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In reply to the discussion: Faced With a Fracking Giant, This Small Town Just Legalized Civil Disobedience [View all]Baobab
(4,667 posts)45. Fracking because they want to export the natural gas to asia
where they get several times more money.
so not only will prices rise, the amount of activity will go way up..and international private law will supranationally prevent countries, states and communities from changing any policy, enacting any law, or through omission, or non-cooperation place any obstacles in the way even if the result of this insanity is environmental disasters.
The goal is clearly the creation of barriers which in all practical terms render irreversible their nullification of the ability of voters and voting or legislators, presidents, senators, congresspeople, MPs, dictators, officials, kommisars, tribal chiefs, citizens, or anybody similar anywhere to change anything, forever.
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Faced With a Fracking Giant, This Small Town Just Legalized Civil Disobedience [View all]
pmorlan1
May 2016
OP
In Pennsylvania, North Dakota and many other states, fracking >> radiation sometimes
Baobab
May 2016
#31
she cant, WTO demands it be reregulated en toto- our european friends must be liberated from russia-
Baobab
May 2016
#42
TTlP will preempt local fracking BANs at the supranational level- Wonder if this will work to preven
Baobab
May 2016
#30
*they wont tell people* They will create state laws that ban local laws and try to replicate the FTA
Baobab
May 2016
#40
Almost nobody in government at all levels evens knows they are doing this stuff- at all..
Baobab
May 2016
#43
Well which do they want right now, fracking or coal? There are no windmills in this area.
Jitter65
May 2016
#7
You can see wind turbines along the PA Turnpike somewhere between Breezewood and Pittsburgh nt
LiberalEsto
May 2016
#10
geothermal is available everywhere because the temps a few feet down are 55ish all the time
Baobab
May 2016
#32
Here you go! Looks like the mean underground temperature in Florida is around 72-79 degrees F.
Baobab
May 2016
#35
This works ONLY IF everyone in the town is engaged in and supporting the civil disobedience.
MadDAsHell
May 2016
#17
Our small town really came together to fight a Kinder Morgan CO2 Lobos pipeline
womanofthehills
May 2016
#18
Novel. Thinking out of the box. Probably not the last time we'll see this in the coming years
Jack Rabbit
May 2016
#19
The doctors are not turning a blind eye... They are the ones fighting the law.
Glassunion
May 2016
#38