Category Archives: Global Frac News

New study: Plastics, a “self-reinforcing” petroleum pollution feedback loop: Rapid degradation in warmer temperatures, demands frequent replacement, further contributing to greenhouse gas emissions. “Typically viewed as unrelated problems, global warming and plastic pollution are instead inextricably trapped in a ‘vicious circle’ where one feeds the other.”

Global Warming and Plastic Pollution Are Inextricably Trapped in a “Vicious Circle” by KTH, Royal Institute of Technology, March 27, 2024, SciTechDaily Research from Sweden has uncovered a “vicious circle” linking global warming and plastic pollution, where each problem exacerbates … Continue reading

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California (non regulator of destructive industries like Alberta): Chevron – “one of the state’s most prolific polluters” – to pay $13Million (peanuts for a $multibillion profit-raping company) in fines after profiting from illegal spills, some decadeslong and which remain ongoing. I bet Chevron won’t pay; there’s no enforcer, why waste money?

This Chevron and feeble regulation mess is tough to swallow, notably after Robert David Taylor’s horrific death. I get no feel goods from this “fine.” It’s not a punishment and Chevron will use it to propagandize how great and clean … Continue reading

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2024 03 22: Rest in Peace Dr. Eilish Cleary. Thank you for warning us of the dangers of glyphosate and frac’ing when you were New Brunswick’s chief medical officer of health. It remains unforgivable the gov’t tried to silence you, and trashed you for telling the truth.

Death of Irish doctor and chief medical officer who highlighted fracking dangers in Canada, Eilish Cleary (60) was sacked as chief medical officer of New Brunswick, allegedly over her concerns about shale gas exploration by Paul Cullen, March 24, 2024, … Continue reading

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About fucking time, after letting the slaughter of kids, women, journalists, doctors, nurses, aid workers, first responders, professors, deans, dancers, artists, musicians, poets, sports pros and more innocents go on and on (watched by the world), UN Security Council demands immediate ceasefire in Gaza (but only until April 9). USA, Israel’s genocide financier, abstains. Hey racist Zionists (that includes you Rosalie Abella): Palestinians are not insects, they are not dogs, they are human and have rights to their own homes, lands, olive groves and farms, water, oil and gas; they deserve and need *permanent* peace.

UN Security Council votes to demand immediate ceasefire in Gaza, as U.S. abstains, Votes comes during Muslim holy month of Ramadan by The Associated Press, Mar 25, 2024 The United Nations Security Council on Monday demanded a ceasefire in Gaza … Continue reading

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Overlooked feedback loop: As fossil fools frac Alberta to dried up hell, drought causes soils to crack, releasing more CO2 and other greenhouse gases, escalating climate chaos.

Frac’ing forces methane and other gases to release from formations they are naturally tightly adsorbed to. Gases not captured by man-made leaky casings (or those deformed by hundreds of frac quakes) migrate though soils to surface where they pollute and … Continue reading

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Cruel hide-in-the-closet misogynistic hateful old white man fascist Steve Harper to be appointed minister of foreign affairs under Pierre Picklehead?

Navigating near-term climate tragedy @OhSheri1 Mar 22, 2024: IF Canada was a real friend to Israel, it would say, ” You are committing genocide, stop, genocide is bad, it will bring you down.” A real friend is honest and truthful. … Continue reading

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Brian Mulroney: Cruel to Indigenous, cruel to women, cruel to workers, cruel to ordinary Canadians, cruel to Canada.

Boyd Reimer: Don’t believe the lie — Mulroney never led fight against apartheid. See link: https://yvesengler.com/2024… Peter Elson: I want our $5 million dollars back that he was awarded for lying about his role with Karl Heinz Schreiber. He should … Continue reading

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Human pollution (and over breeding) is taking the breath of trees away: “Trees in warmer, drier climates are essentially coughing instead of breathing,” sending CO2 right back into the atmosphere so they no longer serve as solution to our carbon pollution while earth continues heating and humans continue making more carbon pollution. Stupidest species on earth.

