It’s not just a cold, it’s not just … Continue reading
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Best quote of 2022: “To me, reconciliation’s all bullshit,” Simogyet (Chief) Neekt, George Muldoe, in line to take hereditary name Delgamuukw.
A Groundbreaking Indigenous Rights Decision, 25 Years Later, The Delgamuukw-Gisday’wa case had impact around the world. What has it done for the nations who fought it? by Amanda Follett Hosgood, 11 Dec 2022, TheTyee.ca “To me, reconciliation’s all bullshit.” – … Continue reading
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Frac’ing on its way out: “We’re going to run out of inventory in the next four to six years.” Will the shysters leave anything but ruin behind?
“A proportion (25% to 100%) of the water used in hydraulic fracturing is not recovered, and consequently this water is lost permanently to re-use, which differs from some other water uses in which water can be recovered and processed for … Continue reading
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Fresh Frac Hell: Frac’ers dumped waste from wells with PFAS across Ohio, Pennsylvania, West Virginia. Regulators refuse to test for PFAS, even after spills. How many wells in Canada were/are frac’d with PFAS and the waste dumped on our foodlands? How many by illegal aquifer frac’er Encana/Ovintiv?
Hello AER: Anyone looking? No? I didn’t think so. AER didn’t even look after they were sent documented evidence of crimes by Encana/Ovintiv intentionally directly frac’ing in community drinking water aquifers, with many drinking water wells thereafter contaminated. AER “dickheads” … Continue reading
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Dec 8, 2022 Free Webinar: Home on Native Land – RAVEN & Sentinel
Home on Native Land – RAVEN & Sentinel Description Home on Native Land is a self-guided course about Indigenous justice in Canada. Through a series of 10 videos, cartoons & lessons, people are invited to take a walk down the … Continue reading
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Los Angeles City Council votes unanimously to ban new oil & gas wells and close existing ones to *protect health of residents*
Hello Canada. Are you paying attention? March 12, 2014: Cochrane Interpipeline Gas Plant NW of Calgary (where polluter CEOs and deregulators at AER live and breath) Diary of a frac’d resident in NEBC. Damn It Premier Horgan, find some humanity! … Continue reading
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Nov 29, 2022 Cabot Oil & Gas on Criminal Docket. Public invited to Montrose PA main courtroom to hear AG read off each of 15 criminal charges against the frac’er for polluting waters of Dimock and hear Cabot’s guilty plea. Families have endured polluted water for 14 years. No such justice for Canadians suffering illegal acts by Encana/Ovintiv.
Cabot Oil & Gas, like most criminal oil and gas frac’ers, changed it’s spots via a merger after the criminal charges were filed against the company. Cabot is now Coterra Energy Inc. I believe companies do this to muddy their … Continue reading
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West Texas Permian frac field: 5.4M earthquake, 6.9km depth “likely caused by oil and gas industry activity.” Felt in Fort Davis in the mountains and as far away as State of Ohio! Even after industry reduces injection, frac quakes get bigger and bigger and bigger …
M 5.4 – 38 km WSW of Mentone, Texas Responses vs Time Plot (2,163 responses within 24 hours): Some areas reported moderate to strong shaking with light damages. As of Nov 17, 2022, over 2000 felt reports have been submitted, … Continue reading
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New Freeport Pennsylvania: EQT Frack Hit (last June); Gas contaminated water for Thanksgiving, enabled by DEP. “Ongoing testing shows that the water for dozens of households is unsafe to drink”
Donate to the food bank water bank. Frac’d Thanksgiving = water for frac’ers, judges, politicos and regulators, but not you and yours. Don’t fret, eventually, frac’ers and their enablers will have toxic gas-contaminated water too, that burns their skin, corrodes … Continue reading
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Pennsylvania Frac Lawsuit Latkanich v Chevron et. al., family contaminated with high levels benzene and toluene, PFAS “forever chemicals” and more. Brian Laktanich: “They gotta stop poisoning people”
To read the Statement of Claim, background on the case and view galling photos: LANDMARK LAWSUIT: Latkanich v Chevron, EQT, PFAS Defendants November 7, 2022 by bobscaping Lawsuit by Washington County homeowner says fracking caused “forever chemicals” to contaminate his … Continue reading
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Pennsylvania Governor Tom Wolf feeds the frac’ers with multi-billion dollar taxpayer giveaway
Governor Tom Wolf’s Fracking Legacy by bobscaping, Nov 4, 2022 Stephen Caruso of Spotlight PA reports on November 3, 2020: Tom Wolf signs $2 billion tax package that encourages natural gas production in Pa. – Despite the size of the … Continue reading
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Tenth Annual Shale & Public Health Conference featuring Dr. Anthony Ingraffea and more.
