We must make sure that NO money in the stimulus package goes for natural gas development.
The rush to become “energy independent “ seems to be embracing natural gas, yet the technology used to drill deep into areas like the Marcellus shale is ten times more toxic than oil drilling, uses more energy to develop than it will produce, and will deplete and contaminate our most precious resource: water.
Colorado and New Mexico are already reeling from the onslaught, and the Final Draft Scope for permitting in 1/3 of New York State just came out. If nothing is done to stop it, drilling will begin in June affecting the Delaware River Basin watershed, the Susquehanna River watershed, reservoirs for New York City and Philadelphia. Drilling has already started in some of the other states in the Marcellus shale formation: Ohio, Pennsylvania, West Virginia, Virginia, and Maryland.
The mainstream media appear to be avoiding this issue. We all must educate ourselves and bring light to this issue. The damaging horizontal hydraulic fracturing technology, developed by Halliburton endangers public health and safety by drilling into the radioactive Marcellus Shale, wasting 3-9 million gallons of water per well and producing as much toxic waste.
Please do not be programmed by Exxon and Chesapeake ads on television. Become informed ASAP. Then write your Senators, and Lisa P. Jackson, the new EPA Head. This is critical.
Sincerely,
Diane
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