Comments by rural Albertans: Mother of God. Oh fuck, fuck, fuck. Just WOW and May God help save our planet! CO2 Emissions in 2023, A new record high…. by International Energy Agency … Global energy-related CO 2 emissions grew by … Continue reading

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The Beaverton: In honour of Mulroney, national funeral to be privatized

The Beaverton@TheBeaverton Mar 21, 2024: In honour of Mulroney, national funeral to be privatized thebeaverton.com “A privately owned and operated funeral will be more dignified and more profitable than a state-run state funeral. Don’t forget to check out the merch … Continue reading

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Southern Alberta en route to waterless Hell

Important back ground: 2012: AEA: Support to the identification of potential risks for the environment and human health arising from hydrocarbons operations involving hydraulic fracturing in Europe A proportion (25% to 100%) of the water used in hydraulic fracturing is … Continue reading

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2024 Canadian Hillman Prize winner: “Killer Water,” a story of greed, corruption, and willful government neglect. Congratulations Brandi Morin, Geordie Day, Ricochet Media/The Real News Network/IndigiNews Media and team, and Fort Chip community!

Brandi Morin@Songstress28 March 19, 2024: Stunned to learn @geordieday and I won the prestigious @SidneyHillman 2024 Canadian Hillman Award Broadcast category for our film Killer Water produced in conjunction with @ricochet_en@TheRealNews@IndigiNewsMedia These stories are making waves & I am soooooo … Continue reading

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Alberta, The Wild Wild West of Stupid: Under extreme drought and climate chaos diminishing supplies, frac’ers plan to truck water province-wide

A 3-year (and counting) drought is threatening Canada’s farmers and oil producer by Rod Nickel and Nia Williams, Reuters, March 18, 2024, Fast Company Farmers, oil drillers in parched Alberta brace for water shortage by Rod Nickel and Nia Williams, … Continue reading

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Alberta rural municipalities want “No Duty of Care” AER – industry’s self-regulating servant, to make oil and gas companies pay their taxes (over $250 Million owed and growing). Will a delinquent multi billion dollar profit-raping industry make itself pay its debts as it wipes out earth’s livability? Not even in your dreams.

Jason Scott@JasonOnTheDrums: … This is AFTER Smith is doing NOTHING Who does Smith represent? Smith and the UCP/PC/CPC’s being servants to the rich and raping companies while on our dime was obvious decades ago. Albertans are addicted to lies, secrets, … Continue reading

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Lyin’ Brian Bags-o-Cash Mulroney: Racist genocide-enabler divisive cruel crooked lawyer bribe-taking white man abuser of Indigenous Peoples and civil rights, sold Canadians out serving USA and the rich via NAFTA, dead at 84.

It’s horrific that Canada will give a crook a state funeral. Just more propaganda to con Canadians. Mulroney betrayed Indigenous peoples with his hateful racism and violence, and betrayed ordinary Canadians with NAFTA to serve the rich, USA and his … Continue reading

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Oh Oh! Human pollution caused climate chaos is coming for our chocolate, beloved by many.

I would have died decades ago without chocolate. It’s my most important essential food group, protects my heart and soul, and helps/helped me endure the hideousness of humanity – especially rape religions, and rape-enabling authorities like lawyers, judges and politicians. … Continue reading

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USA: Surveys of methane pollution from oil and gas systems continues to be far higher than gov’t estimates, wasting about $1Billion worth of gas annually and causing $9.3Billion in yearly climate damage. Dr. Robert Howarth: “It’s worse than most of us have been saying. … Shale gas and LNG are really bad for climate.”

Dear UCP/Danielle Smith and your evangelical bosses at TBA, this graph is for you: How China Became the World’s Leader on Renewable Energy *** Robert Howarth@howarth_cornell March 13, 2024: Best synthesis to date of methane emissions from natural gas in … Continue reading

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Canada: “Fish have more rights than humans.” Athabasca Chipewyan First Nation and Mikisew Cree ask feds to designate naphthenic acids in tarsands waste lakes as toxic

Alberta First Nations want Ottawa to class oilsands tailings component as toxin by Bob Weber, The Canadian Press, March 14, 2024, St Albert Gazette Two Alberta First Nations have asked the federal government to examine whether a component of oilsands … Continue reading

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Follow Alberta’s vanishing water, frac by frac, coal mine by coal mine, UCP/AER/Danielle Smith lie by lie.

2012: AEA: Support to the identification of potential risks for the environment and human health arising from hydrocarbons operations involving hydraulic fracturing in Europe A proportion (25% to 100%) of the water used in hydraulic fracturing is not recovered, and … Continue reading

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Nenshi is what Alberta needs and is the only one that can save our CPP from TBA’s/UCP’s/Smith’s dirty fingers aiming to give our pensions to rich oil and gas companies to frac to dust.

