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Addiction

October 15, 2020 by Peter Terezakis Leave a Comment

Tobacco








https://youtu.be/oywdI5q5SOE


 

Filed Under: Addiction, smoking, tobacco

April 16, 2019 by Peter Terezakis Leave a Comment

History of Fracking

History of Fracking, John Manfreda, Oil Price Net
History of Fracking

(pdf)


Wikipedia entry on hydraulic fracking


George Mitchell, inventor of modern-day fracking


Government subsidies for oil industry
Government subsidies for oil industry

Instance of industry paying for investigations into fracking and water quality:

“The new research led by Wyoming officials would be funded at least in part by a $1.5 million grant from Encana Corp.’s U.S. oil and gas subsidiary, which owns the Pavillion gas field. A final report is due by late 2014. ” — The Vindicator

Stacked rigs are seen along with other idled oil drilling equipment at a depot in Dickinson, North Dakota, June 26. As Big Oil again confronts the prospect of $20 oil for the first time in more than a decade, it’s no longer content to fall back on dog meat—instead it’s counting on the repeal of America’s 40-year ban on oil exports.
Stacked rigs are seen along with other idled oil drilling equipment at a depot in Dickinson, North Dakota, June 26. As Big Oil again confronts the prospect of $20 oil for the first time in more than a decade, it’s no longer content to fall back on dog meat—instead it’s counting on the repeal of America’s 40-year ban on oil exports.

The crude truth
The crude truth

Passing Pipelines
Passing Pipelines

Fracking has contaminated drinking water EPA conclusion


Last two Dimock families settle lawsuit with Cabot over water


Dimock, PA: "Ground Zero" In The Fight Over Fracking


Fracking Can Contaminate Drinking Water It took nearly a decade, but former EPA scientist Dominic DiGiulio has proved that fracking has polluted groundwater in Wyoming




"Fracking" the cause of two minor quakes?
You can't frack your water and drink it tooFracking Water: It’s Just So Hard to CleanEPA: Natural Gas Driller Tainted Texas Aquifer, CBS


 

 

Filed Under: Addiction, Big Oil, changing climate, Corporations, corruption, energy, Fossil Fuel, Oil, Pollution, sustainability, wastewater Tagged With: aquifer, Dimock, EPA, export, fracking, natural resources, Trump, water

March 26, 2019 by Peter Terezakis Leave a Comment

Blowout – The Sky Is Pink – Yes Men Fix the World

April 9th, 2020 we had an in-class preview of the Documentary Blowout followed by a question and answer period with Zach Toombs, the film’s director and Executive Producer, for Newsy Documentaries and Kevin Clancy, Lead Videographer, Documentaries. Blowout is available on Amazon Prime.


Josh Fox’s The Sky Is Pink is a quick introduction to fracking and its associated technologies. 

The Sky is Pink
The Sky is Pink, Josh Fox

The Yes Men Fix the World is available on YouTube and Vimeo:

Yes Men on Vimeo site
Yes Men on Vimeo

Yes Men Fix The World
Yes Men Fix The World

The Yes Men Fix the World
The Yes Men Fix the World (YouTube)



The Battle Raging In Nigeria Over Control Of Oil | VICE on HBO

 

Filed Under: Addiction, Big Oil, Cancer, changing climate, Climate Refugees, Corporations, corruption, Documentary, politics, Pollution, Tipping Point Agent

March 19, 2019 by Peter Terezakis Leave a Comment

DeSmog UK

DeSmog Blog

Filed Under: Activism, Addiction, Big Oil, Corporations, corruption, energy, politics, Pollution

March 14, 2019 by Peter Terezakis Leave a Comment

Alaska’s Arctic national wildlife refuge now has a $1bn price tag on it

The True Cost of Oil

Alaska’s Arctic national wildlife refuge now has a $1bn price tag on it

Filed Under: Addiction, Big Oil, corruption, Extinction, Life out of balance, Oil, Water

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