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Not a good neighbor: fracking industry admits to waging war on communities
For a long time, the hydraulic fracturing-enabled drilling industry has been fighting a war to be accepted in communities around the country.
They've been losing the war.
That is, the more they've operated, the more they've polluted, and the worse name they've received. Thanks to the good work of community groups, Josh Fox, DeSmogBlog, ProPublica, the New York Times, and many, many others, the word has gotten out that you allow the drilling industry into your community at the peril of your drinking water, clean air, and the very fabric of your community.
So industry was (and still is) faced with a choice:
Tagged with: fracking, hydraulic fracturing, psyops, sharon wilson, war, pr
Senator Cantwell does right by wild salmon. Let’s send her some thanks.
Say thanks to Senator Cantwell for her support of Alaska’s Bristol Bay
Salmon spawing in the Bristol Bay watershed.
Photo: Nick Hall
This week Senator Cantwell (WA) sent a letter to the EPA urging the agency to protect Alaska’s Bristol Bay – home to our nation’s largest wild salmon fishery.
10 billion tons of toxic mine waste
The Bristol Bay watershed is at risk from the proposed Pebble Mine, which would dispose of up to 10 billion tons of toxic mine waste at its headwaters.
EPA protection Needed
The Senator has asked the EPA to use its authority under section 404c of the Clean Water Act. This provision gives it authority to prohibit or restrict the disposal of mine waste into rivers, streams or wetlands, if science shows it will harm the fishery.
Tagged with: epa, bristol bay, pebble, clean water act, 404c, senator maria cantwell
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