Nenshi’s leadership would boost voter support for Alberta NDP: poll, Nenshi holds a unique, personalizing appeal that extends beyond partisanship, said MRU political scientist Lori Williams by Bill Kaufmann, Mar 14, 2024, Calgary Herald A Naheed Nenshi-led Alberta NDP would … Continue reading

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Congress investigating Rusty Huston of Diversified Energy and his dirty deeds shell game: Buying up shitty wells, delaying their clean-up and cooking the books to make $millions.

The Fossil Fuel Industry Can’t Avoid Liability for Discarded Oil and Gas Wells, Congressional Democrats are digging into the maneuvers corporations like Diversified rely on to make millions while unplugged wells poison communities with dangerous levels of methane gas by … Continue reading

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Bob Sacamano: “Nenshi will wipe the floor with Smith and her TBA bosses.”

I’ve boycotted political parties all my life because in my view they’re more harmful than frac’ers. Tonight, I joined Nenshi.ca and donated some funds. Nenshi is the only politician I have any respect for. The rest are mostly lying self-serving … Continue reading

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Huge “common sense” victory! New York Assembly wisely overwhelmingly passes CO2 frac ban, 97-50!

Assemblymember Dr. Anna R. Kelles@AMKelles: Thrilled that A8866 to ban CO2 #fracking passed the NYS Assembly today! This bill to extend NYS ban on fracking to include the use of carbon dioxide is critical to protect our water, our environment … Continue reading

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Frac’ing is a health crisis! Releases radiation: as airborn particles; *radon into homes and water wells*; in brine/waste dumped on leases, roads, croplands, pastures; contaminating farms, communities, wildlife, livestock, families (frac’ing has been linked to leukemia and lymphoma in kids), workers, foods, landfills, trucks and rig equipment

@SEHNetwork March 12, 2024: Unacceptable! We do not consent to these radioactive exposures. In the #fracking science Compendium with @PSRenvironment, we find evidence of multiple routes of #radioactive exposures to workers & communities around oil and gas operations. https://concernedhealthny.org/compendium/ FrackingIsAHealthCrisis … Continue reading

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Time to smell the bitumen; Alberta collected less than $1 over 13 years from $Billion profit-raping tarsands companies for clean-up. Obviously, gov’t and AER don’t plan to make industry clean up or seal their climate chaos causing leaking wells. Companies only care about money and $billions in subsidies from ordinary Canadians (struggling to feed their kids), lots of lies, secrets, toxic cover-ups, refusing to pay taxes, and propagandizing you and your kids.

I’ll never understand why anyone believes the shitty lies coming out of Alberta politicians (no matter what polka dot, PC, UCP led by extremist bible-thumping misogynistic racist hate-filled Taking Alberta Waaaaay Back into the Cave, or NDP), AER or Alberta … Continue reading

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West Virginia’s frac cruelty and toxic harms: EQT poisons, sickens and drives four families from their homes. Abby Tennant: “Our home is no longer a home. It is a place of sickness, confusion and sadness.” Remember Baytex?

My condolences to the frac poisoned families. I never had migraines in my life, or skin and eyes burning so badly, the pain made me feel faint or sick to my stomach, until Encana/Ovintiv’s frac invasion. I also never had … Continue reading

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Canada, finally, bans *all* use of strychnine (yes, even in Cruelville Alberta, effective September after six-month phase-out) – a terrible way to die. Health Canada found more strychnine was used than number of poisoned carcasses retrieved, resulting in strychnine-poisoned carcasses available for other animals to feed on, increasing risk of secondary poisoning. What will vile anti-life, anti-science Danielle Smith and her evil Evangelicals do?

My rescue dog Bandit, love of my life, ate gophers poisoned with strychnine (obviously, the gophers were not retrieved by which ever person poisoned them). Our vet was able to save his life, but what a gruelling gruesome stress-filled time … Continue reading

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Like frac’ers, AI devours fresh water and is grossly energy intensive and polluting.

