The Natural Gas Industry Fracking BLM Land

Right now, the natural gas industry is out of control. They think it's fair to frack up our federal lands and tell us about it later -- 30 days after the drilling has taken place We all know this is backwards, and we have opportunity to fix it.
The Bureau of Land Management (BLM), the largest manager of oil and gas resources in the country, just released a set a rules for fracking on our federal lands leaving plenty of room for improvement. Right now, the natural gas industry is lobbying to weaken these already weak safeguards, and we need you to tell the BLM they can do better.
Tell the BLM we need the strongest possible safeguards for fracking on public lands.
The improvements are common sense -- people should know what chemicals are used in fracking before drilling takes place, diesel fuel (a known carcinogen) should be banned from use in fracking, open pits of toxic chemicals are not safe, and fracking should not take place on our most sensitive lands.
The BLM is looking for your input now. Tell them that protecting our public health and land from fracking is the most important measure for any proposed rules.
Thanks for all that you do,
Deb Nardone
Director, Beyond Natural Gas Campaign
Sierra Club

P.S. Please this with your friends and family. BLM needs to hear from thousands of concerned people!

Out of Sight, Out of Mind!

The oil's still out there.

Maybe BP's Deepwater Horizon spill has receded from the public consciousness.

Maybe its 200 million gallons of crude no longer coat the feathers of seabirds, igniting calls for action.

Maybe the beaches of five states are no longer blackened.

But rest assured, the oil remains, in unnatural places, such as the bile of some fish species. What that means is open to conjecture for now.

If oil spills set off irreversible chain reactions that decimate species and threaten commercial and recreational fishing, for instance, then perhaps the risk is not worth the reward. Or, perhaps more safety measures need to be adopted and enforced.

Good science can also suggest better ways of dealing with a disaster once it has happened. For instance, a 2011 Mote study found that a dispersant used for the spill cleanup is deadly to the larvae of two coral species found in the Florida Keys.

http://www.heraldtribune.com/article/20120504/archives/205041009?p=1&tc=pg

Just Another Day at the Beach

This is the scene on a bright sunny day on Gulfport Beach, MS.

  Notice how thick the air is? 

You may feel the urge to come down for a vacation after viewing one of those flowery  BP commercials. 

Think twice especially if you have children or a compromised immune system.  Shoot even people as healthy as an Ox are having health problems.

People do not realize that what’s happening to the wild life is also happening within the human population

This is IMMS coming to take statistics and preliminaries on this poor creature whose habitat is under attack by oil and chemicals.

 

 

They spray them orange to illuminate the fact that this precious creatures carcass has been accounted for.

 

 

 

 

At first glance things may seem normal but this occurs often on Gulf Coast beaches. 

 

 

What if whatever killed this poor sea turtle can kill you as well? 

We are certain it can cause a myriad of severe life altering health problems.   If you think the seafood is safe you may want to ask this turtle what he thinks?

This may seem like just a sad story about a dead turtle to many.  But to some seeing the magnitude of this is a sign of destruction to lives, the eco-system (we humans are a part of) and the food chain.

Yinka Dene Alliance, Freedom Train to enforce Ban on Enbridge Northern Gateway

About the Freedom Train

The Yinka Dene Alliance is taking a Freedom Train across Canada to enforce their legal ban on the Enbridge Northern Gateway oil pipelines and tankers project, and to stand up for their freedom to choose their own future.

A large delegation of Yinka Dene people will travel with allied First Nations from their traditional territories in northern BC all the way to Toronto, with events in Jasper, Edmon, . Intankers in the territories of more than 100 First Nations – directly to Enbridge’s leadership and the centre of financial power in Toronto, at Enbridge’s annual shareholders meeting. These oil pipelines and tankers threaten the very survival of First Nations peoples with devastating oil spills. That is why the Yinka Dene Alliance are taking this Freedom Train across Canada: to stand up for the freedom to live according to their own cultures, the freedom to govern themselves and their lands, and the freedom of all of us from the catastrophic risks of big oil and their inevitable oil spills.

The Yinka Dene Alliance is a coalition of Carrier and Sekani First Nations in northern BC that includes Nadleh Whut'en, Nak'azdli, Takla Lake, Saik'uz, and Wet'suwet'en First Nations whose territory comprises 25% of the proposed Enbridge Northern Gateway oil pipelines and tankers project. The First Nations people of the Yinka Dene Alliance have occupied their territories since time out of mind. They are have joined forces with other First Nations to oppose – and legally ban – the Enbridge Northern Gateway tar sands oil pipeline and tanker proposal from their traditional territories.

Yinka Dene territories are found in the headwaters of the Fraser, Skeena and Mackenzie/Arctic watersheds. Their people have relied on salmon for countless generations, and the Enbridge project poses a direct threat to our already threatened salmon populations and habitat, with approximately 500 salmon bearing rivers and streams potentially impacted by the dual oil and condensate pipelines.

About the Freedom Train

Sign the Petition and stand in solidarity with others who oppose the Enbridge pipeline/tanker project including:

Over 100 First Nations who have banned tar sands pipelines and tankers using their own Indigenous law

Over 130 First Nations who oppose the Enbridge pipeline/tanker project

Over 100,000 people that signed a petition supporting a ban on oil tanker on the North Coast of BC

Vote BP for Greenwash Gold 2012!

BP’s brand is all over the Olympics. Incredibly, it has landed the prestigious title of ‘Sustainability Partner’. It is bankrolling educational and cultural initiatives, providing fuel for the Games, and sponsoring many athletes. The Olympics are the perfect vehicle for BP to try to convince the public that it is a good corporate citizen, playing an important social and environmental role.

But BP is one of the most unsustainable companies on the planet. It is entirely focused on extracting every last fossil fuel it can get its hands on, including tar sands, the most destructive industrial project on the planet. If the Canadian tar sands are fully exploited as planned, they will contribute more than 10% of all the carbon emissions that humanity can afford to emit, ever, if we are to prevent runaway climate change. Extracting oil from tar sands also destroys swathes of boreal forest, uses huge amounts of fresh water, and causes soaring rates of illness in local communities.

And despite the Deepwater Horizon disaster having permanently destroyed large portions of the Gulf Coast, BP is proudly restarting its deepwater drilling. It is also exploring the Arctic, where the volatile conditions make a Gulf-like spill both more likely to happen and much harder to control – and such a disaster would cause unprecedented damage to the fragile ecoystem. Oh, and BP recently closed down its solar division, giving up on this essential renewable technology, because it just wasn’t profitable enough.
Overall, BP's business plans are based on dangerous scenarios that would lead to a six degree temperature rise and, inevitably, catastrophic climate change.

Vote BP for Greenwash Gold 2012!