Tenth Annual Shale & Public Health Conference Tuesday, November 15, 2022&Wednesday, November 16, 2022from noon to 4pm EST The conference is presented by the League of Women Voters of Pennsylvania and hosted by the University of Pittsburgh Graduate School of … Continue reading
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New Brunswick: The only fracking going on is in Premier Higg’s head.
1940: Frac’ing Stoney Creek New Brunswick with nitroglycerin in Oil and Natural Gas in New Brunswick: Historical and Current Industry-related Activities 2013: Brief review of threats to Canada’s groundwater from the oil and gas industry’s methane migration and hydraulic fracturing Includes … Continue reading
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Shervin Hajipour’s Baraye: “Because of woman! Life! Freedom!” Real freedom! (Not that which old white mostly male privileged violent extreme right racist Canadian f*cker truckers demand for themselves but want no one else to have) “Because of man! Homeland! Prosperity!” (For all, not just the misogynistic and rich)
“Because of the banned girl who wished she’d been born a boy.” Shervin Hajipour Coldplay: “We believe as a band that everybody should be able to be themselves, as long as you don’t hurt anybody else. So we fully send … Continue reading
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SPECIAL PROTECTION WATERSHEDS: Victims of Repeated Abuse and Lingering Pollution in Pennsylvania. Brought to you by The Fracker, every day & night, not just on Halloween.
On Saturday, David Hess published a blog about microplastics being found in ALL of Pennsylvania’s BEST trout streams tested. This disturbing news revived my memories of repeated fracking spills into our county’s Special Protection watersheds, over one 4 year period, … Continue reading
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We must reconcile by doing, not with endless empty promises and big lies. And we must punt all racist judges (and stop putting them on the bench).
The [email protected]: Country that took 11 days to mourn symbol of colonialism takes day to honour victims of colonialism Global Round Dance “Utter disgust” at retired judge Brian Giesbrecht’s “filth” telling us “to move on” from 215 Indigenous children found … Continue reading
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Sandra Steingraber: Happy 60th to Silent Spring. What would Rachel Carson say about frac’ing?
Happy 60th to Silent Spring By Sandra Steingraber, PhD, Senior Scientist at SEHN Rachel Carson’s book on the toxicological properties of 19 pesticides is almost as old as I am. Published sixty years ago, on September 27, 1962, Silent Spring … Continue reading
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Liar liar, oil & gas patch pants on fire: What will Rape & Pillage Canada do with this complaint? It’s easy to fine coffee, not so easy to punish oil and gas. They’re above the law and God, after all.
$10 million complaint flagging advertising by the Canadian Gas Association is filed today with the Competition Bureau by Canadian doctors, nurses and public health advocates Press Release by CAPE, September 27, 2022 Industry lobby group for Enbridge, ATCO, Fortis and … Continue reading
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Twenty years later, I’m still waiting for EnCana’s then CEO, Gywn Morgan, to apologize for frac’ing Rosebud’s drinking water aquifers and to fix them!
2005: National Post Business features EnCana’s CEO Gwyn Morgan in its March issue: “What does Gwyn Morgan know that the rest of us don’t?” We didn’t know that a year earlier, Morgan-led EnCana intentionally illegally secretly frac’d Rosebud’s drinking water … Continue reading
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Zelensky to Russia, Sept 11, 2022: “Cold, hunger, darkness and thirst are not as frightening and deadly for us as your friendship and brotherhood.”
“Do you still think we are one people? Do you still think you can scare us, break us, force us to make concessions? Don’t you really get it? Don’t you understand who we are? What we stand for? What we … Continue reading
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New Film: Blowout: Dimock, Pennsylvania. Who’s Next? Already f*cked in Canada: Wheatley, Norfolk, Indian Hills, Leamington and more in Ontario; Rosebud, Redland, Wetaskiwin, Ponoka, Calgary, Spirit River, Red Deer, Medicine Hat, Fox Creek, Calmar, Lloydminster and more in Alberta; Hudson’s Hope, Farmington, Rose Prairie and more in British Columbia; Quebec; Saskatchewan; Nova Scotia; etc. etc. etc.
