Dayne Pratzky at Stop the Frack Attack @GADCLuzerneCounty

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gdacoalition.org A video by Scott Cannon
Stop the Frack Attack" was the clear message sent by some 5,000 protesters at the first national demonstration against hydraulic fracturing held in front of the Capitol Building July 28. Under a blistering hot sun the "fractivists," as they are known, from 30 states and Australia demanded an end to the new process for deep shale gas exploitation that harms public health, water, and air.
"The opinions expressed in this video do not necessarily reflect the views of Gas Drilling Awareness Coalition." The entire list of Pennsylvania water contaminations from fracking. files.dep.state.pa.us/OilGas/BOGM/BOGMPortalFiles/OilGasReports/Determination_Letters/Regional_Determination_Letters.pdf

$Dayne Pratzky at Stop the Frack Attack http://www.gdacoalition.org A video by Scott Cannon Stop the Frack Attack was the clear message sent by some 5,000 protesters at the first national demonstration against hydraulic fracturing held in front of the Capitol Building July 28. Under a blistering hot sun the fractivists, as they are known, from 30 states and Australia demanded an end to the new process for deep shale gas exploitation that harms public health, water, and air. The opinions expressed in this video do not necessarily reflect the views of Gas Drilling Awareness Coalition. The entire list of Pennsylvania water contaminations from fracking. https://files.dep.state.pa.us/OilGas/BOGM/BOGMPortalFiles/OilGasReports/Determination_Letters/Regional_Determination_Letters.pdf$ $Fracking Construction Escalates Next to Colorado School The Costs of Fracking Add Up Fracking damages the environment, threatens public health, and affects communities in ways that can impose a multitude of costs: Drinking water contamination – Fracking brings with it the potential for spills, blowouts and well failures that contaminate groundwater supplies. Cleanup of drinking water contamination is so expensive that it is rarely even attempted. In Dimock, Pennsylvania, Cabot Oil & Gas reported having spent $109,000 on systems to remove methane from well water for 14 local households, while in Colorado, cleanup of an underground gas seep has been ongoing for eight years at a cost of hundreds of thousands of dollars, if not more. The provision of temporary replacement water supplies is also expensive. Cabot Oil & Gas reported having spent at least $193,000 on replacement water for homes with contaminated water in Dimock, Pennsylvania. Health care costs – Toxic substances in fracking fluid and wastewater – as well as air pollution from trucks, equipment and the wells themselves – have been linked to a variety of negative health effects. Residents living near fracking sites have long suffered from a range of health problems, including headaches, eye irritation, respiratory problems and nausea – potentially imposing economic costs ranging from health care costs to workplace absenteeism and reduced productivity. Fracking and associated activities also produce pollution that contributes to the formation of ozone smog and particulate soot. Air pollution from gas drilling in Arkansas’ Fayetteville Shale region imposed estimated public health costs of more than $10 million in 2008. Habitat destruction and natural resources impacts – Fracking converts rural and natural areas into industrial zones, replacing forest and farm land with well pads, roads, pipelines and other infrastructure, and damaging precious natural resources. The clearance of forest land in Pennsylvania for fracking is projected to lead to increased delivery of nutrient pollution to the Chesapeake Bay, which already suffers from a vast nutrient-generated dead zone. The cost of reducing the same amount of pollution as could be generated by fracking would be approximately $1.5 million to $4 million per year. Gas operations in Wyoming have fragmented key habitat for mule deer and pronghorn, which are important draws for the state’s $340 million hunting and wildlife watching industries. The mule deer population in one area undergoing extensive gas extraction dropped by 56 percent between 2001 and 2010. Impacts on public infrastructure and services – Fracking strains infrastructure and public services and imposes cleanup costs that can fall on taxpayers. The truck traffic needed to deliver water to a single fracking well causes as much damage to local roads as nearly 3.5 million car trips. The