The Growing Environmental Footprint Of Generative AI, AI runs on power-hungry equipment that uses millions of gallons of fresh water. Policymakers are weighing the costs by David Berreby, Feb 20, 2024, Undark Two months after its release in November 2022, … Continue reading

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Billionaire Gina Reinhart’s Benga/Northback Coal (wants to destroy Alberta’s Grassy Mountain, contaminate water for many) bribes Livingston School Division with $75,000 (that doesn’t buy many loads of water) and treats (indoctrinates) kids to breakfast using them as propaganda. Why do communities bribed by water raping corporations not say no? High River Mayor Craig Snodgrass has choice words of wisdom for Energy Minster Brian Jean and his floppy hush puppy, AER.

Alberta You See Pee@youseepeeYYC: Imagine voting for a government that has defunding education so badly that public school districts are forced to accept bribe money from a foreign coal company that intends to poison the water that school children will … Continue reading

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What does peace look like? ‘Woven Together’ by 13 year old Anja Rozen of Slovenia, Plakat Miru competition winner. What does a polluted earth look like? ‘Our World’ poem by 11 year old Scott Douglas Rea of Canada, killed at age 11 by drunk driver.

In my poster, people are holding onto each other. If someone lets go, the rest of them will fall. The hands in my poster represent earth and earth connects us all. It holds us together. We need to respect and … Continue reading

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Athabasca Chipewyan First Nation councillor Mike Mercredi to industry’s self-regulator AER CEO Laurie Pusher: “You allow eight regulated cancer causing agents into the water. You’re allowing regulated murder…it’s slow industrial genocide. How many bodies? How many billions are you gonna be making before we’re all dead?”

When AER was EUB (before the Alberta gov’t made it ERCB after the regulator got caught breaking the law and spying on innocent cookie making grandmothers), it allowed Encana/Ovintiv to illegally frac repeatedly directly into Rosebud’s drinking water aquifers, and … Continue reading

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Morgan Bassichis, Jewish Voice for Peace: ‘Not in Our Name: On Jews Rejecting Zionism.’ A common enemy: white supremacy and empire. “Everyone deserves the chance to be a kid and everyone deserves the chance to grow old. And for that reason…we reject Zionism. … Because it has been used as the premise for over 75 years of Palestinian dispossession, exile and death. Because it tries desperately to conflate Judaism with Zionism. When Judaism is our thousands-year-old rich tradition and Israel is a 75 year old settler colonial apartheid state. … Because none of us are free until all of us are free. From every river to every sea.”

… We know that our safety, our dignity and our very souls as Jewish people are to be found in solidarity, not in apartheid. In multiracial coalitions against white supremacy, not in coalitions with white supremacists. In channelling our fear … Continue reading

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New York State: How to ban deadly industry practices like CO2 frac’ing? Dr. Sandra Steingraber: “Citizen activism + science + journalism + political leadership.” State Senator Lea Webb: “These companies continue to find loopholes…at the expense…of our livelihood not just now but for generations to come….”

Dr. Sandra Steingraber @ssteingraber1 Mar 5, 2024 “The bill has moved quickly through committees in the state legislature and is now heading to senate and assembly floors.” citizen activism + science + journalism + political leadership did that New York … Continue reading

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USA airdrops aid for Gaza

2024 03 03: By Hani Abbas, Syrian-Palestinian award-wining cartoonist/teacher, born in 1977 in Palestinian refugee camp of Yarmouk, Syria. Hani Abbas had to flee Syria and seek asylum in Switzerland. He denounces Wars’ atrocities in his cartoons. Mouin Rabbani@MouinRabbani: Has … Continue reading

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Rest in power, love and courage, Aaron Bushnell: “Free Palestine. Free Palestine. Free Palestine.”

From Aaron’s will: I am sorry to my brother and my friends for leaving you like this. Of course, if I was truly sorry, I wouldn’t be doing it. But the machine demands blood. None of this is fair. I … Continue reading

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Problematic interactions between humanity and the rest of life on earth; Aim of corposystem is endless growth for profit, which depends on endless human population growth: not sustainable on a finite planet.