Water well driller to Ray Kemble: “That ain’t air Bubba, that’s gas.” Craig and July Sautner show and explain the air separator Cabot installed on their contaminated water supply. Alberta Environment instructed Bruce Jack from Spirit River to install a … Continue reading
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North Dakota Supreme Court, Precedent setting ruling: Encana/Ovintiv (Newfield Exploration) did the Hanky Panky (again), underpaid $millions in royalties to the state.
I expect Encana/Ovintiv will win if the company appeals to Trump’s supremely oily republican religious court of the USA. North Dakota high court backs state in oil company dispute by James MacPherson, Sept 2, 2022, AP News BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) … Continue reading
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Honduras: Father Melo on his award for defending human rights, environmental conservation and freedom of expression: “This won’t shut me up.”
Este premio no me callará la boca: Padre Melo Press Release by Radio Progreso, September 1, 2022 Tras anunciar que aceptará el reconocimiento aprobado por el Congreso Nacional, el sacerdote jesuita Ismael Moreno, dijo en Radio Progreso que con dicho … Continue reading
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LSO, self regulator of lawyers “is a shield for corrupt lawyers.” Yup, and it licences known convicted pedophiles giving them protected access to children.
Amir Attaran @profamirattaran August 27, 2022: The @LawSocietyLSO does not deserve to be called a regulator of lawyers. It is a shield for corrupt lawyers. But what do you expect from an organization of lawyers “regulating” other lawyers? Jacob Shelley … Continue reading
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Unnecessary Noise: “The cruel absence of care” living invaded by Encana/Ovintiv’s (now Lynx) frac compressors for 20 years with my legal right to quiet enjoyment of home and land violated.
Encana/Ovintiv’s unlawful noisy belching compressors (13 around Rosebud alone, hundreds in the county) have invaded my body, mind, soul and home for decades and violate my legal right to quiet enjoyment of my home and land (I bought my place … Continue reading
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Rio Grand Valley: Two county judges issued declarations of disaster in response to increasingly severe water shortage, yet, frac’ers keep frac’ing, permanently losing 25 to 100% of water injected
Scorched border counties downstream of depleted Falcon Lake face ‘threat of imminent disaster’ by Pablo De La Rosa, August 12, 2022, Texas Public Radio. Carolina Cuellar contributed to this report. Two county judges in the Rio Grande Valley issued declarations … Continue reading
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New study by Yale School of Public Health researchers: Kids born within two km (1.24 mi) of frac sites were two to three times more likely to be diagnosed with acute lymphoblastic leukemia between ages 2 and 7. A known cause is benzene, released by oil and gas activities into air and water. Dr. Cassandra Clark: “The magnitude of the elevated risk that we observed was fairly striking.”
2012: Alberta mother of three, Kimberly Mildenstein (wearing “Frack Off Cancer” T-shirt) attends Mountain View County Clr Paddy Munro’s presentation on frac’ing: Children living near Pa. fracking sites are at increased risk of leukemia, study finds by Susan Phillips, Aug … Continue reading
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Life is about perspective. You might think you’re a lion…but….
Four brutal years ago today, on August 18, 2018, my “public interest” lawyers, lead Murray Klippenstein and trainee, Cory Wanless, pissed on the rules of their profession, lied to me, and abruptly quit my lawsuit while not quitting cases taken … Continue reading
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New Report by Will Koop: “When the People Shout No!” to Oil & Gas in the Fraser Valley, B.C. (all Hell breaks loose), Dedicated to Joyce Nelson.
WHEN THE PEOPLE SHOUT NO! The Friends of the Fraser Valley and the Five Waves of Petroleum Exploration in the Fraser Valley, British Columbia 1914 – 1994 by Will Koop, August 15, 2022, B.C. Tap Water Alliance Short version of … Continue reading
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Michigan, Wixom: Don’t touch the water! Several thousand gallons carcinogen hexavalent chromium “released” (dumped?) by Tribar Manufacturing into sewer system, then Huron River
Video at link: State Officials Say Testing Continues After Huron River Chemical Spill, Preliminary Results Detect No Presence It’s easy for industry and regulators, notably those controlled by industry, to sample to intentionally avoid detection of toxic chemicals. Alberta Environment … Continue reading
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