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grntuscarora

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22. I'm not raising a different issue.

Thu Mar 22, 2012, 11:59 PM

Mar 2012

While I recognize that individual property owners may do as they please, 700,000 acres of State Forest has been leased to drilling companies. (Some of that, I believe, had been leased under Rendell.) State Forest is public property that should not be handed over to drillers without the approval of the citizens of PA, imo. State Parks, too, are considered fair game in the fracking frenzy, and even the Fish and Boat Commission has joined the act and is planning to lease portions of PA waterways to drillers. I'm rushed and tired, so I pulled a link to a 2011 article. but I have no doubt even more public acreage has been gifted to the drillers, without referendum, since then.

http://stateimpact.npr.org/pennsylvania/tag/department-of-conservation-and-natural-resources/page/2/

In addition, local municipalities are no longer allowed to zone out gas drilling operations under recently passed legislation. Communities must accept drilling or be damned.

It is quite obvious you are unfamiliar with what is going on here in PA.

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"We are drilling all over the place." [View all] MoonRiver Mar 2012 OP

Me Too TheMastersNemesis Mar 2012 #1

Honestly, I would prefer looking hard at nuclear power rather than drilling. MoonRiver Mar 2012 #2

Doubtful. He just knows which side his bread is buttered on. nt Snake Alchemist Mar 2012 #15

That drilling is a very good thing badtoworse Mar 2012 #3

Well, speaking as a resident of one of the many "sacrifice zones", I'm not cheering. grntuscarora Mar 2012 #4

I suggest you check out a documentary called Gasland n/t Marrah_G Mar 2012 #5

I'm familiar with it. badtoworse Mar 2012 #6

The problem is that precautions to address environmental concerns are not being done Marrah_G Mar 2012 #7

The situation is changing and effective regulations are being implemented at the state level badtoworse Mar 2012 #9

You seem to be a shill for fossil fuel energy industry. MoonRiver Mar 2012 #13

I'm a shill for the country getting more competitive badtoworse Mar 2012 #16

If I may. grntuscarora Mar 2012 #17

You are raising a different issue badtoworse Mar 2012 #18

I'm not raising a different issue. grntuscarora Mar 2012 #22

My interest is mainly in the environmental impacts and regulatory areas. badtoworse Mar 2012 #24

Everywhere is a watershed XemaSab Mar 2012 #19

Care needs to be taken everywhere badtoworse Mar 2012 #20

good luck with that one spanone Mar 2012 #8

This message was self-deleted by its author badtoworse Mar 2012 #10

As long as you're drawing a paycheck from it and don't have to live with the results gratuitous Mar 2012 #11

I'm focused on what's going on with natural gas, an important industrial and powerplant fuel badtoworse Mar 2012 #12

It's not that big of deal. We have fresh water to spare. raouldukelives Mar 2012 #14

right, we should love fracking shanti Mar 2012 #23

That Apollo project of alternative energy research Johonny Mar 2012 #21