Scientists’ Warning on the Problem with Overpopulation and Living Systems by Dr. M. Lynn Lamoreux and Prof. Dorothy C. Bennett, Jan 2024, The Journal of Population and Sustainability Vol. 8 No. 1 (2024) DOI: https://doi.org/10.3197/JPS.63799953906873 Published 2023-11-30 — Updated on … Continue reading

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Pennsylvania: Big legal win for Westmoreland water against CNX Midstream. Heather Hulton VanTassel: “Compliance histories like these demonstrate a lack of willingness to comply with the law.” (Same in Bad Oil & Gas Alberta)

PA DEP Withdraws Permit Application for CNXM Slickville Trunkline Project Press Release by Riverkeepers and Lisa Johnson, February 26, 2024, The Energy Age Contacts:Heather Hulton VanTassel, PhD, 3RWK Executive Director, 724-651-4367Lisa Johnson, Esq., Lisa Johnson & Assoc., 412-913-8583 On February … Continue reading

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Another new study: Fracking kills birds; Reduces subsequent bird population counts by 15% while “wind turbines do not have any measurable impact”

Quantifying the Effects of Energy Infrastructure on Bird Populations and Biodiversity by Erik Katovich, Dec 28, 2024, Environ. Sci. Technol. 2024, 58, 1, 323–332 https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.est.3c03899 Copyright © 2023 American Chemical Society Abstract Shale oil and gas production and wind energy … Continue reading

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“Essential” gut-ripping read by Canadian law prof Joshua Sealy-Harrington. TMU’s Lincoln Alexander School of Law abusing and punishing students for courageously publicly voicing opposition to Israel’s genocide is pathetic and shameful. Academia, courts, lawyers, media (Toronto Star, National Post etc.) helping Bibi Netanyahu destroy our right to freedom of expression globally must be called out and stopped.

Rosel Kim@jroselkim: Thank you @JoshuaSealy for your principled stance. Zachary Al-Khatib@ZaKhatib Feb 26, 2024: It is unfortunate that well-respected, highly accomplished law professor @JoshuaSealy could not get @TorontoStar to publish an op-ed or even a letter response. Kudos to him … Continue reading

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Billionaire oilman criminal-worshipping Tim Dunn: Christian or racist misogynistic bigoted Antichrist?

Religion is not man’s relationship to God, it is man’s relationship to man. Elie Wiesel Is it possible to be Christian becoming a billionaire raping the earth for oil – a toxic polluting product, enabling the destruction of earth’s abilility … Continue reading

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Dear Alberta bigots: Pride won’t be cancelled by your votes; you’ll soon see the most rainbows ever in Westlock’s history. Love always wins.

Dr. Kristopher Wells@KristopherWells: You can erase a rainbow crosswalk, but you can’t erase our lives. All this does is strengthen our resolve to combat the forces of hate. Love always wins. Thanks to an amazing donor, hundreds of these lawn … Continue reading

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March 6, 2024: Join Dr. Larysa Dyrszka and Justin Nobel as they discuss threats and harms caused by “Big Oil’s Dangerous Secret” (worsened by frac’ing) and how the industry gets rid of its billions of tons of often toxic, radioactive waste: “It’s been spilled, spread, injected, dumped, and freely emitted across America” (in Canada too)

Under the Surface: What does the fracking boom mean for our health by Justin Nobel, Science journalist, Feb 20, 2024, Collaborative for Health & Environment Over the last seven years, as I traveled the United States reporting on the oil … Continue reading

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AER hearing TransAlta v Saturn Oil & Gas and Westbrick Energy (plan to frac and quake under Brazeau hydroelectric dam) adjorned – yet again. Parties negotiating with gov’t (why is Alberta Justice involved?). Has Danielle Smith’s boss – Cenovus, CAPP et al, ordered her to remove the 2019 frac restrictions at and near the dam?

Image is a few years old, wetland health is much worse now in the severe drought and after years of companies frac’ing Alberta dry. Image by Barb Ryan, Fox Creek, Alberta Frac Central Important history: 2019: Alberta Imposes New Frac’ing … Continue reading

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Oil and gas producers fight plan for nuke waste to be stored in heavily drilled and frac’d Permian Basin. Humans have lost the plot; even health and water-destroying frac’ers are finding out what it’s like to be invaded by humanity’s greed-driven deadly waste.

The War Over Burying Nuclear Waste in America’s Busiest Oil Field, Plans to store used nuclear fuel in the Permian Basin could boost the nuclear sector but are opposed by oil-and-gas producers by Benoît Morenne, FEb 18, 2024, Wall Street … Continue reading

Posted in Global Frac News, Other Legal | Comments Off on Oil and gas producers fight plan for nuke waste to be stored in heavily drilled and frac’d Permian Basin. Humans have lost the plot; even health and water-destroying frac’ers are finding out what it’s like to be invaded by humanity’s greed-driven deadly waste.

