Outback in Coatesville, PA; Woodpecker and train Tuesday,
February 07, 2012:
Tuesday, February 7, 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
Friday, January 27, 2012
State of the Art Green Buildings are in Philly, Why not Coatesville Too?
Sustainable living state of the art energy saving and stormwater control, especially green roof technology, could easily be adapted to Coatesville. It’s not rocket science and it’s more economically feasible than the wasteful old standard kind of building we usually do here. Sustainable living is not just about building materials its things like a walking community where most of what you need is a 10 minute walk away.
I think the reason energy saving and stormwater recharge building
techniques are not used is purely because builders, engineers and architects are
stuck in their old habits and don’t want to bother to learn new techniques and
the reasons for them. If they want work and want to make a profit they need to
get on the ball and learn up to date building techniques.
Back when I was on the City of Coatesville Planning
Commission the engineers showed us their stormwater controls but it was clear
to me they didn’t have a clue to why we need stormwater controls. The called me
“The Stormwater Expert” They are supposed to be the stormwater experts for #@!!%
.
Building Green: A Success Story in Philadelphia
This is the duplex development in Northern Liberties in
Philadelphia that is examined in the video.
Thursday, January 26, 2012
Thursday, October 20, 2011
Don’t ever let anyone tell you pipelines are safe.
This is a list of Pipeline accidents in the United States. Printed out in 10 point Ariel it comes to 55 pages of accidents. I put it in the PDF form below for effect.
Click the Wikipedia link for updates.
Tuesday, October 18, 2011
Back burner of global warming
Everyone
puts out of their minds the fact that several nations have weapons of mutual
annihilation aimed at each other and at ready for immediate use.
Global
warming is on its inexorable march; a march that if not modified will not destroy life on earth
but which could make life on earth for humans impossible.
Our
military knows that global warming is an extreme national security threat. A
major war caused by the effects of global warming seems inevitable.
What
everyone appears to put out of their minds is that a sure fire end to global
warming is "nuclear winter". I guess that's why they call it
"unthinkable".
SEE:
By Matthew
Yglesias on Oct 17, 2011
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