state of Texas has approved $40 million in funding for road repairs in the Barnett Shale region, while Pennsylvania estimated in 2010 that $265 million would be needed to repair damaged roads in the Marcellus Shale region. The need for vast amounts of water for fracking is driving demand for new water infrastructure in arid regions of the country. Texas’ official State Water Plan calls for the expenditure of $400 million on projects to support the mining sector over the next 50 years, with fracking projected to account for 42 percent of mining water use by 2020. Fracking can leave lasting negative economic impacts Fracking can undercut the long-term economic prospects of areas where it takes place. A 2008 study found that Western counties that have relied on fossil fuel extraction are doing worse economically compared with peer communities and are less well-prepared for growth in the future. The entire list of Pennsylvania water contaminations from fracking. https://files.dep.state.pa.us/OilGas/BOGM/BOGMPortalFiles/OilGasReports/Determination_Letters/Regional_Determination_Letters.pdf$ $Cleaner Act Press Conference Matt Cartwright Fracking Video by Scott Cannon Fast Facts: The CLEANER Act Congressmen Matt Cartwright and Jared Huffman introduce legislation ensure hazardous waste is disposed of properly. Issue: A Hazardous Exemption The Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) of 1976 requires the safe disposal of solid waste and hazardous materials. In 1980, RCRA was amended to exempt waste from the production and development of oil and natural gas (E&P waste) and geothermal waste. In 1988, the EPA issued a regulatory determination further exempting these wastes from RCRAs most stringent safety requirements. This left the task of regulating disposal of these wastes to states, with mixed results. Recent reports show the extent of the problem and highlight the potentially fatal consequences. Problem: Industry Waste Endangers Public Health and the Environment The regulatory determination was issued before the use of fracking, which uses particularly toxic materials, had become commonplace. Yet fracking remains exempt from RCRAs Subtitle C standards for safe disposal of hazardous waste. This means less scrutiny on the industrys waste disposal practices, posing unnecessary risk to public health and the environment. Exempted E&P waste includes: drilling fluids and cuttings, produced water, used hydraulic fracturing fluids, rigwash, workover wastes, tank bottom sludge, glycol-based dehydration wastes, amine-containing sweetening wastes, hydrocarbon-bearing soil, and many other individual waste products. In its 1988 Regulatory Determination, EPA admitted that E&P wastes contain toxic substances that endanger both human health and the environment and cause cancer. Despite noting that the benzene, phenanthrene, lead, arsenic, barium, antimony, fluoride, and uranium found in E&P wastes are of major concern and present at levels that exceed 100 times EPAs health based standards1, oil and gas companies are currently excused from requirements to dispose of them safely. Widespread evidence suggests public exposure to these toxins through air, soil, and local water sources. Simple Solution: Hold Producers to the Same Standard as Other Industries Regardless of which industry produces these harmful substances as waste, no one wants them in their drinking water. Fortunately, there is a simple solution: we must act today to eliminate this dangerous exemption. The CLEANER Act eliminates this 33 year old loophole to account changing technology and economic realities and protects public health and the environment from irreparable harm. The entire list of Pennsylvania water contaminations from fracking. https://files.dep.state.pa.us/OilGas/BOGM/BOGMPortalFiles/OilGasReports/Determination_Letters/Regional_Determination_Letters.pdf$ $Arcuri Smith Benton Atlantic Sunrise Pipeline Pipeline Issues Atlantic Sunrise Pipeline and its effects on local residents. The entire list of Pennsylvania water contaminations from fracking. https://files.dep.state.pa.us/OilGas/BOGM/BOGMPortalFiles/OilGasReports/Determination_Letters/Regional_Determination_Letters.pdf$ $Ray Kemble French and Quebec Delegation, Health Impacts of Natural Gas Development Our group consisted of 24 Quebecers oppose the coming of industry and 21 French from France. 