Tuesday, January 31, 2012

Frack no living thing


Hurt No Living Thing

Hurt no living thing:
Ladybird, nor butterfly,
Nor moth with dusty wing,
Nor cricket chirping cheerily,
Nor grasshopper so light of leap,
Nor dancing gnat, nor beetle fat,
Nor harmless worms that creep.

Christina Georgina Rossetti


Impacts of Gas Drilling on Human and Animal Health:

http://baywood.metapress.com/openurl.asp?genre=article&id=doi:10.2190/NS.22.1.e

Thursday, December 29, 2011

Fracku



Dogs bark, pace and growl,
Men in white restless pickups-
Texas invasion
***

The heart's uneasy,
flares illuminate the sky
Where can one find peace
***

ILLuminated
tall and smelly, noisy, strange
drilling rigs disgust
***

Diesel, benzene fumes
unnatural air to breathe,
shale drilling begins
***

Why have you done it-
leased the neighboring hay field
to destroy my dreams
***

Water ran clear here
before the Marcellus wells,
now no peace of mind
***

I wanted to sleep,
Mosquito song is better
Than frack trucks and drills
***

Saturday, October 29, 2011

Thursday, August 11, 2011

Fractivist cat



This is Kit Carson, activist cat. She is named after Rachel Carson renowned environmental activist. Like Rachel, she grew up on a small Pennsylvania farm, where she spends hours exploring the outdoors. She is special, she carries a message that she carries with no fear. She doesn’t want to worry about the water she drinks direct from the spring.

Wednesday, July 20, 2011


This is a protection against slick water horizontal hydraulic fracturing pysanky egg. This special egg has all the following symbols. Pysanky spiders are considered to be lucky omens. Curls symbolize defense or protection. Wolves Teeth offer protection from harm, the harm of contaminated water and air. Wheat symbolizes wishes for good health and a good harvest, a harvest uncontaminated with chemicals used in drilling operations. Bees were a symbol of hard work and pleasantness, and represented all the good insects which should not be killed.

Birds represent spring and the pushing away of Evil, in this case hydraulic fracturing. Birds at rest, mean their powers remain and are not temporary. Meanders are running designs that have no end, they mean the hero’s quest and long life. On pysanky they represent eternity and long life, a long life without risks of cancers brought about from the emissions of drilling operations.

Prjama, a straight line encircling the egg, symbolizes eternity or the continuous thread of life. Diamonds help the recipient of the egg to gain knowledge, knowledge to keep the drilling company from shattering their life’s dreams.A dot within a circle represents the axis of the universe - eternity within the Orphic egg. Ladders mean good husbandry and prosperity.

Green As seen in the spring renewals, green symbolizes the breaking of shackles, freedom from bondage. That would be the shackles of fear and corporate takeover of rural PA It is the color of fertility, freshness, health and hopefulness, it represents bountifulness, hope and the victory of life over death.

Purple speaks of faith, patience and trust. White- symbolizes purity, virginity, innocence, and birth. The wish is for the water and air to remain pure. Red- The magical color of folklore, red is considered a positive color signifying action, fire, charity, spiritual awakening. It also glorifies the sun and the joy of life and love. Consequently, pysanky with red fields or motifs are typically designated for children or youth. Hopefully the children will have a safe and bright future one that glorifies the sun, source of clean and renewable energy.

Monday, July 11, 2011




http://rwma.com/Marcellus%20Shale%20Report%205-18-2010.pdf

Brine water can be contained in the rock formations for centuries and can contain extremely high levels of water-soluble radionuclides that are present in the underground formations. In addition to mixing with brine, the drilling fluid may also become contaminated when it comes in contact with radioactive rock. Radium-226 is a highly water-soluble radionuclide and will preferentially dissolve in the drilling fluid under the pressure and temperature conditions below ground. Drilling fluid can be reused many times and radium will progressively concentrate in it after each reuse. Since no sources specify the radioactivity of produced water, we assume that it is the same asbrine, which is measured at 15,000 pCi/L.

Soil Contamination
Radium-226 has a half-life of 1600 years and, if deposited in the
landfill, will remain there essentially forever. Landfill workers that come in contact with the contaminated materials may be exposed. Further, if the landfill is ever inhabited in the future, crops grown in the soil will concentrate radium and be ingested. Ra-226 is a carcinogen and, when ingested or inhaled, concentrates in the bone and can cause leukemia. Those who eat fruits or vegetables grown more than 1,000 years in the future over the closed landfill or buried impoundments would exceed current health-based dose limits.

Friday, July 8, 2011


http://www.formatebrines.com/Drillingfluids/Stories/BrineSafety/tabid/258/Default.aspx

"Mention the word ‘brine’ to the ordinary man or woman in the street and they will probably think of a benign salty solution used to preserve some of their favorite pickled foods. Mention the same word to someone working in the oil and gas industry and they will probably think first of the ever-present risk of chemical burns and the need for full-body protection suits." warning...very unpleasant photo on this site.

Wednesday, June 22, 2011

A meeting of the courageous... Hillary, Gloria, Carol, Annie, Mary Ellen, Nadia, Audrey, Tara, Judy, Christine, Denise, Dory, Barbara, Maria, Cindy, Kristen, Iona, LT, Debbie, Sylvia, Tracy, Jane, Elizabeth, and Donna.

Sunday, June 12, 2011


Is this a message from above? This was sent from someone who popped the toaster and was awed by the message revealed!! It appears that many others have received this message albeit not by way of toast.
Check into this link- 950 Methodist churches across central and Northeast Pennsylvania passed a resolution calling for a moratorium



Thursday, May 12, 2011


About the Landman Report Card


"A landman is an agent that represents oil & gas companies in negotiations with landowners: their job is to get the best terms for the company. This interaction is perhaps one of the most important elements of the oil and gas exploration and extraction process.

Though many landmen sign onto and abide by codes of ethics, some landowners have accounts of landman dishonesty and misbehavior. Landowners are particularly vulnerable to misinformation at this moment as it is often the first time that they make contact with the oil and gas industry. The Landman Report Card was started to assist landowners in this tricky process by allowing landowners to educate and assist each other.

This site provides tools to learn about landmen and their companies through reading reviews submitted by users. It also allows users to submit their own report cards, contact other users and use the site as their own private diary of interactions with this industry."

http://www.landmanreportcard.com/