Colorado Man Speaks in Vestal, NY, About His Life After Hydrofracking

Appaloosa horses

Rick Roles comes from Colorado to warn us in Vestal, NY,  about the effects of hydrofracking. It has poisoned his land and destroyed his livestock, including his beautiful Appaloosa stallions, all but one dead and buried. The rancher's health is ruined, too, and his story will bring you to tears.           

Watch Rick Roles' talk here:

http://vimeo.com/25542499

Marcellus Shale: Cabot Hearts Animals?

Mule deer

Cabot Oil and Gas has done it again.  It is showing us how much they care about the local community and animals.  Their gas drilling is destroying animal habitat and providing light and noise pollution that disrupt the lives of animals.  And well pads cause runoff which puts toxic chemicals in local fields and streams which serve as water sources for animals.  Fish kills and sick and dying farm animals are reported with regularity.  Nonetheless,  Cabot is offering to match donations to True Friends Animal Welfare Shelter in Montrose, PA.  The gas company is described as "a good corporate citizen for the community."  They are offering $10,000.  Such a pittance compared to the harm they are doing to animals every single day.  If only animals could read signs:  Do not drink the water.

Read the article in the Rocket Courier: LINK

Marcellus Shale: You Be the Judge- Interviews With Bradford County Residents

Lawyer Todd J. O'Malley interviewed local people in Bradford County, PA.  These people, the faces of fracking, are sick, their children and babies are in jeopardy of becoming sick, their dreams have been shattered.  Why?  Because they live near gas wells, and most of them have suffered the loss of their water wells which are now ruined with no chance of getting their good water back.  They drink bottled water.  They cannot cook or wash with their bad water.  Their lives are turned upside down.

To visit O'Malley's website, click here.  There you will find links to recent articles related to the problems caused by un-natural gas drilling.  A sandbox within feet of a wellhead?  Gas company says this poses no problem.  Read more and watch the You Tube videos.

*I get no money from Todd O'Malley!  I just like the work he is doing in Bradford County to help those in need.  We have never met.  We need more people like him to work with families in distress due to Big Oil/Gas Greed.

Read about the lawsuit O'Malley filed in April on behalf of Bradford County residents who have been harmed by gas drilling here.

Dead Cows in Louisiana

A Louisiana farmer lost 19( some accounts report as many as 30) of his cows on Tuesday. Many of the cows had calves, but none of the calves died. A spokesman for the LA Department of Environmental Quality reports that "It looks like some type of production fluid has run offsite and the cows got into it, ingested it." A nearby gas well owned by Chesapeake Energy may be the culprit, but no determination has been made yet until test results come in. The cows, referred to as "livestock," since they are destined for the slaughterhouse undoubtedly, died near rain puddles in their pasture which is about 150 feet from the well. Local residents said they saw the cattle foaming at the mouth, bellowing, and had bleeding tongues.

Read the story here.

When the wells come to French Azilum, what will happen to our next door neighbor Farmer Brown's horses which his granddaughter rides when she competes? (He is so proud of her.) If the horses, barn cats, and valley dogs start keeling over, it will be way past time to leave. Will there be another peaceful, beautiful place left to go?

DEMAND ACCOUNTABILITY!