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LiberalEsto

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12. If only it were possible!

Reply to tclambert (Reply #10)

Fri Mar 20, 2015, 01:46 PM

Mar 2015

Last edited Fri Mar 20, 2015, 04:43 PM - Edit history (1)

My daughter's husband's stepfather saved his money and bought a small parcel of land in rural Pennsylvania. He and his wife had hoped to retire there. But the property has been ruined by a next-door fracking operation that generates incredible amounts of noise and dust, in addition to poisoning the groundwater. In Pennsylvania, it's legal for the fracksters to do this. Big Coal and Oil run the state.

I've often wondered if fracking is how chemical companies now dispose of their toxic wastes. Years ago they created SuperFund sites by dumping their stuff all over New Jersey and elsewhere.

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U.S. Sets First Fracking Standards in More Than 30 Years [View all] Purveyor Mar 2015 OP

It's kinda like setting murdering standards or raping standards, isn't it? It's one of valerief Mar 2015 #1

Don't forget all the toxic by-products of solar power . . . tclambert Mar 2015 #11

YES. Shade. LittleGirl Mar 2015 #15

Yes, a horrible spill at a solar plant. obxhead Mar 2015 #17

I hate break it to you Munificence Mar 2015 #22

Again, Thank You President Obama & Your Administration... Corey_Baker08 Mar 2015 #2

What a nice smooch for our Dear Leaders! candelista Mar 2015 #14

because many of us have been following this cali Mar 2015 #18

Well At Least It's A Step In The Right Direction Corey_Baker08 Mar 2015 #20

Here's some more... DonViejo Mar 2015 #3

I was just coming here to post this very article. Raine1967 Mar 2015 #7

As long as they have to publicly reveal ALL the chemicals they use. Maybe we can prove they Vincardog Mar 2015 #4

So the "Oil From Shale" group in Colorado mountain grammy Mar 2015 #5

"must reveal the chemicals they use" LiberalEsto Mar 2015 #6

Yes! Raine1967 Mar 2015 #8

The chemicals are the most important to know, they are the most kept secret by the Earth rapists. Fred Sanders Mar 2015 #9

Like the explosion of obesity and auto immune diseases that are LittleGirl Mar 2015 #16

Can't we make a general rule: Don't poison your neighbors? tclambert Mar 2015 #10

If only it were possible! LiberalEsto Mar 2015 #12

Additional links from duplicate thread mahatmakanejeeves Mar 2015 #13

Poison A, poison B, and poison C. blkmusclmachine Mar 2015 #19

Earthquakes Wellingtom Mar 2015 #21