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The Lowdown on hydrofracking and what you need to know!

The Lowdown on hydrofracking and what you need to know!

How hydrofracking will impact Your  State!

A short-term solution could turn into a long-term environmental tragedy.

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When you think about it, it’s pretty flabbergasting just how much water is a part of our lives. Not only does it comprise roughly 75 percent of the globe, but it comprises almost as much of our own bodies. Water’s a universal element in itself. Universal in that everyone, no matter who we are or what our backgrounds are, rely on this simple substance for survival.
It’s also local. It hits close to home when gas companies want to put something so important at stake, for the sake of buying time in the midst of global climate and energy crises.
If you live in Upstate New York, you are probably well aware that two of the five Great Lakes are practically in your back yard. I consider myself incredibly fortunate to be able to say I live less than 10 miles away from Lake Ontario, one of the largest sources of fresh water for the world. Then, about 20 miles south, are the beginnings of the Finger Lakes region, also a major component of the world’s fresh water resources. Tourism, fine wineries and local marine activities are centered around the indescribable and constant beauty of the Finger Lakes and Great Lakes; but if hydrofracking — the process of pumping millions of gallons of pressurized water, sand and chemicals down a newly drilled well to blast out the surrounding shale rock and gas — is allowed in New York State, all of the beauty and ecology we enjoy could be damaged.
What is unique about this issue is the two major geologic formations that lay below most of Pennsylvania and Western New York State. The one formation we hear a lot about in the local papers is the Marcellus Shale, which is a vast expanse of shale rock that covers most of Pennsylvania, parts of Virginia, West Virginia and the Finger Lakes region of New York. There is an estimated 500 trillion cubic feet of natural gas trapped inside the shale, and from this estimate, there are projections that natural gas could power the U.S. for another 60 years or so, maintaining present energy demands.
However, there has been recent discovery of the Utica Shale, which goes further down into the crust than Marcellus, and geologists estimate there is even morenatural gas. The Utica Shale extends under all of Rochester and even into Lake Ontario. Just when we thought Rochester, N.Y., would be safe from the drillers, we were proven wrong.
Hydrofracking and water go hand in hand, because the former will have devastating effects on our water if New York State decides to lift the ban on hydrofracking. However, gas companies make hydrofracking look like a safe, almost neighborhood-friendly project that will boost the local economy.
Myths about fracking
Of the plethora of hydrofracking myths, one of the most popular ones is that horizontal drilling will yield an abundance of clean natural gas. I’ve never heard of any “clean” greenhouse gas. The main component of natural gas is methane, which is a very potent greenhouse gas, more so than carbon dioxide.
Here’s another myth: hydrofracking is a 60-year-old, well-proven technology. At a recent lecture I attended, this myth was debunked because in reality the technologies used now for hydrofracking are about four years old. To me, this screams “not enough research!” How can something so young, in terms of technology, be considered safe?
Yet another myth used by the gas companies is that fluid migration is a rare event. This simply means that the fluids used to break up the shale beds (and, keep in mind, this “fracking fluid” contains over 500 different chemicals, many of them carcinogens) have a small chance of reaching into other fissures that could lead to groundwater aquifers. I beg to differ because not only have I seen “Gasland,” the award-winning documentary that revealed the flammable water coming out of faucets in Pennsylvania, but also because that statement just doesn’t cut it. There have been too many incidences of contaminated waste water pools spilling over into fields and high levels of benzene and toluene in parts of Pennsylvania where hydrofracking is very prevalent.
What it all boils down to
This issue is much more than a tug-of-war between gas companies and people concerned about their water quality. Hydrofracking could threaten the quality of life for small towns, and it already has in rural parts of Pennsylvania. The danger from the chemicals used to break up the shale does not stop at the drilling sites; these chemicals, such as benzene, formaldehyde and methane, can leach into groundwater and soil, disrupting aquatic ecosystems and human and animal health.
This is a question of environmental justice, and I believe no one should be subject to harmful chemicals, even if the incentives for hydrofracking tout economic benefit and more jobs. We need to invest our money and energy into developing renewable sources of energy such as wind, solar and geothermal.
If hydrofracking is allowed in my state, all I can think to ask our legislators is this: what kind of world are we leaving for the future? Are we being responsible about this?
I once was told that equity is the key to being environmentally sound and people-oriented. I don’t think destruction of forests and putting local farms at risk of contamination is fair. We keep thinking forward, about change, about furthering economic prosperity. The sad truth is that “our technology is outrunning our common sense.” These are the wise words of Chief Oren Lyons, a leader in environmental awareness. When the drillers come invade the once quiet towns and forested areas of the Northeast, not only are they poisoning our water, but they are poisoning our children’s futures.
Gas companies may say that the natural gas below my feet is abundant and cheap and can power our county for decades to come.
The same thing was once said of oil.
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Massive Fish and Animal deaths around the globe WHY? GeoEngineering to Solve Global Warming!.

Massive Animal deaths around the globe WHY? 200 Million Tons of Aluminum Aerosol Chemtrail Poisoning All Life! Scientific Proof!

     I have seen a few posts about Massive deaths of Fish and Animals around the World.  So I began to dig around and this is what I have found out that a massive cover up is now going on by the Government about the HARRP Project and Using Cloud-Seeding  GeoEngineering to Solve Global Warming! For copies of lab results showing aluminum, barium, manganese, thorium, nickel, and many other toxic heavy metals at levels 100’s of X over the max limit for human exposure. See http://arizonaskywatch.com and click on the 2008 and 2009 results.