Instead of criminalizing frac’ing in drought stricken NEBC (at or near Level 5 for two years already), BC Energy “Regulator” urges frac’ers to hoard water “for use in the dry season” and lets them keep frac’ing, permanently removing most of the water injected from reuse.

@MerlinofCanada: People in BC and Alberta have no idea how much fresh water is destroyed in fracking B.C. oil and gas producers warned of potential water shortages in drought-stricken areas Fiona Kenny@fionakennyantiq: Amazed grain and canola producers and cattle farmers … Continue reading

Posted in Global Frac News | Comments Off on Instead of criminalizing frac’ing in drought stricken NEBC (at or near Level 5 for two years already), BC Energy “Regulator” urges frac’ers to hoard water “for use in the dry season” and lets them keep frac’ing, permanently removing most of the water injected from reuse.

California Geologic Energy Management Division banning frac’ing to “prevent damage to life, health, property, and natural resources” prioritizing communities over the oil and gas industry (especially in Kern Co).

This is welcome news. I applaud the Geologic Energy Management Division’s courage and integrity to do what they set out to do no matter how nasty the frac’ers became in response. How many aquifers did frac’ers contaminate; how many houses … Continue reading

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Happy Family Day: Take Back Alberta (deeper into fascist Hell) and UCP’s Danielle Smith killing trans kids’ rights *and* parental rights: “Unjust, harmful nonsense.” Thank you Prof MacFarlane.

Yes, the feds can actually override provincial anti-trans school policies. Here’s how by Emmett Macfarlane, Feb 19, 2024, Declarations of Invalidity I have written about the controversial new anti-trans policies adopted by right-wing premiers across Canada that would require schools … Continue reading

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Wise Manitoba gov’t says no to Calgary’s Sio Silica (CanWhite Sands) frac sand extraction at Vivian after ousted PC’s reportedly tried to sneak in approval for the invasive, health-harming, aquifer-destroying project after losing the election.

Thank you Dennis LeNeveu! 2023: 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 Sand) Manitoba rejects Sio Silica sand mining project, saying risk ‘simply … Continue reading

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Nearly a year after AER orders Obsidian Energy to come up with a plan *in 15 days* to mitigate its massive earthquakes, the company reportedly still refuses to address Woodland Cree First Nation’s concerns or meet with them. Where’s the self-regulator? Oh right, Obsidian regulates itself, does what it wants, impacted neighbours be damned.

…. On February 7, 2024, the AER, pursuant to our regulatory appeal of the Order, scheduled a hearing to commence on November 27, 2024, to review the Order and whether it should be confirmed, varied, suspended or revoked. … Obsidian … Continue reading

Posted in Global Frac News | Comments Off on Nearly a year after AER orders Obsidian Energy to come up with a plan *in 15 days* to mitigate its massive earthquakes, the company reportedly still refuses to address Woodland Cree First Nation’s concerns or meet with them. Where’s the self-regulator? Oh right, Obsidian regulates itself, does what it wants, impacted neighbours be damned.

New study: Air pollution, namely nitrogen dioxide (NO2 – from tailpipes, gas stoves, drilling, frac’ing, flaring, production, compressors, gas plants, etc.), linked to uterine cancer. LNG means more toxic frac’ing, more cancers, more deaths.

I dedicate this post to all those living frac’d and to my three Alberta friends who died recently of cancer, one younger than me. One died from uterine cancer; she lived surrounded by NO2-spewing drilling, flaring and frac’ing, and compressors … Continue reading

Posted in Global Frac News | Comments Off on New study: Air pollution, namely nitrogen dioxide (NO2 – from tailpipes, gas stoves, drilling, frac’ing, flaring, production, compressors, gas plants, etc.), linked to uterine cancer. LNG means more toxic frac’ing, more cancers, more deaths.

