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$Jay Sweeney is support of Vera Scroggins Earth Day 2015 Description The entire list of Pennsylvania water contaminations from fracking. https://files.dep.state.pa.us/OilGas/BOGM/BOGMPortalFiles/OilGasReports/Determination_Letters/Regional_Determination_Letters.pdf$ $Robert F Kennedy, Jr Craig Stevens part 2 2 19 24 It’s interesting to see how these two perspectives on fracking are playing out in Pennsylvania. Robert F. Kennedy’s (RFK Jr.) visit to Dimock on February 19, 2024 highlights the ongoing health and water contamination concerns linked to fracking, which have been well-documented in that area. His messaging aligns with environmental advocates who have long warned about the dangers of hydraulic fracturing. On the other hand, the push by Congressman Rob Bresnahan and Trump’s EPA head, Lee Zeldin, to lift the fracking ban in the Delaware Watershed shows a continuation of the pro-fossil fuel stance associated with Trump-era policies. If they succeed, it could open up new fracking opportunities in a region that supplies drinking water to millions of people. It’s a stark contrast in the Trump administration—one side arguing that fracking is making people sick, and the other pushing for deregulation to expand it. Given the history of fracking-related pollution in Pennsylvania, it’s likely to be a heated debate, especially in communities already dealing with contamination. This video contains the raw footage interviews from RFK’s visit to Dimock.$ $Natural Gas Pipeline in NE Pennsylvania - Fracking DALLAS TWP. - The state Department of Environmental Protection is monitoring a series of drilling mud spills at a natural gas pipeline installation. Chief Gathering LLC, recently bought out by PVR Partners, hired contractors to install a pipeline to connect natural gas wells in Susquehanna County to the Transco interstate pipeline in Dallas Township. Since May 1, there have been five spills of more than 6,000 gallons of water containing bentonite, a type of clay used in drilling operations, at two different Dallas Township sites: Leonards Creek on Kunkle Road and Upper Demunds Road and Goodleigh Road, outside Goodleigh Estates, according to a report from DEP. On Thursday, crews sucked up the mud at the Upper Demunds Road site using vacuum trucks. Chiefs Vice President of Industry Affairs Kristi Gittins said releases of mud at pipeline boring sites are not uncommon and we plan for them and we deal with them. No chemicals or additives were used, she said. DEP has been to the site and approved remediation plans, Gittins said. She said Chief is providing information to DEP and the agency does regular follow-up visits. The DEP report shows five inadvertent return to surface incidents involving drilling mud with bentonite coming up from the ground at two horizontal drilling sites. The first occurred at 8:30 a.m. May 1, with 50 gallons of mud released at a wetlands next to Leonards Creek on Kunkle Road. It was contained at the site. The next day at the same site 20 gallons escaped containment but did not impact the creek. Then again on May 2, 200 gallons overflowed at the site. It was also cleaned up, DEP reported. In the fourth incident, on Monday, about 1,000 gallons of bentonite was spilled and drilling mud was discovered coming from an old springhouse between Kunkle Road and Leonards Creek. Not all the bentonite was contained at the time, and DEP reported the creek was cloudy. By Thursday, most of the bentonite was cleaned up. The fifth incident occurred Saturday, when 5,000 to 6,000 gallons of bentonite was lost in wetlands about 200 feet off Upper Demunds Road, according to DEP. The drilling mud was contained on the site with hay bales and is being removed by a vacuum truck. The Upper Demunds Road spill occurred outside an upscale development where the pipeline installation created controversy. Several Goodleigh Estates residents sued their neighbors for leasing Chief a right-of-way, asking Luzerne County court to stop the pipeline construction on the grounds it violated the developments covenants and would create a nuisance. Chief was not named in the suit, but the company sued the residents, claiming their efforts to delay the pipeline could cost the company from $683,000 to $18 million or more. Chief also asked them to pay damages for making defamatory and malicious statements about the company in local media and on Facebook. Chief and the residents came to an agreement in November that dismissed the suits. Under the undisclosed terms of the agreement, the residents are prohibited from commenting about Chief. The entire list of Pennsylvania water contaminations from fracking. https://files.dep.state.pa.us/OilGas/BOGM/BOGMPortalFiles/OilGasReports/Determination_Letters/Regional_Determination_Letters.pdf$ $Carl Stiles, Fractivist, Rest in Peace Dear All, Carl Stiles, who stayed with his fiance, Jude, at my house last year after his home was contaminated, passed away