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1st day of spring

today is cold, but sunny…the nation rises and spring brings renewed resolve –  communities gather, educate themselves and mobilize.  Ohio wakes up, refusing to harbor waste water that NOBODY should have to harbor.  Thanks to Ecowatch,  the collection of news and events are coalescing into a very big, very angry, sincerely motivated, visible and vocal  organism –  these are citizens at work to protect what is precious – water, air, freedom and knowledge.

Apalachia – “World Water Day” March 23

Pennsylvania-  List of the Harmed keeps growing

Illinois –  Legal Moratorium Proposed

Maryland – Baltimore says NO 

Colorado – “sometimes democracy still works in America“

note: I want to understand the non-disclosure issue – what are the consequences of violation when human health is at stake?

 

Related articles

Awash in Scandals

Keeping Track:  http://nyfrackingscandal.com/

NY in the News via Ohio:  NY town sued for banning ‘frack’ talk at meetings

Ohio -watch your waste:

Thank You Rep. Hagen! :  Rep. Hagan Demands Answers from State Fracking Regulators after Illegal Dumping Reports (see below)  Surface:   Voice of Reason

This Man: 120 Violations be damned:  Lupo admits disposing brine, oil in storm drain six times  oil rig

Ben W. Lupo : Chairman and CEO. Mr. Lupo, founder and principal shareholder of  D&L Energy, began his career in the oil and gas industry in 1976 water hauling for drilling rigs, water fracturing tanks, and water disposal. In 1984, he began leasing land and funding wells. At the same time, he supervised the operation and production of many wells throughout Ohio, Pennsylvania and New York. With the deregulation of the natural gas industry, Mr. Lupo established Gasearch, LLC, the marketing arm of D&L Energy, to provide natural gas to commercial/industrial accounts.

Mansfield OH comes to it’s senses :  Texas wants Ohio

To be continued…

Preemption #1 Feb 20

Panel discussion to focus on ‘Marcellus and the Media’

Wednesday, February 6, 2013

UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. — Penn State Marcellus Center for Outreach and Research is hosting a panel discussion, “Marcellus and the Media,” from 12:15 to 1:15 p.m. Feb. 20, in Room 117 of the Earth-Engineering Science Building. The discussion is open to the public.

The panelists will be: Andy Maykuth, a reporter at The Philadelphia Inquirer who covers issues related to energy and Marcellus Shale; Susan Phillips, energy reporter at StateImpact Pennsylvania, a joint initiative of WITF, WHYY and NPR to cover Marcellus Shale development; and Denise Bortree, an assistant professor of advertising and public relations in Penn State’s College of Communications.

Discussion topics will include communicating complex science questions to a general audience, presenting balanced stories on shale development in a highly polarized atmosphere and the best way to report on a story that is changing so rapidly.

http://live.psu.edu/story/64126#rssMarcellus_shale

Insurgency? Really?

English: Sergeant Major rank insignia for the ...

English: Sergeant Major rank insignia for the United States Marine Corps. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

MUST HEAR! check this link, and listen !

Oil Executive: Military-Style ‘Psy Ops’ Experience Applied

“CNBC has obtained audiotapes of the event, on which one presenter can be heard recommending that his colleagues download a copy of the Army and Marine Corps counterinsurgency manual.  That’s because, he said, the opposition facing the industry is an “insurgency.”

In a session entitled “Designing a Media Relations Strategy To Overcome Concerns Surrounding Hydraulic Fracturing,” Range Resources communications director Matt Pitzarella spoke about “overcoming stakeholder concerns” about the fracking process.

“We have several former psy ops folks that work for us at Range because they’re very comfortable in dealing with localized issues and local governments,” Pitzarella said. “Really all they do is spend most of their time helping folks develop local ordinances and things like that. But very much having that understanding of psy ops in the Army and in the Middle East has applied very helpfully here for us in Pennsylvania.”

AND – for your reading pleasure:  the publicly available PDF  FM 3-24/MCWP 3-33.5   – from the Introduction:

“This is a game of wits and will. You’ve got to be learning and adapting constantly to survive.
General Peter J. Schoomaker, USA, 2004″ 

Read especially –  Appendix A – A Guide for Action