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Dory Hippauf

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JLCNY From Grassroots to Astrotruf

The Joint Landowners Coalition of New York (JLCNY) is quite the active and vocal group, often participating in events with the Independent Petroleum Association of America’s (IPAA) public relations campaign called Energy-in-Depth (EID). JLCNY has now transformed itself from what was a supposedly a Grassroots organization to an Astroturf one, …

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DEP AIR TESTING ALA BEIJING?

This week the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection (DEP), also known as the Department of Energy Production, announced they would be doing air quality testing in Susquehanna County.  This is in response to the concerns of residents in the sacrifice zone. A mobile unit will be driving around taking air …

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KEYSTONE XL PIPELINE and FACEBOOK

CREDO Action wanted to post an ad calling out Facebook’s CEO, Mark Zuckerberg ads which called for expanded oil drilling and construction of the XL pipeline.   CREDO Action’s ad was rejected by Facebook. According to the Financial Times, Moveon, CREDO, Presente, Sierra Club and Democracy for America have pulled their …

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DEP Celebrates National Drinking Water Week with FRACKade

NOTE: THE FOLLOWING  IS INTENDED TO BE SATIRE, TONGUE-IN-CHEEK, HUMOR, ala THE ONION TYPE STORY. The Pennsylvania Department of Energy Production (DEP) kicked off a celebration of National Drinking Water Week with a gala event at Cheapskate Energy Arena in Oklahoma. Broke Axelander, spokes model for Energy Gone Tomorrow, opened …

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Debunking the Truth About Mythical Fracking Talking Points

An “opinion” piece by Chris Faulkner, Co-Founder, President and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Breitling Energy Companies has been featured in a number of newspapers across the country. The title varies, depending on the publication, from Dispel Myths About Fracking, Debunking Fracking Misconceptions, to The Truth About Fracking.   All with …

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The Message and the Messengers Presentation

I would like to thank Professors Wendy Lee and Susan O’Donnell of Bloomsburg University for their tremendous work in bringing the Marcellus Shale Documentary Project to our area, and for making me part of it. On April 30, 2013, I gave a presentation which examines the messaging machine of the …

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Natural Gas Methane – OMITTED RESULTS

Kevin Begos, from the Associated Press reported on April 28, 2013 that the EPA Methane Report Further Divides Fracking Camps. Begos didn’t give a link to the report.    It really wasn’t all that difficult to find on the EPA website. Read or download the entire Inventory of U.S. Greenhouse Gas …

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Fossil Fuel Drilling an Earth Disaster in Slow Motion

Monday, August 29, 2005: Hurricane Katrina made landfall in southeast Louisiana. Sunday, May 22, 2011 an EF5 Multiple-Vortex tornado destroyed Joplin Missouri. Monday, October 29, 2012:  Hurricane Sandy struck near Brigantine, New Jersey, just to the northeast of Atlantic City These are three of  the environmental disasters we’ve seen widely …

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Water War – What Will You Drink?

You can’t drink natural gas, but you may have no choice. Last year, residents of the Riverdale Mobil Home Park were evicted to make way for a water withdrawal station.   Aqua-PVR, a joint subsidiary of Aqua American and Penn-Virginia Resources, purchased the park, kicked the residents out, so they could …