Fracking

Is your water flamable? It may be someday!

 

Ask Your Members of Congress to Support the FRAC-Act!

Companies that are threatening our drinking water with hydraulic fracturing can't be held accountable under the Safe Drinking Water Act, and they don't have to disclose the nearly 600 chemicals that they are injecting into the ground. The FRAC Act will fix this.
Sign the petition below to ask your representative to protect your drinking water by passing the FRAC Act (S. 587 and H.R. 1084).

Petition to Congress:
As a constituent, I urge you to support the Fracturing Responsibility and Awareness of Chemicals Act (FRAC Act) of 2011 (H.R. 1084 and S. 587).

It has become clear that hydraulic fracturing can threaten our drinking water, our health, and our livelihoods.

The FRAC Act would lift the exemption from regulation under the Safe Drinking Water Act granted to hydraulic fracturing in 2005. In addition, it would require oil and gas mining companies to disclose the chemicals used in hydraulic fracturing operations.

In order to protect our drinking water, our farms, and our health from the the dangers that can be brought on by fracking, I urge you to pass the FRAC Act.

Sincerely,

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Turtle Saves

Anyone who really knows me, also knows how much I care about wildlife including frogs, toads and turtles. So yes, I am one of those people who stops to let them or help them cross the road. So far this year my turtle saves are four. I think they were all painted turtles, but I wil do some research and find out.

There is one turtle - I think it is the same one - that crosses Denton Lake Road on a regular basis. Next time I see it, I will mark it to be sure ( no harm will come to the turtle )

Lots of tiny toads in the yard this morning! Havent seen so many in afew years. I guess all the rain is good for somthing besides weeds.

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So Who's running the country?

I never intended to get political here, after all, my goal is help those in need and add some fun to daily life, so when something affects our families and our quality of life, I think it should be included. 

I don't think of myself as a politically involved person, (I guess I should have been paying more attention earlier in life?) but the more I see, hear and read about political red tape and delays, and the rising price of gas, which affects us all and out quality of life, the angrier I get. I certainly don't feel the urge to run for any political office but I don't mind making some noise to send a message. This was just brought to my attention:

Politics on THE ENVIRONMENTALIST: The Oil War at Home

politics.the-environmentalist.org

which brought to mind the question of Who is REALLY running the country if the president can't do anything about large corporations who are bringing down the country through greed.  

If this is the land of oppotunity, why should the opportunity to survive be dictated by something like gas prices? So instead of deciding if you can have healthy, organic food because it costs a bit more, you can decide whether to eat or put gas in the car to get to work. that may sound a bit drastic but for those people just getting by, that could be a not so distant choice.

So, if you put gas in the car, then you can drive to the food pantry because you can't buy food now, and the cost of feeding more families gets passed on to local municipalities and in turn the government, which is in debt already................what a vicous cycle. So where do we go from here?