by Abrahm Lustgarten , Nicholas Kusnetz and Joaquin Sapien
ProPublica, March 9 , 2011, 10:50 p.m.
Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Corbett (AP Photo/Daniel Shaknen)
Pennsylvania has come under fire lately as pollution from drilling in the Marcellus Shale threatens water resources across the state. But instead of ratcheting up oversight, Gov. Tom Corbett wants to hand authority over some of the state’s most critical environmental decisions to C. Alan Walker, a Pennsylvania energy executive with his own track record of running up against the state’s environmental regulations.
Walker, who has contributed $184,000 to Corbett’s campaign efforts since 2004 , is CEO and owner of Bradford Energy Company and Bradford Coal , which was once among Pennsylvania’s largest coal mining companies. He also owns or has an interest in 12 other companies, including a trucking business and a central Pennsylvania oil and gas company .
Friday, March 11, 2011
Wednesday, March 2, 2011
The Youth Don't Want One Fossil Fuel for Another
Yesterday, while dozens of folks flocked to the rally at the Army Core of Engineers in Tribecca, many still held out in the extra sixth hour of the hearing held by the New York City Council on fracking. Like previous frack hearings held in New York City, there wasn't much division, in fact not one person was in favor of fracking and more than ever, just as in last Friday's DRBC hearing, people are using the word "ban" and saying that regulations will not be good enough.
Lou Wright, of Renew School spoke on behalf of students at the New School and Oxfam NYU. "I'm here today to say on behalf of the young people of New York... we don't need that gas. We don't want it; we don't want the drilling, but we don't even want the gas. We want new energy economies. We want new modes of transportation. We want new ways to heat our homes, new ways to cook our food, and new ways to heat our water. And, it's not even a matter of cost or contamination. It's just a matter of we don't want to trade one fossil fuel for another. And we're done arguing."
Many people brought up the controversy of the proposed Spectra natural gas pipeline that would likely feed into the West Village or Chelsea. Most of the resistance has enflamed in Jersey City who would be experience the construction but not the actual energy. This was alluded to as a reason as to why, perhaps, Mayor Bloomberg and PlanYC did not reveal the results of a recent PlanYC poll, in which the people of New York City put banning fracking in the New York City watershed as the number one sustainable priority of the city.
Read/View more of the hearing here: "How Do You Testify to a Government on Your Side?" Shannon's Organic News.
Lou Wright, of Renew School spoke on behalf of students at the New School and Oxfam NYU. "I'm here today to say on behalf of the young people of New York... we don't need that gas. We don't want it; we don't want the drilling, but we don't even want the gas. We want new energy economies. We want new modes of transportation. We want new ways to heat our homes, new ways to cook our food, and new ways to heat our water. And, it's not even a matter of cost or contamination. It's just a matter of we don't want to trade one fossil fuel for another. And we're done arguing."
Many people brought up the controversy of the proposed Spectra natural gas pipeline that would likely feed into the West Village or Chelsea. Most of the resistance has enflamed in Jersey City who would be experience the construction but not the actual energy. This was alluded to as a reason as to why, perhaps, Mayor Bloomberg and PlanYC did not reveal the results of a recent PlanYC poll, in which the people of New York City put banning fracking in the New York City watershed as the number one sustainable priority of the city.
Read/View more of the hearing here: "How Do You Testify to a Government on Your Side?" Shannon's Organic News.
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