Can’t afford to feed your family and heat your home? While Canadian con politicos lie and blame Trudeau, EU Parliament holds first public hearing on “The responsibilities of fossil fuel companies in the cost of living crisis” & New UK study: “Much modern inflation is driven by fossil fuels (‘fossilflation’) & climate change (‘climateflation’)”

Pierre Picklehead and his anti-reality, anti-science CPC Con Klan, and the provincial con klans like Danielle Smith and her UCP/TBA evangelicals, blame only and always Trudeau for inflation. Liars. The Hearing Program *** David Roberts@drvolts: Interesting new paper from a … Continue reading

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Cristofer Lambe satire: “Roblaws$ Live life hungry.” Bully greed monger Loblaws attacks artist for his truthful work, orders Etsy to remove product, which Etsy did. Meanwhile, frac’ers get to lie lie lie, and lie some more. On top of boycotting Canada Day (for racism and genocide), Israeli products (for crimes against humanity in Palestine), Hockey Canada (for its gang rapes), Super Bowl (propagandizing for kid-killing land-stealing Zionists), I boycott Loblaws and Etsy too. Lobaws needs to chat with Jason Kenney to learn what stealing logos really looks like.

I also boycott the Olympigs, for obvious reasons. I will order one of these marvellous shirts! Buy directly here: Loblaws just sent an IP infringement to Etsy for this shirt – unless their logo is a gun and grocery basket … Continue reading

Posted in Global Frac News | Comments Off on Cristofer Lambe satire: “Roblaws$ Live life hungry.” Bully greed monger Loblaws attacks artist for his truthful work, orders Etsy to remove product, which Etsy did. Meanwhile, frac’ers get to lie lie lie, and lie some more. On top of boycotting Canada Day (for racism and genocide), Israeli products (for crimes against humanity in Palestine), Hockey Canada (for its gang rapes), Super Bowl (propagandizing for kid-killing land-stealing Zionists), I boycott Loblaws and Etsy too. Lobaws needs to chat with Jason Kenney to learn what stealing logos really looks like.

USA: Severe oil & gas work-related injuries during January 2015–July 2022: 32 jurisdictions reported 2,101 injuries resulting in amputation, loss of an eye, or inpatient hospitalization

Severe Work-Related Injuries in the Oil and Gas Extraction Industry — 32 Federal Occupational Safety and Health Administration Jurisdictions, United States, January 2015–July 2022 by Vidisha Parasram, Christina Socias-Morales, Audrey Reichard, CDC Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report/ February 8, 2024 … Continue reading

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Bravo TransProud Supportive Respectful Caring Alberta Kids! I am in awe at your courage and integrity. Students in Calgary, Edmonton, Leduc, Westlock etc walk out in opposition to UCP/TBA’s cruel hate-filled antitrans kids policies. Meanwhile, Premier Bigot Danielle gets “Fuck you Smith” welcome outside creepy Con (cult) Albany Club of Toronto.

Danielle Smith’s Strange Thoughts on ‘Parental Rights’, Inside the UCP’s take on the family by Susan Jane Wright, Feb 7, 2024, TodayThe Tyee Susan Jane Wright was a lawyer and an executive in the energy sector before she became a … Continue reading

Posted in Global Frac News | Comments Off on Bravo TransProud Supportive Respectful Caring Alberta Kids! I am in awe at your courage and integrity. Students in Calgary, Edmonton, Leduc, Westlock etc walk out in opposition to UCP/TBA’s cruel hate-filled antitrans kids policies. Meanwhile, Premier Bigot Danielle gets “Fuck you Smith” welcome outside creepy Con (cult) Albany Club of Toronto.

Take Back Alberta from Bigots! and and and …

Fantastic sign, “Take Back Alberta from Bigots!” at Day #2 pro trans rights rally in Edmonton on the weekend. Bigots. And homophobes and ignoramuses, and abusers and greedies, and cancel culture and cancel alternate energies, and science and truth haters, … Continue reading

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Dear Hate-filled Alberta TBA/UCP gov’t and inhumane bigots David Parker and Danielle Smith: Eat your heart out (if you have one). Many publicly support trans kids and oppose your cruelty; best, we don’t need to be bribed to show up (e.g. with tickets bought by others to attend your Tucker Fucker Carlson chat).

“Take Back Alberta from Bigots!” sign at pro trans rally in Edmonton on the weekend, Day #2. Chris Berthelot@DebatingChris: David Parker should eat his heart out. We didn’t have to buy people tickets to get them to show. @DavidJPba is … Continue reading

Posted in Global Frac News | Comments Off on Dear Hate-filled Alberta TBA/UCP gov’t and inhumane bigots David Parker and Danielle Smith: Eat your heart out (if you have one). Many publicly support trans kids and oppose your cruelty; best, we don’t need to be bribed to show up (e.g. with tickets bought by others to attend your Tucker Fucker Carlson chat).

