A quote on Drilling
Date: 03-Jun-08
Author: Peter Firminger quoting Ellen Cavalli
Something to ponder
Gas drilling is tearing up the Rocky Mountains, from Montana to New Mexico. Live in a gasfield - and I know people who have - and you'll think you've gone to hell. Day and night, flare stacks burn methane, sulfur and other noxious gases - a ticking firebomb in our often tinder-dry land.
Toxic pits of antifreeze, carcinogens and even radioactive substances stagnate on private property, killing any animal that mistakes them for ponds.
"Fracing" chemicals leach into the groundwater. Gas compressors are heard miles away. Roads and well pads make the landscape look like a war zone. Pipelines course through horse pastures and archaeological sites.
Everything is destroyed: air, water, land, peace, private property, health, economy, community, democracy, quality of life...
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