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In reply to the discussion: Please Help ! [View all]Earth_First
(14,910 posts)9. Watersheds do not discriminate...
Your daily life can be affected by the disasterous practices of the gas industry by living hundreds of miles away.
Not only do watersheds not discriminate; the air quality is similarly affected through well flaring; which is a 24-hour process for 1-4 weeks when a new well is established; with little to no regulation on how clean these flares must be...
This process affects us ALL.
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thirty days of fracking regs ***action item you can do this from home*** Dr. Steingraber's site
Agony
Jan 2013
#38
and here we are with the NYS DEC changing its mission from regulate to "promote" gas development
Agony
Jan 2013
#46
I'll call. I can't stand him ; but I'll call. What exactly will he "decide"?
Smarmie Doofus
Jan 2013
#51