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1. Global warming claims all hot air, says speaker at OU2. OU student charged with raping 17-year-old3. Police chief: City can’t stop parties before they start4. For most, the journey to Nine Fest seemed worth it5. Is another oil and gas land-rush starting in Athens?6. Parties spun by OU alums have bootie-shakers raving7. High St. student renters take on big local landlord8. Tanning parlor fights to get back into uptown Athens storefront9. Oak and Mill fests mellow down easy10. City Council acts to ban ‘fracking’ in water supply area11. Landowners’ group renews leasing pitch12. Wal-Mart asks judge to grant store win in shoplifter’s lawsuit13. Electric blue skies, May warmth frame music fest14. OU and city officials urge better fest behavior15. Pills defeated relative when no other drugs could do it16. David Alan Jones17. Hall of Fame baseball coach calls it a day at OU18. Local developers hoping to revive struggling hotel19. Festering fests; down, down deep; and the Golden Rule20. Nine Festers enjoy the sun and music, without the mud
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Home / Articles / Editorial / Letters / Fracking op-ed on Thursday was pure disinformation; ignore it
Sunday, February 12,2012
Fracking op-ed on Thursday was pure disinformation; ignore it
To the Editor:
The Reader's Forum by Shawn Bennett (of Energy in Depth) in the Feb.8 Athens NEWS is filled with disinformation. One example is his claim that fracking operations were not exempted from the Clean Water Act.
Please note that these operations are specifically excluded from the Clean Water Act in the Energy Policy Act of 2005, Sec.322 Hydraulic Fracturing.
Bennett's descriptions of the effects of these operations are not reflected in the experiences of communities where they have happened. Authorities have documented abundant accounts of water contamination, diseases, loss of property values, destroyed life styles and many other problems from these operations.
Bennett's Reader's Forum is filled with disinformation that likely will be countered by others. Disseminating disinformation is more accurately and less politely called lying, but is institutionalized into corporate policy and carried out as "business as usual" by representatives of companies to create the "necessary illusions" that support corporate agendas.
If Bennett believes what he wrote, then he best do some homework on the technology on which he is supposedly an expert. Of course, it is hard to understand something when receiving one's paycheck depends on one not understanding.
Drake Chamberlin
Amesville
Also in Letters:
Forest Service apparently on verge of allowing oil-gas leasesWhat good does Ohio University provide to Athens community?City just encourages drunk-fests by closing traffic, recognizing eventsLet’s hope that climate change denial evaporates into stupidityFor decency’s sake, Time Warner, bring back Columbus CBS!Mitt Romney and Palmer Fest celebrants have much in commonWhy is city discriminating against people who want to rent out homes?Health commissioner is ignoring a lot of hard data that questions fluorideIf you’re disgusted by banking folly, you can express yourself locallyCity Council right to challenge state law on fracking regulation
Connecting the Dots: The Marcellus Natural Gas Play Players – Part 3
By Dory Hippauf
Energy-in-Depth (EID): The “GAS”roots
http://commonsense2.com/2012/02/naturalgasdrilling/connecting-the-dots-the-marcellus-natural-gas-play-players-part-3/