Discussion for article #230294
What good is having a Governor, then? If a legally-elected governor cannot stop the destruction of the land within that sate, cannot protect the health and safety and general welfare of the people of that state, what good is having a governor? This should be taken to court immediately. Fracking must be stopped.
Meanwhile, natural gas is leaking into the atmosphere everywhere the permafrost thaws – worldwide! Too bad the hydrocarbon industry can’t find a way to capture that low-hanging resource that already greenhouses the atmosphere!
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Hamstrung by Teahaddist state house.
According to the article:
“Ken Arney, a regional manager for the U.S. Forest Service whose area includes the George Washington National Forest, had the final word on the plan.”
And while we fret over Keystone XL, there’s this:
Note also that in the wake of the BP disaster, in defiance of a Federally-commissioned independent report that determined that blowout preventers simply do not work, we have issued permits for deepwater oil drilling at a pace that’s exceeded all previous administrations.
The bottom line is: the Feds could intervene, but they won’t. I’ll leave the accountability to individual conclusions.
Interestingly, Denton, TX where fracking began just outlawed it.