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Related: About this forumRenowned Science Writer Sandra Steingraber Puts Her Body On the Line to Defend Against Frackin
http://www.alternet.org/fracking/renowned-science-writer-sandra-steingraber-puts-her-body-line-defend-against-fracking***SNIP
On World Water Day, this is a good time to reflect on the threats of drought and water contamination, in which fracking plays a key role. Steingraber talked with AlterNet about the health effects of fracking, her own personal connection to the issue, and what keeps her up at night. (Spoiler: its cement, but more on that soon.)
Tara Lohan: If Im reading the news correctly, it looks like you were arrested earlier this week.
Sandra Steingraber: Yes, I was.
TL: How did you get involved in that action?
SS: It has an odd trajectory. I was writing about three other people who were arrested for civil disobedience at that same facility last September. One of them, the night before, showed up on my front porch and asked me if I would come the next morning to bear witness to what he was about to do and be available to talk to the press about compressor stations, which was something I was researching. I was happy to talk about the kinds of chemicals that compressor stations put into the atmosphere and what the problem is with this whole project. The whole project being a storage facility for fracked gases that a company called Inergy from Kansas City is trying to build. The plan they have for this part of the world is to use depleted salt caverns where salt mining has been done for probably a century at least, and use it as a storage facility for gas from the fracking fields in Pennsylvania. The idea is that the gas would be pressurized to the point of liquidification, then injected into salt caverns.
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Renowned Science Writer Sandra Steingraber Puts Her Body On the Line to Defend Against Frackin (Original Post)
xchrom
Mar 2013
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tech3149
(4,452 posts)1. Thanks, it was really worth reading thewhole article
enough
(13,255 posts)2. The second half of this interview is the clearest explanation of all the components
of fracking, and of it's dangers, that I've ever seen. Ms. Steingraber performs a major service to all of us in her work in getting this information out.
limpyhobbler
(8,244 posts)3. k/r. Good read, Thanks for posting
Some related stuff that I had posted about this in another forum...
12 Arrested Blockading Controversial Fracking Infrastructure
The blockade precedes a 250+ person rally opposing the Inergy facility scheduled to begin at the Watkins Glen Village Marina at 5 p.m. today....
The blockade joins a growing national movement to call attention to environmental injustices caused by unconventional and extreme fossil fuel extraction techniques, including Inergys hotly debated salt cavern gas storage facility proposed for Reading, NY....
Inergys facility has generated widespread concerns for its proximity to Seneca Lake, New York States largest fresh water body and the source of drinking water for 100,000 people.
Michael Dineen, a resident of Seneca County, which contains a portion of Seneca Lake, said, The priorities of Inergys project are all wrong. Drinking water and peoples health are more valuable than gas. The Finger Lakes region holds one of the largest pool of fresh water in the United States and needs our protectionwe dont need to lock in investments in dirty fracking infrastructure that will deepen our dependence on an inherently contaminating industry.
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http://blog.shaleshockmedia.org/2013/03/18/fractavist-blockade-construction-of-gas-bomb/
The blockade joins a growing national movement to call attention to environmental injustices caused by unconventional and extreme fossil fuel extraction techniques, including Inergys hotly debated salt cavern gas storage facility proposed for Reading, NY....
Inergys facility has generated widespread concerns for its proximity to Seneca Lake, New York States largest fresh water body and the source of drinking water for 100,000 people.
Michael Dineen, a resident of Seneca County, which contains a portion of Seneca Lake, said, The priorities of Inergys project are all wrong. Drinking water and peoples health are more valuable than gas. The Finger Lakes region holds one of the largest pool of fresh water in the United States and needs our protectionwe dont need to lock in investments in dirty fracking infrastructure that will deepen our dependence on an inherently contaminating industry.
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http://ourfutureisunfractured.wordpress.com