Reuters has more details on Chesapeake's just-announced suspension of fracking at its unconventional gas operations throughout Pennsylvania due to an ongoing blowout.
Apparently, since their emergency response efforts have so far not worked to stop the well blowout, Chesapeake is getting ready to - you might want to sit down for this - launch a 'top kill' junk shot of "a mix of plastic, ground up tires and heavy mud to plug the well."
What, no golf balls?
Image from http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-na-oil-rig-20100423-pi...
Democracy is utterly dependent upon an electorate that is accurately informed. In promoting climate change denial (and often denying their responsibility for doing so) industry has done more than endanger the environment. It has undermined democracy.
There is a vast difference between putting forth a point of view, honestly held, and intentionally sowing the seeds of confusion. Free speech does not include the right to deceive. Deception is not a point of view. And the right to disagree does not include a right to intentionally subvert the public awareness.
On Sat., April 27, I met up with energy investor Bill Powers at Prairie Moon Restaurant in Evanston, IL for a mid-afternoon lunch to discuss his forthcoming book set to hit bookstores on June 18.
The book's title - "Cold, Hungry and in the Dark: Exploding the Natural Gas Supply Myth" - pokes fun at the statement made by former Chesapeake Energy CEO...
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I always count on junk
I always count on junk removal Richmond when I have something to throw, like old electronics, old cloths or unnecessary objects. They know what to do after and I get rid of everything that I don't use anymore.