For years we have pointed to the residents’ of Dimock, PA experience as evidence of the damage caused by fracking. Now, after fourteen years, residents have hopes that their homes will enjoy good water. It took a dramatic and controversial documentary film and aggressive litigation against a recalcitrant company. I hesitate to say that anybody
“Twenty years after the first gas well was fracked on the Renz farm in Mount Pleasant Township, Washington County, a body of evidence points to the possible correlation between the drilling technique and health harms, ranging from cancers, respiratory ailments, lower birth weights, and cardiovascular disease.” Our politicians evade the issue because there is a
Those dismissing the environmental impacts of fossil energy want us to ignore the enormous future costs. We must not burn fossil fuels because the damage they cause will show up decades later. This video shows visual simulations of the future flooding caused by sea level rise. Places my grandchildren are living now will not be
As we reel from the ravages of two major hurricanes, and anticipate more and worse, there are still those among us who disbelieve the dire warnings of science. Will we learn to “keep it in the ground” soon enough to save our children?
Here’s the CBS News explanation of why the issue is controversial. https://www.cbsnews.com/video/why-fracking-is-a-major-issue-for-securing-pennsylvania-voters
Here is CBS News on the pros and cons of fracking and politics. What do you think?
The Energy Industry influence on politics is reminiscent of the tobacco lobby and the gun lobby. Politicians fear opposing them. Voters must discern which candidates are least likely to allow more damage to be done by the “drill baby, drill” crowd.
Penn Environment is working to stop fracking by opposing legislation that enables it. The energy lobby is relentless and covert. Give this call to action some attention and thought.
I’m an old man. At 84, I don’t expect to live to see the consequences of the denial that energy industry propaganda has caused. My kids will, and my grandkids will. Climate change is accelerating exponentially. A number of destructive vicious cycles are on the verge of being triggered. Once they are, our once-stable ecosystems