yesterday. He had been fighting health issues ever since finding high levels of barium and arsenic in their well water, and fought hard and suffered much in the last 2 years, has lost the fight tonight. His widow, Jude, asked that memorial donations be made to GDAC. I thought you would be touched. - paula Carl Stiles had intestinal cancer which he blames on Chesapeakes gas drilling. He and his wife abandoned their home last November at the urging of a toxicologist who found barium, arsenic, and VOCs (volatile organic chemicals) in Carls blood. Strontium, uranium and radium were found in their water. Theyve been told to expect to get leukemia within two years. http://waterandmoreblog.com/2011/06/21/gas-drilling-disrupts-lives-endangers-health-in-bradford-county-pa/ http://youtu.be/g5QqidiEEHw The entire list of Pennsylvania water contaminations from fracking. https://files.dep.state.pa.us/OilGas/BOGM/BOGMPortalFiles/OilGasReports/Determination_Letters/Regional_Determination_Letters.pdf$ $WBRE News Chapin Dehydration Station 3_4_13 This station was built on Senator Lisa Baker and State Representative Karen Bobacks watch. So for, they have been ineffective leaders. They need to step up and get this fixed, now. mercaptan dallas pa school The entire list of Pennsylvania water contaminations from fracking. https://files.dep.state.pa.us/OilGas/BOGM/BOGMPortalFiles/OilGasReports/Determination_Letters/Regional_Determination_Letters.pdf$ $Tom Wolf Jobs That Pay Tour, Jessup, PA Video taken on April 24, 2015 in Jessup Pennsylvania The entire list of Pennsylvania water contaminations from fracking. https://files.dep.state.pa.us/OilGas/BOGM/BOGMPortalFiles/OilGasReports/Determination_Letters/Regional_Determination_Letters.pdf$ $Progressive Voice Fracking Episode The Progressive Voice interviews Pennsylvania Eddie Day Pashinki on the issues or fracking. The entire list of Pennsylvania water contaminations from fracking. https://files.dep.state.pa.us/OilGas/BOGM/BOGMPortalFiles/OilGasReports/Determination_Letters/Regional_Determination_Letters.pdf$ $SRBC Public Comments Part 4 At a meeting on December 15, the Susquehanna River Basin Commission (SRBC) was to consider several water withdrawal applications from gas operators, and vote on proposed regulations that speed up approvals of gas development projects and the transport of hazardous drilling wastewater. Jay Sweeney, who testified at the hearing, filed this report: There was about an hour or two of awesome testimony. All opposing the withdrawals. After a break they began reviewing the applications one by one. One was recommended to be denied and a couple reduced volumes of water withdrawal, but, when they continued to recommend applications the crowd got confrontational. There were questions, calling out, finally a mic check. It ended in shouts of Whose water? Our water. The chairwoman called for a motion to approve the applications. There was a motion, a second, a vote and the meeting was adjourned. Then a demonstration ensued! This is what happened (see video above). People care about the river, and they care about water. Today they spoke up. Background: The Susquehanna River Basin Commission coordinates the use of water resources among Maryland, New York, and Pennsylvania—the three states across which the river flows for over 400 miles—and the federal government. The Commissions work is governed by a Compact adopted in 1970 by the U.S. Congress and legislatures of the three member states. In November, the SRBC received a letter signed by more than 40 organizations across the region urging the Commission to stop its rulemaking on gas drilling until it conducts necessary comprehensive environmental studies. The entire list of Pennsylvania water contaminations from fracking. https://files.dep.state.pa.us/OilGas/BOGM/BOGMPortalFiles/OilGasReports/Determination_Letters/Regional_Determination_Letters.pdf$ $GDAC Press Conference Homeland Security Law Suit Settlement http://www.pennlive.com/midstate/index.ssf/2015/01/environmental_group_settles_la.html An environmental activist group that claims it was unfairly slandered as being a terrorist organization has settled a federal lawsuit against Pennsylvanias former director of Homeland Security. Yet the attorney for the Gas Drilling Awareness Coalition said Thursday that the group will still keep trying to press a defamation complaint against a York-based intelligence gathering agency that it claims prompted the alleged slander to be spread through state-issued security bulletins. Paul A. Rossi, the lawyer for the Luzerne County-based coalition, said he could not comment on the terms of the settlement the resulted in this weeks dismissal of a U.S. Middle District Court lawsuit the group filed five years ago against former Homeland Security Director James Powers. However, Rossi said the coalition was at liberty to release a letter issued last month by Glenn M. Cannon, director of the Pennsylvania Emergency Management Agency, that states