While I am glad to hear that Cabot will sustain damage to their bank account for the cleanup as well as the (I almost said "restitution") replacement of water supply to residents, I am in complete agreement that trying to control the outcomes of a bad, and badly regulated, system is not where we want to be. After the drilling starts is TOO LATE. I do hope that readers of this list will consider seriously joining the call for a ban on the drilling using high-volume, slick water hydrofracking. Standing downwind of a fracked well with my fist raised is not where I want to be.
Last I knew, 1324 people had signed the petition found here: http://www.actionotsego.org/NYBanPetition.html and a ban is now supported by 48 groups in NY. Sign the petition, and then let people know you signed. Talk to neighbors and to your representatives. Write to the governor. Make a noise loud enough to be heard over the roar of frack truck engines revving to come into NY. In my opinion, life in Tompkins county will not be sustainable with our land and water stolen by pollution from these companies. Marie McRae Gay Nicholson <[email protected]> wrote Somehow, fines and lost production for Cabot don't make up for the impacts of a spill of this size. We need to prevent the damage to life support systems, not just force a few of the externalities back onto the company causing damage. As Donella Meadows would say, debating the rates and concentrations of permissible ill effects is fairly powerless in controlling the outcomes of a bad system. Gay On Fri, Oct 23, 2009 at 10:28 PM, George Frantz <[email protected]> wrote: > --- On Thu, 10/22/09, George Frantz <[email protected]> wrote: > This is just the fine. Cabot is also responsible for the full cost of the > clean-up and waterways restoration to be completed under PA-DEP > supervision. The company also lost 3 weeks of production due to being > shutdown by PA-DEP after the 8,500 gallon spill in Susquehanna County last > month. > _______________________________________________ For more information about sustainability in the Tompkins County area, please visit: http://www.sustainabletompkins.org/ RSS, archives, subscription & listserv information for: [email protected] http://lists.mutualaid.org/mailman/listinfo/sustainabletompkins Questions about the list? ask [email protected] free hosting by http://www.mutualaid.org