12 of these are part of a French association No Fracking France and 9 are elected in a region called Lot-et-Garonne in the southwest of France. sur cette technique dextraction , dexploration et dexp loitation dhydrocarbures liquides ou gazeux de roche-mère, Gaz et pétrole de schiste, de grès, de houille technique controversée, appelée, FRACKING, FRACK, Fracturation hydraulique. The entire list of Pennsylvania water contaminations from fracking. https://files.dep.state.pa.us/OilGas/BOGM/BOGMPortalFiles/OilGasReports/Determination_Letters/Regional_Determination_Letters.pdf$ $Robert Kennedy Jr Dimock Craig Stevens part 3 2 19 24 It’s interesting to see how these two perspectives on fracking are playing out in Pennsylvania. Robert F. Kennedy’s (RFK Jr.) visit to Dimock on February 19, 2024 highlights the ongoing health and water contamination concerns linked to fracking, which have been well-documented in that area. His messaging aligns with environmental advocates who have long warned about the dangers of hydraulic fracturing. On the other hand, the push by Congressman Rob Bresnahan and Trump’s EPA head, Lee Zeldin, to lift the fracking ban in the Delaware Watershed shows a continuation of the pro-fossil fuel stance associated with Trump-era policies. If they succeed, it could open up new fracking opportunities in a region that supplies drinking water to millions of people. It’s a stark contrast in the Trump administration—one side arguing that fracking is making people sick, and the other pushing for deregulation to expand it. Given the history of fracking-related pollution in Pennsylvania, it’s likely to be a heated debate, especially in communities already dealing with contamination. This video contains the raw footage interviews from RFK’s visit to Dimock.$ $Salem Township Zoning Approval of Moxie Plant WNEP A proposed power plant for a part of Luzerne County has cleared another hurdle in becoming a reality. Moxie Energy wants to build that plant in Salem Township and at a public hearing Wednesday night the township supervisors approved a conditional use permit for that site. The proposed site is in a rural part of Salem Township and Moxie wants to build a natural gas fuel plant that it says would produce up to 900 megawatts of electricity. Moxie came before the Salem Township supervisors where it was approved for a conditional use permit for that land, but the project already has the disapproval of residents. “I’m very aware that these power plants have severe negative impacts on air quality and I think the community does not have all the information before being involved in the decision making in this process,” said Deirdre Lally. Residents say they`re already living under the cooling towers of the PPL nuclear power plant and they do not want yet other energy plant near their homes. “In Salem Township we already have a nuclear plant which has a lot of nuclear waste that we`re dealing with, so I have a concern about this,” said Cinda Hartman. “They`re going to use our water. They`re going to depreciate our land value and I don`t think it should be here. Build it somewhere else,” said Gary Sullivan. Moxie says its plant would only use a fraction of the water the nuclear plant uses since it doesn’t need water for cooling purposes. And it will not be installing any new power lines. It will ones already in place. “The transmission lines are already at the site so we have a new substation built, a new switchyard built to connect the power generation facility to the existing lines, so we`re not building new transmission lines,” said Aaron Siamson, the CEO of Moxie. Salem Township supervisors say Moxie still needs to get several other permits approved, both from the township and the state, but the project has the official go-ahead. The entire list of Pennsylvania water contaminations from fracking. https://files.dep.state.pa.us/OilGas/BOGM/BOGMPortalFiles/OilGasReports/Determination_Letters/Regional_Determination_Letters.pdf$ $Earth Day Wilkes Barre Diane Dreier Description The entire list of Pennsylvania water contaminations from fracking. https://files.dep.state.pa.us/OilGas/BOGM/BOGMPortalFiles/OilGasReports/Determination_Letters/Regional_Determination_Letters.pdf$