Balcony Guy, Ottawa 2022: A True Canadian Hero, Part of Our Heritage. Fuck the Fucker Truckers.

Nota Convite@notaconvite: First of all…. Actual truckers kept trucking… they weren’t the ones who put Ottawa under siege. Sept 5, 2023. 100 years after the Freedom Convoy, all we remembered was his statement: “Take your fucking trucks and shove them … Continue reading

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Feb 7, 2024 Updated: Alberta School Walkout in response to Premier Bigot Smith and religious hate-filled Take Back Alberta (disguised as UCP) abuse of trans kids. Transgender people deserve to feel safe in school, notably when lives at home are unsafe. Big Oil Danielle and TBA/UCP need to persecute law-violating oil, gas, bitumen, frac and coal companies, not kids and alternate energies.

2023: Iceland passes conversion therapy ban that’s trans-inclusive. None voted against. “Landslide majority” for human rights! Ugla Stefanía Kristjönudóttir Jónsdóttir: “The legislation had cross party support in parliament, despite attempts from known anti-trans hate groups under English influence to oppose … Continue reading

Posted in Global Frac News | Comments Off on Feb 7, 2024 Updated: Alberta School Walkout in response to Premier Bigot Smith and religious hate-filled Take Back Alberta (disguised as UCP) abuse of trans kids. Transgender people deserve to feel safe in school, notably when lives at home are unsafe. Big Oil Danielle and TBA/UCP need to persecute law-violating oil, gas, bitumen, frac and coal companies, not kids and alternate energies.

Wainright Alberta: Toxic smoke alert ended for Lycos Energy Inc. oil tanks explosion and fire. Never a dull moment in AER’s deregulated, no public interest, no duty of care, blowing up, burning up, escalating water restrictions (but not for oil, gas, coal or frac) mayhem. Meanwhile, Alberta Premier Danielle Smith sucks Canada Dry with plastic.

Comment by a rural Albertan: HUGE fire, little lease. Oil tanks. WTF happened? They should be impervious. Another interesting development in the questionably developed oil field. Premier Danielle Smith and her extreme right evangelical racist misogynistic anti-science anti-environment pro-polluter Take … Continue reading

Posted in Global Frac News | Comments Off on Wainright Alberta: Toxic smoke alert ended for Lycos Energy Inc. oil tanks explosion and fire. Never a dull moment in AER’s deregulated, no public interest, no duty of care, blowing up, burning up, escalating water restrictions (but not for oil, gas, coal or frac) mayhem. Meanwhile, Alberta Premier Danielle Smith sucks Canada Dry with plastic.

Colorado amends 2022 bill outlawing trade secrets to allow trade secrets: More frac fuckery loopholes by COGCC, state’s oil & gas regulator, with synergy shit and dishonesty by Env NGOs enabling it.

This is a post I did in 2022 but didn’t publish. Synergizing deceptions by NGOs are brutal for me to watch play out and endure. NGOs caused more harm to me, smearing me and my case, than the defendants in … Continue reading

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March 18, 2024, Calgary, AER hearing on frac fight between companies: TransAlta opposes frac’ing by Saturn Oil & Gas and Westbrick Energy near its Brazeau hydroelectric facility. Bring your own beer & popcorn. *4.0M quake Jan 31, Fox Creek (frac central), *2 km depth; 3.9M quake Jan 30, same location, 2 km depth. Better shut ‘er down frac’ers.* Where’s AER? Listed them as 3.3M and 3M (industry fudgery runs the corrupt show).

Comment by an Albertan: Is it wrong of me to wonder if industry and AER collaborate/ collude / conspire to pushing the limits until the arbitrary 4 is cracked. (didn’t mean to be punny) The quakes at Fox Creek suddenly … Continue reading

Posted in Global Frac News | Comments Off on March 18, 2024, Calgary, AER hearing on frac fight between companies: TransAlta opposes frac’ing by Saturn Oil & Gas and Westbrick Energy near its Brazeau hydroelectric facility. Bring your own beer & popcorn. *4.0M quake Jan 31, Fox Creek (frac central), *2 km depth; 3.9M quake Jan 30, same location, 2 km depth. Better shut ‘er down frac’ers.* Where’s AER? Listed them as 3.3M and 3M (industry fudgery runs the corrupt show).