Our reluctance to accept the inevitability of the consequences of global warming may only be natural selection or survival of the fittest at work. We are on track to a Twenty Second Century coming and going without any humans alive to experience it.
The election issues like the economy, women's rights and other issues don't matter much when the real issue is survival of our human species.
Extreme weather might convince enough people that global warming is real to create a political tipping point, but that needs to happen before the earth reaches a tipping point in the survival of our species.
Right now it doesn't look good for my children or any human under 30 years old.
Like I said before, politicians need to keep in mind that their constituents will be extremely angry once there is no doubt among sane people that the earth is growing too warm for us to exist.
Sunday, April 15, 2012
Sunday, April 1, 2012
Mark Ruffallo on Colbert Report
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Also see Huffington Post:
Mark Ruffalo Addresses Fracking on "Colbert Report"interview
Water Defense:
http://www.waterdefense.org/
Thursday, March 22, 2012
Our legislators weren't "swayed by industry pressure" they were bought with $7,175,234 of fracking industry cash.
"Earlier
this year, the Pennsylvania legislature passed, and Gov. Tom Corbett signed,
historic Marcellus Shale gas drilling legislation that will affect the state
for decades to come.
Did your
legislators stand up for public health and the environment, or were they swayed
by industry pressure? Click on your county in the map below to find out."
From:
2012 Marcellus Scorecard
Our Chester County State Senators were not "swayed by industry
pressure". It's very plain from the documents in my post below that our Republican State Senators in
Chester County were bought by the fracking industry. See the documents in my post below
with lists of the fracking industry companies and the amount of cash given to
each of our Chester County State Senators.
Chester County State Senators
Grand total of $71,000.00 from Gas companies to Republican PA Senators in Chester County from gas drilling companies.
Grand total of $500.00 from gas companies to Chester County's only Democrat, Senator Andy Dinniman
More at:
sunday, january 29, 2012
Tuesday, March 20, 2012
Is Pennsylvania natural gas for Pennsylvanians or is it going to China?
"Cove Point, Maryland: In an effort to challenge
what they call the next threat to America’s energy independence, environmental
health, and family economics, a coalition of environmental organizations has
filed comments with the U.S. Department of Energy challenging a proposal that
would allow the Dominion Cove Point LNG facility to export natural gas to non-Free
Trade Agreement countries, many in Asia and the Middle East.
“LNG facilities like the one proposed for Cove
Point are intended to ship natural gas extracted in this country off to foreign
lands. The result is that gas drillers can ship American gas overseas in order
to make more money, but this increases the price of natural gas for us, and our
communities and environment get ravaged by the shale gas “gold rush”, including
thousands of miles of new pipelines through the Susquehanna Watershed. It may
be a win for the gas drillers but it throws the idea of American energy
independence out the window,” said Michael Helfrich, Lower Susquehanna
Riverkeeper.
“We filed these comments because the law which
oversees such projects puts citizens at a big disadvantage when it comes to LNG
facilities” explains Guy Alsentzer, Staff Attorney for the Lower Susquehanna
Riverkeeper. “The law asserts that Americans will benefit from LNG exports
unless they can prove otherwise; this puts the burden of proof on average every
day Americans, and relieves the big gas corporations from demonstrating that
they will not harm U.S. citizens in their pursuit of profits. Unfortunately,
one need only look at the thousands of violations across Pennsylvania that the
PA Department of Environment has found at gas drilling sites to know that the
drillers and shippers are not worthy of that presumption,” asserted Alsentzer.
“Gas drilling is devastating
the communities where it is happening; the claim of environmentally friendly
fracking and shale gas drilling is just another expensive messaging campaign”
says Maya van Rossum, the Delaware Riverkeeper. “People are losing their
drinking water, their clean air, their health, and the beautiful landscapes
they call home. The assertion of cheap gas and energy independence touted by
the drillers is, like the claims they make for gas drilling, clearly just
another marketing campaign. We know that because they are investing tremendous
sums of money and political capital in building and expanding LNG facilities in
order to ship American extracted gas overseas. Americans are suffering all of
the pollution and harm from gas drilling while foreign countries get to use the
gas and drillers get to reap the profits. It’s a lose-lose for Americans”
concludes van Rossum.
More at DELAWARE RIVERKEEPER
Tuesday, March 6, 2012
Gut wrenching video of the extraction of Tar Sands Oil
Gut wrenching video of the extraction of dirtiest oil
extraction method known to man in a once pristine environment. The Tar Sands Oil that will run in the Keystone
Pipeline to be sold in the European and South American Markets.
If Canada destroys their fresh water with Tar Sands mining
where will the Western United States get their water when the snow stops coming
to the Rocky Mountains?
Tuesday, February 7, 2012
Outback in Coatesville Woodpecker and Train sounds
Outback in Coatesville, PA; Woodpecker and train Tuesday,
February 07, 2012:
Sunday, January 29, 2012
FRACKING INDUSTRIES GAVE $7,175,234 to PA candidates and PACs
“Pennsylvania is one of only eleven states that do not limit
the amount of money that individuals can give to candidates. Meanwhile, our
state’s online campaign contribution database is so antiquated and inaccessible
that it’s difficult for average citizens to know who is influencing their
politicians. It’s a long-term problem with particularly serious consequences
today.
The natural gas industry gave $7,175,234 to Pennsylvania candidates and Political Action Committees (PACs) from 2000 through the end of 2010, according to a Common Cause/Pennsylvania (CCPA) analysis released today. $3,442,212 was donated to elected officials currently in office.
The top recipient remains Governor Tom Corbett, with a total $1,634,096 in contributions from the natural gas industry. Corbett raised $1,083,315 of that total in 2009-2010 from 216 donations. He is followed by Senate President Pro Tempore Joseph Scarnati, with $293,333.
Giving by the industry doubled from the 2008 election cycle ($1,004,757) to the 2010 election cycle ($2,608,187)."
FROM
“When asked to put in place a temporary moratorium on
drilling in public lands until a full study of the impact could be made, those
who voted “no” had accepted an average of three times as much cash from gas
interests than those who supported that reasonable measure.”
FROM:
Natural Gas Donations Predict Marcellus Tax Votes
An analysis of the House of Representatives vote on SB 1155
by MarcellusMoney.org
GO TO:
Chester County State Senators
Grand total of $71,000.00 from Gas companies to Republican PA Senators in Chester County from gas drilling companies.
Grand total of $500.00 from gas companies to Chester County's only Democrat, Senator Andy Dinniman
The tables below are from Marcellusmoney.org go to; http://www.marcellusmoney.org/ Use the “FIND A CANDIDATE” widget on the right side for more PA Senate and House
members:
The total contribution to Chester County’s only Democratic State Senator Andy Dinniman, is $500 from the UGI PAC on June 12, 2007
REPUBLICAN STATE SENATORS IN CHESTER COUNTY CONTRIBUTIONS FROM GAS COMPANIES:
$48,250.00 to Senator Pileggi
$4,600.00 to Senator Rafferty
$5,400.00 to Senator Erikson
$6,200.00 to Senator Brubaker
$6,900.00 to Senator Folmer
TOTAL $71,000.00
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