$Calvin Tillman at Stop the Frack Attack http://www.gdacoalition.org A video by Scott Cannon Stop the Frack Attack was the clear message sent by some 5,000 protesters at the first national demonstration against hydraulic fracturing held in front of the Capitol Building July 28. Under a blistering hot sun the fractivists, as they are known, from 30 states and Australia demanded an end to the new process for deep shale gas exploitation that harms public health, water, and air. The opinions expressed in this video do not necessarily reflect the views of Gas Drilling Awareness Coalition. The entire list of Pennsylvania water contaminations from fracking. https://files.dep.state.pa.us/OilGas/BOGM/BOGMPortalFiles/OilGasReports/Determination_Letters/Regional_Determination_Letters.pdf$ $Governor Wolf Methane Emission Press Conference 2 3 16 Clean Air Council GDAC Petitions being delivered to Gov. Wolf from Pennsylvanians calling for deliberate action on methane standards to protect public health and environment On the heels of Gov. Tom Wolfs bold move in proposing a suite of standards to cut harmful methane pollution from the oil and gas industry, representatives of the Clean Air Council, Sierra Club, Moms Clean Air Force, League of Conservation Voters, and Gas Drilling Awareness Coalition will deliver petitions signed by thousands of Pennsylvanians calling for deliberate action by the Wolf administration to take these standards from proposal to reality. Methane is vented, flared and leaked into the atmosphere alongside other toxic co-pollutants that contribute to asthma, lung and heart disease. The potent greenhouse gas is also warming the planet at an alarming rate. Gov. Wolfs proposed four-point plan to cut methane pollution will cover both new and existing sources of emissions, including the many thousands of wells across the commonwealth; processing facilities; and gathering, transmission, and distribution lines. The entire list of Pennsylvania water contaminations from fracking. https://files.dep.state.pa.us/OilGas/BOGM/BOGMPortalFiles/OilGasReports/Determination_Letters/Regional_Determination_Letters.pdf$ $EPA is moving to cut methane pollution from oil and gas development U.S. to Sharply Cut Methane Pollution that Threatens the Climate and Public Health November 2, 2021 Contact Information EPA Press Office (press@epa.gov) WASHINGTON (Nov. 2, 2021) Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) took an important step forward to advance President Biden’s commitment to action on climate change and protect people’s health by proposing comprehensive new protections to sharply reduce pollution from the oil and natural gas industry – including, for the first time, reductions from existing sources nationwide. The proposed new Clean Air Act rule would lead to significant, cost-effective reductions in methane emissions and other health-harming air pollutants that endanger nearby communities. As part of today’s action, to inform a supplemental proposal, EPA is seeking comment on additional sources of methane to further strengthen emission controls and increase reductions from oil and gas operations. EPA is issuing the proposal in response to President Biden’s Executive Order on Protecting Public Health and the Environment and Restoring Science to Tackle the Climate Crisis. As global leaders convene at this pivotal moment in Glasgow for COP26, it is now abundantly clear that America is back and leading by example in confronting the climate crisis with bold ambition,” said EPA Administrator Michael S. Regan. “With this historic action, EPA is addressing existing sources from the oil and natural gas industry nationwide, in addition to updating rules for new sources, to ensure robust and lasting cuts in pollution across the country. By building on existing technologies and encouraging innovative new solutions, we are committed to a durable final rule that is anchored in science and the law, that protects communities living near oil and natural gas facilities, and that advances our nation’s climate goals under the Paris Agreement.” One third of the warming from greenhouse gases occurring today is due to human-caused emissions of methane, a potent greenhouse gas that traps about 30 times as much heat as carbon dioxide over 100 years, and sharp cuts over the next decade will have a near-term beneficial impact on the climate. In the United States, the oil and natural gas industry is the largest industrial source of methane emissions, emitting more methane than the total emissions of all greenhouse gases from 164 countries combined. Oil and natural gas operations also emit smog-forming volatile organic compounds (VOCs) and toxic air pollutants such as benzene that harm public health. The entire list of Pennsylvania water contaminations from fracking. https://files.dep.state.pa.us/OilGas/BOGM/BOGMPortalFiles/OilGasReports/Determination_Letters/Regional_Determination_Letters.pdf$