there are no grounds to consider the coalition as a terrorist group. It clears the coalition completely, which was our aim from the outset, Rossi said The entire list of Pennsylvania water contaminations from fracking. https://files.dep.state.pa.us/OilGas/BOGM/BOGMPortalFiles/OilGasReports/Determination_Letters/Regional_Determination_Letters.pdf$ $Pipeline Issues in NE Pennsylvania by Scott Cannon Atlantic Sunrise PennEast Diamond East Pipelines are proposed for Luzerne County The entire list of Pennsylvania water contaminations from fracking. https://files.dep.state.pa.us/OilGas/BOGM/BOGMPortalFiles/OilGasReports/Determination_Letters/Regional_Determination_Letters.pdf$ $WBRE DEP interview 8 23 16 The entire list of Pennsylvania water contaminations from fracking. https://files.dep.state.pa.us/OilGas/BOGM/BOGMPortalFiles/OilGasReports/Determination_Letters/Regional_Determination_Letters.pdf$ $Riverdale Fracking Blockade Aqua America June 1 2012 http://www.saveriverdale.com/ Hands Across Riverdale: On June 1st, an Evicted Community Chooses to Stay Put On June 1st, in Riverdale Mobile Home Park in Jersey Shore PA, a corporation called Aqua PVR LLC, a subsidiary of Aqua America, plans to write a story that is now commonplace in this country. They plan to evict a well-developed, caring community and begin construction on an industrial water withdrawal site. They plan to pursue profit over people and the environment. Their plan fits into an established narrative except for one flaw: the community is fighting back, and on May 31st and June 1st, they are asking for help. This is a community that takes care of its members. Neighbors watch each others kids when parents get stuck at work, people walk the quiet roads to check in on one another, and residents know each others stories, families, and aspirations. On the beautiful banks of the Susquehanna, these families have built their homes together, and now are being forced out. These are working families that cannot necessarily pack up their lives and move them somewhere else. Aqua America, after initially offering less money and a shorter deadline, is offering residents $2500 if they move out by June 1st. The cost of moving a trailer is $6,000-$12,000, and rent in the area has risen because of an influx of natural gas industry workers. While some have been able to find new places to live, for many there is no option but to stay. In February, residents found out that their home had been sold out from underneath them by reading a newspaper article detailing the permitting of their community as a water withdrawal site. Since then, they have been organizing to fight for their homes, appealing not just to Aqua, but to the Susquehanna River Basin Commission, which oversees the water withdrawal permitting process. Lawyers acting on their behalf have attempted negotiation with Aqua many times, and residents have organized rallies, vigils and interfaith services to seek help for their community. It is all now coming to a head on June 1st. The community demands that Aqua America sit down with the residents and their representation to negotiate a fair deal that permits the residents to remain living at Riverdale Mobile Home Park with just compensation and the right to return for all residents who have already left in fear. The community demands that representatives from the Obama administration and governors Corbett (PA), OMalley (MD), and Cuomo (NY) recall Aqua Americas water withdrawal permit that they approved in March at the next Susquehanna River Basin Commission meeting in Harrisburg on June 7th. Aqua America has not made it clear whether or not it plans to pursue eviction proceedings against residents that choose to stay. Regardless of legal means, turning peoples homes into an industrial site is a de-facto eviction, but some residents are still set on staying. On May 31st, this community invites you to join them in a final vigil and funeral service for the homes that they built together, and to stay the night to bear witness and support the residents on June 1st. Help change the story: put your hands across Riverdale. Riverdale Mobile Home Park is located at: 7 Riverdale Ln, Jersey Shore PA 17740 The Vigil begins at 6 pm. If you plan to stay the night please plan accordingly and bring your own gear. Other things you can do to support Riverdale Mobile Home Park: Sign the Petition and Send this email to Aqua America CEO Nick DeBenedictis: http://citizenspeak.org/campaign/saynotofracking/aqua-america-no-evictions-fracking On June 1st, at 8 am, or any day thereafter that construction continues go to Aqua Americas Headquarters at 762 West Lancaster Avenue, Bryn Mawr, PA. to demand that construction stop. Attend the next Susquehanna River Basin Commission Meeting on June 7th in Harrisburg to demand that the permit be revoked. Donate funds to the community and their campaign to save their homes: https://www.wepay.com/donations/160391 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$