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Vermont first state to ban fracking

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Thursday, May 17, 2012 5:42 AM

NIKI2

Gettin' old, but still a hippie at heart...


Hey, hey, hey, one for Earth's side!
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Vermont's governor has signed a bill making it the first U.S. state to ban fracking, the controversial practice to extract natural gas from the ground.

"This is a big deal," Gov. Peter Shumlin said Wednesday. "This bill will ensure that we do not inject chemicals into groundwater in a desperate pursuit for energy."

Shumlin said fracking contaminates groundwater and the science behind it is "uncertain at best." He said he hopes other states will follow Vermont's lead in banning it.

Fracking, or hydraulic fracturing, has unleashed a boom in energy production in the United States by allowing the extraction of oil and gas from shale rock. Supporters say it has reduced the country's oil imports, boosted natural gas production and provided thousands of jobs.

Most major oil companies are now involved in shale oil and gas production, including Exxon Mobil, Royal Dutch Shell and BP.

But the process has also raised fears of ground water contamination and is suspected of causing mild earthquakes. http://www.cnn.com/2012/05/17/us/vermont-fracking/index.html?hpt=hp_t2 piece of good news among all the crap...now let's watch Big Oil bring all their guns to bear...


...poor baby...

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Thursday, May 17, 2012 7:32 AM

RIONAEIRE

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Good news

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Thursday, May 17, 2012 9:02 AM

GEEZER

Keep the Shiny side up


"It is a largely token gesture, given that Vermont does not have any natural gas reserves to speak of, sitting just outside the boundaries of the vast Marcellus shale formation."
http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=vermont-poised-to-be-
first-state-to-outlaw-fracking


So makes folks happy, and the State gives up nothing.

Sort'a like if the Florida General Assembly promised to plow all snow on the highways within 2 hours.


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Monday, May 21, 2012 12:52 PM

MISSTRESSAHARA


Quote:

Originally posted by Niki2:
Hey, hey, hey, one for Earth's side!
Quote:

Vermont's governor has signed a bill making it the first U.S. state to ban fracking, the controversial practice to extract natural gas from the ground.

"This is a big deal," Gov. Peter Shumlin said Wednesday. "This bill will ensure that we do not inject chemicals into groundwater in a desperate pursuit for energy."

Shumlin said fracking contaminates groundwater and the science behind it is "uncertain at best." He said he hopes other states will follow Vermont's lead in banning it.

Fracking, or hydraulic fracturing, has unleashed a boom in energy production in the United States by allowing the extraction of oil and gas from shale rock. Supporters say it has reduced the country's oil imports, boosted natural gas production and provided thousands of jobs.

Most major oil companies are now involved in shale oil and gas production, including Exxon Mobil, Royal Dutch Shell and BP.

But the process has also raised fears of ground water contamination and is suspected of causing mild earthquakes. http://www.cnn.com/2012/05/17/us/vermont-fracking/index.html?hpt=hp_t2 piece of good news among all the crap...now let's watch Big Oil bring all their guns to bear...


...poor baby...



I thought this thread was about Vermont banning the use of the word because it came too close to it's cussing cousin.

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