Dead seal numbers declared ‘unusual event,’ get fed attention

WIRE AND STAFF REPORTS

Gloucester Daily Times

Sunday, November 13, 2011

GLOUCESTER, Mass. —Federal officials are stepping up an investigation into the deaths of 146 harbor seals along the New England coast since September after samples of five of them tested positive for the Influenza A virus, authorities say.

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration announced that the deaths have been declared “an unusual event,” enabling the agency to pour more resources into the probe. The declaration came after consultations with a panel of international experts established under the Marine Mammal Protection Act to monitor and investigate sea animal health concerns.

The 146 seals generally were less than a year old and had healthy appearances. They were found in Maine, New Hampshire and across northern Massachusetts, including along Cape Ann.

The deaths of the young harbor seals grabbed the attention of scientists in late September when six carcasses were found on Rye Beach in New Hampshire. Some of the seals had been dead for up to two weeks and others only for a matter of a couple of days. By mid-October the number of dead seals had risen to nearly 100.

At least two young seals were found dead in Rockport, Mass., on Oct. 14 and 16.

The Whale Center of New England, based on Harbor Loop in Gloucester, has responded to calls to pick up the bodies of harbor seals that have washed up in Massachusetts, and interim executive director Dale Brown said her organization has brought the seals’ bodies to the New England Aquarium to be necropsied, as were the New Hampshire seals.

NOAA officials had previously ruled out human involvement in the strandings, both direct involvement, including attacks on the animals, and indirect involvement, such as fishing entanglements.

NOAA officials said in a statement the deaths were more than three times the average number of strandings that typically occur this time of year.

Although tissues from five seals examined by a New England aquarium tested positive for the Influenza A virus, test results for six other viral pathogens and biotoxins were negative, the agency said.

“Even though preliminary results have been received, they are only indicative of those five cases, and additional evaluations are under way to determine whether the influenza virus has played a role in the overall mortalities,” the statement said.

In addition to the role played by the Whale Center of New England, the unexplained deaths triggered a response from NOAA’s national Marine Mammal Stranding Network, the New England Aquarium’s Marine Mammal Rescue Program and the University of New England’s Marine Animal Rescue Center.

Authorities are warning the public that the seals could pose a human health risk.

“We want to remind people to not get close to seals encountered along the shore, to keep their pets away and to report any sightings to us through our stranding hot line while we continue to assess whether there is any potential human health risk,” said Teri Rowles, who coordinated the National Marine Mammal Health and Stranding Response Program.

The harbor seal population in the Northeast is considered healthy, so the spate of deaths doesn’t signal broad trouble. The last census, in 2001, showed 99,000 harbor seals, and a survey this year is expected to show the population has grown, said Mendy Garron, regional marine mammal stranding coordinator for the National Marine Fisheries Service.

The past few decades have seen some notable seal die-offs in the Northeast, including in a rash of influenza deaths around 1979 and 1980 that New England Aquarium spokesman Tony LaCasse previously said were linked to bird flu. Scientists theorized that the seals were exposed when they sunned themselves on rocks dotted with bird droppings, he said.

In 2006, a morbillivirus killed hundreds of local harbor and gray seals, Garron said. The virus killed 20,000 seals in the United Kingdom in the early 2000s, with harbor seals accounting for 44 percent of the deaths, she said.

source: http://www.fosters.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20111113/GJNEWS_01/711139897/-1/FOSNEWS

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Tim Hortons Censors the Anti New World Order Party as “Violent”; FREE SPEECH GONE!

     My name is Daniel Leach Jr, Im the creator and organizer of the http://AntiNewWorldOrderParty.com and I was informed by John McGuire my right hand man that our website was blocked at Tim Hortons Cafe in Rochester NY for Violent content! If you go to Tim Hortons Cafe again your supporting a bad Corporation that doesn’t allow freedom of Speech and thought shame on you!  I told John to write a blog about his experience at Tim Hortons Cafe and this is his story!

‎”If ye love wealth better than liberty, the tranquility of servitude better than the animating contest of freedom — go from us in peace. We ask not your counsel or your arms. Crouch down and lick the hands that feed you. May your chains sit lightly upon you, and may posterity forget that you were even our countrymen!” Sam Adams in 1776

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My name is John McGuire I went to Tim Hortons in Rochester NY in the United States of America four days after Christmas.  I logged on to the free internet service  and the he first thing I noticed was that the Google Search Page redirects me to “Google Canada” (www.google.ca). But what was my horror when I attempted to visit the Anti New World Order Party’s Blog (antinewworldorderparty.wordpress.com) only to find they had it blocked, claiming that it had “violent content.” Is there any doubt this is the New World Order and socialism at work? I then sent them a tidy message setting the record straight:

“AntiNewWorldOrderParty.WordPress.com was filtered on the basis of its ‘violent content.’ It is simply an education and empowerment website. The content is free for posters to determine, but the focus is on freedom, and the blog contains nor allows any call for or glorification of physical violence. The only thing we do ‘violence’ to is with information to damage the propaganda (and censorship) machines that enable tyranny! Join us!”

I then told the barista about it before couteously wishing him a “Happy New Year” and walking over to McDonald’s.

Join the cause!

Daniel J Leach

    Rachel Barnhart called me today I told her about how Tim Hortons Censored the Anti New World Order Party for “Violent”; FREE SPEECH GONE! AntiNewWorldOrderParty.com http://www.facebook.com/Rochester.Rachel  or http://twitter.com/#!/rachbarnhart  Anyways she said that this story was not News worthy, but she said that she would check out the website! Remember I did not call her she called me how strange! IF you think this story is News Worthy post on her FB wall and tell her what you think!

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