Legislation – B-CAUSE (Bucks Concerned About Unsafe Shale-gas Extraction)

Why are PA Taxpayers Subsidizing This?

rbshreve2 — Wed, 02 Jul 2025 19:34:02 +0000

It’s a scam. We should not be investing in recovering Lithium from wastewater that we should not be creating in the first place–full stop.

Oh Wait, That stuff might be valuable someday

rbshreve2 — Tue, 01 Jul 2025 20:17:09 +0000

Produced water, now expensive to dispose of, may become a valuable byproduct in the future. So the industry is pleased to have won a court battle over who owns it. I wonder if they’ll pony up the cash to pay for the harm it does when it pollutes local wells and streams.

Fracking Advocates are Relentless

rbshreve2 — Fri, 13 Jun 2025 18:08:58 +0000

They want to overturn the ban on fracking in the Delaware Watershed. Support Delaware Riverkeeper! Texas is making a big mistake. (Not their first.) Shall we stop buying food grown in Texas?

Is your Town Protecting Your Property?

rbshreve2 — Wed, 11 Jun 2025 19:10:32 +0000

Land use ordinances and other municipal constraints can be employed to protect citizens from the ravages of fracking. Read about it.

No Regard for Climate

rbshreve2 — Sat, 10 May 2025 20:16:20 +0000

No regard for the obstacles deservedly placed in the path of businesses that exploit natural resources. It is all about commerce and profits. The greater public good is a distant priority. Footnote: The source of the above article is Truthout, an extremely left-biased source. Although they don’t usually publish lies, they do omit context and

Locals Protest to Protect Water

rbshreve2 — Sun, 20 Apr 2025 20:30:35 +0000

“Because the majority of Ohioans rely on groundwater for their drinking water, the threat of fracking byproducts, like radioactive brine, seeping into their drinking water supplies is not a small one. For example, in Athens County, fracking-produced brine has been found migrating over a mile away from its source since 2019 — inching its way

Shapiro Criticized

rbshreve2 — Thu, 03 Apr 2025 01:56:31 +0000

Can’t Make it Go Away

rbshreve2 — Fri, 21 Mar 2025 19:59:00 +0000

When you throw something away, where is “away?” The Westmoreland County Landfill is one “away” place where fracking waste is disposed of. But there is no away. The fluids leach out of the landfill and must be disposed of, or should we say disposed of again. WSL currently transports radioactive leachate and other chemically-laced liquid

Consequences

rbshreve2 — Fri, 27 Dec 2024 03:14:05 +0000

New York State is trying to put the externalized costs of fossil fuel back on fossil energy producers. I don’t know if this legislation will be effective, but it sure focuses attention on the fact that “cheap” fossil energy is not truly cheap when the consequences of burning such fuels are considered. Pennsylvania, are you

Push Back!

rbshreve2 — Tue, 17 Dec 2024 19:28:28 +0000

The PR firms and energy lobby work relentlessly to promote fracking. They have outsized influence on legislators, particularly at the state and local levels. When the rest of us are disengaged or complacent, bad things happen. Consider Ohio . . .