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Showing posts with label Fracking. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Fracking. Show all posts
Saturday, March 5, 2016
UNTIL IT HAPPENS TO THEM
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Tuesday, May 19, 2015
TEXAS LAW MAKERS LET IT BE KNOWN, DON’T FUCK WITH OUR FRACKING
“Small Government” Texas lawmakers have made it clear you don’t mess with Texas when it comes to extracting fossil fuels. Even if you’re a Texan.
On Monday, Texas governor Greg Abbott signed legislation that prohibits cities across Texas from banning hydraulic fracturing from their home turf. In what was a major agenda item for Texas lawmakers this session, towns like Denton, Texas — which passed the state’s first local fracking ban last November — will no longer be able to exercise local control over the oil and gas industry when it comes to nearby extraction.
The law will take effect immediately as it passed both chambers by more than a two-thirds margin. Communities will now only be able to impose ordinances that regulate aboveground activity related to oil and gas operations, such as things relating to traffic, noise, lights, or “reasonable setback requirements,” which dictate how far away drilling must be from buildings. The law is meant to ensure that these local surface regulations are commercially reasonable and do not “effectively” prohibit oil and gas operations.
In signing the bill, Gov. Abbot said it “does a profound job of helping to protect private property rights here in the State of Texas, ensuring those who own their own property will not have the heavy hand of local regulation deprive them of their rights.”
Many opposed to the bill found this type of rhetoric hypocritical, especially for a state with such a strong foundation in limited government oversight and local property rights.
After Denton outlawed fracking in 2014, it was sued by the Texas General Land Office and Texas Oil and Gas Association. In another extreme reaction to the Denton fracking ban, lawmakers introduced a total of 11 bills this session to limit local oversight over fracking before settling on HB 40, which was signed into law on Monday.
Fracking is a process in which a mixture of pressurized water, sand and chemicals is sent underground to free up oil and natural gas reserves. Fracking operations are increasingly being tied to unusual earthquake swarms in states like Texas and Oklahoma. Local residents also worry about water and air pollution, as well as the heavy use of water in areas that are in short supply.
It looks as though Looks like Texas shouldn't be worried about the feds and Jade Helm 15. It's the state government that's screwing them.
On Monday, Texas governor Greg Abbott signed legislation that prohibits cities across Texas from banning hydraulic fracturing from their home turf. In what was a major agenda item for Texas lawmakers this session, towns like Denton, Texas — which passed the state’s first local fracking ban last November — will no longer be able to exercise local control over the oil and gas industry when it comes to nearby extraction.
The law will take effect immediately as it passed both chambers by more than a two-thirds margin. Communities will now only be able to impose ordinances that regulate aboveground activity related to oil and gas operations, such as things relating to traffic, noise, lights, or “reasonable setback requirements,” which dictate how far away drilling must be from buildings. The law is meant to ensure that these local surface regulations are commercially reasonable and do not “effectively” prohibit oil and gas operations.
In signing the bill, Gov. Abbot said it “does a profound job of helping to protect private property rights here in the State of Texas, ensuring those who own their own property will not have the heavy hand of local regulation deprive them of their rights.”
Many opposed to the bill found this type of rhetoric hypocritical, especially for a state with such a strong foundation in limited government oversight and local property rights.
“These bills absolutely conflict with longstanding conservative principles of local control and self-determination,” Luke Metzger, the founder and director of Environment Texas said. “Many of these legislators are speaking out of both sides of their mouths, decrying federal preemption of state sovereignty on the one hand, while pushing one-size fits all mandates from Austin overriding local ordinances.”
After Denton outlawed fracking in 2014, it was sued by the Texas General Land Office and Texas Oil and Gas Association. In another extreme reaction to the Denton fracking ban, lawmakers introduced a total of 11 bills this session to limit local oversight over fracking before settling on HB 40, which was signed into law on Monday.
“It’s a bad situation when city leaders’ hands are tied,” Denton Councilman Kevin Roden told the Wall Street Journal. “There seems to be an attitude that big state government knows better than the citizens of a city. I just think — conservative or liberal — that is something you don’t do in Texas.”Texas is the country’s biggest oil and gas producer, and it rests on two massive shale gas deposits — the Barnett Shale in the north and the Eagle Ford Shale in the south. Other oil- and gas-rich states like New Mexico, Colorado, and Oklahoma are pursuing similar laws. In Oklahoma both chambers of the legislature have passed a bill limiting communities from imposing drilling ordinances.
Fracking is a process in which a mixture of pressurized water, sand and chemicals is sent underground to free up oil and natural gas reserves. Fracking operations are increasingly being tied to unusual earthquake swarms in states like Texas and Oklahoma. Local residents also worry about water and air pollution, as well as the heavy use of water in areas that are in short supply.
It looks as though Looks like Texas shouldn't be worried about the feds and Jade Helm 15. It's the state government that's screwing them.
[h/t thinkprogress]
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Friday, March 11, 2011
Connect the Dots
If you think republicans are scheming and conniving. You'd be right. This radical tea movement is not just about busting unions, its a much bigger plan too emaciate the Democratic society as a whole. NFTOS is going to leave you with Rachael Maddow's great special report which shall include several clips from her show last evening. While we know this is very long, its imperative that all liberal, progressive, Democrats watch and learn, for if you fail to do so, you just may find your party being executed at the guillotine.
One person one vote.........Breaking down a democratic voter.........
Have you ever had that no so "Democratic" feeling?
So unless you've been living under a rock readers:
- republicans are out to take full advantage of the November mid-term shellacking and radically change how Democrats assemble and vote.
If your not listening, please hear me........ if we allow republicans to repeat conflation of reconciliation and nuclear option " we are helping Republicans spread a lie"!
Our problem is we're not tough enough. We haven't shown the spine to do what is needed, and we need, once again, a spinal transplant in the Democratic Party to play hardball.
Our country's at stake here. This isn't about Republican versus Democratic anymore. This is about whether we want to move forward and have our voices heard, or whether we want to let a small ideological minority screw up the country so they can take power again.
Progressives, get off the couch, take the Pringles out of your mouth, and let your voices be heard, for if not, you can assure yourself that you will be run over by the tea bag express.
NFTOS
So unless you've been living under a rock readers:
- republicans are out to take full advantage of the November mid-term shellacking and radically change how Democrats assemble and vote.
If your not listening, please hear me........ if we allow republicans to repeat conflation of reconciliation and nuclear option " we are helping Republicans spread a lie"!
Our problem is we're not tough enough. We haven't shown the spine to do what is needed, and we need, once again, a spinal transplant in the Democratic Party to play hardball.
Our country's at stake here. This isn't about Republican versus Democratic anymore. This is about whether we want to move forward and have our voices heard, or whether we want to let a small ideological minority screw up the country so they can take power again.
Progressives, get off the couch, take the Pringles out of your mouth, and let your voices be heard, for if not, you can assure yourself that you will be run over by the tea bag express.
NFTOS
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