HELP LAUNCH CITIZEN BALLOT INITIATIVES TO PROTECT CO WATER !

[chatnoir]

HELP LAUNCH CITIZEN BALLOT INITIATIVES TO PROTECT CO WATER !
May 23 6pm
Mercury Cafe:
RSVP


Please join us to successfully launch the first training and larger
organizational meeting for the Colorado citizen ballot initiatives #3
and #45, "Protect Colorado Water", as sponsored by Be the Change:


Wednesday May 23 at 6:00 pm
at the Mercury Cafe, in the Jungle Room
2199 California Street Denver, CO 80205

(excellent local,organic cuisine available for dinner)



PLEASE RSVP TO: protectcol...@gmail.com



WHY IS IT IMPORTANT?
-Water is our most precious common resource - for life, for
agriculture, for recreation; it is the foundation of Colorado's
quality of life
-This most precious resource is under threat in Colorado:
-Increasing water scarcity projected for the next few decades in
Colorado and Rocky Mt region
-Increasing schemes for appropriations of water for commercial
activities that use a great deal of water and pollute it beyond
further use
-Public ownership and right of full access to rivers are limited under
current CO law

The initatives would:
(#3) reclaim public ownership of water, as originally asserted in our
CO Constitution, and grant
right of full public access to the rivers that belong to the people
(#45) clarify that water rights don't include the right to contaminate
the water, rendering it unusable

If passed, these citizens ballot initiatives would accomplish a great
deal to protect Colorado water, creating progress by the We the People
that the
gridlocked legislature has been unable to achieve.

WHAT WE HOPE TO ACCOMPLISH ON WEDNESDAY:
- Intro to the 2 petitions, the website, the flyer
- Discuss what it will take to get it on the ballot: 100,000
signatures, organization, fundraising, PR, etc
- Hand off petitions to those ready to start collecting signatures
(Water Defenders) , training on signature collection requirements and
process
- Discuss corporate/business/ individual endorsements and monetary
pledges (Water Guardians): events, PR, fundraising ideas and
projects
- Volunteers: skills/interests list
- Brainstorming for all of above
YOUR VOICE AND YOUR IDEAS ARE NEEDED !


PLEASE EXTEND THIS INVITATION TO YOUR NETWORK OF FELLOW CHANGE-MAKERS
AND COLLEAGUES INTERESTED IN PRESERVING COLORADO QUALITY OF LIFE AND
ENSURING PROTECTION OF COLORADO WATER - farmers, vintners,
fisherman, hikers, river rafters, kayakers, health care
professionals, environmentalists, sustainable energy proponents,
citzens alarmed at the impact of fracking in their communities,
microbrewers, real estate agents, teachers, parents, Generations X,
Y, and Z, and all those other vibrant Coloradans who understand the
importance of ensuring clean water for us all. IT WILL TAKE ALL OF US
TO GET THESE ONTO THE BALLOT !

If you are unable to come on Wednesday, please be sure to visit the
website: http://protectcoloradowater.org/
and sign up to volunteer. THANK YOU !

[Sylvia]

Hello,

you should look at this piece of information
For the last few years, a
small group of farmers and landowners scattered across this rural Wyoming
basin have complained that their water wells have been contaminated with
chemicals from a controversial drilling technique known as hydraulic
fracturing, or fracking.
A draft report by the Environmental Protection
Agency, issued in December, appeared to confirm their concerns, linking
chemicals in local groundwater to gas drilling.
“These are people that had
good water,” said John Fenton, a barrel-chested farmer and chairman of the
Pavillion Area Concerned Citizens group. “And it changed when there was this
rush to come in here and develop the area when they didn’t understand the
geology.”
Renny MacKay, a spokesman for Mr. Mead, said the governor was
committed to figuring out a long-term fix for about 20 homes whose water was
found to contain contaminants while the source of the pollution is studied.

A draft report by the Environmental Protection Agency, issued in December,
appeared to confirm their concerns, linking chemicals in local groundwater to
gas drilling.
For the last few years, a small group of farmers and
landowners scattered across this rural Wyoming basin have complained that
their water wells have been contaminated with chemicals from a controversial
drilling technique known as hydraulic fracturing, or fracking.
In the
meantime, the state has offered to provide cisterns for local residents,
using $750,000 allocated by the Wyoming Legislature this year. Under the
plan, people here would still have to pay a fee to have their water hauled
from the nearby community of Pavillion, at a cost that could run more than
$150 per month.
“Until there is a peer-reviewed study and a good scientific
basis that indicates that the issues related to water are related to our
operations, that is not something we are ready to address,” said Doug Hock,
an Encana spokesman.
;
However, This article is uncomplete:
Mr. Hock said it should have come as no
surprise that the E.P.A.’s two monitoring wells showed high levels of methane
and benzene because they were drilled deep into a natural gas field.
But
here on the front lines of the battle over fracking, which has become an
increasingly popular technique to extract previously unobtainable reserves of
oil and gas, no conclusion is yet definitive.
“I’d like to have the
industry held accountable for once,” said Jeff Locker, a hay and barley
farmer who said that his well water had gone bad around the mid-’90s and that
the contaminants had contributed to his wife’s neuropathy. “We’ve got
scientific proof. And they’re still turning their back on us. They expect us
to pay between $100 and $200 for something we didn’t cause. It gets under my
skin.”
Renny MacKay, a spokesman for Mr. Mead, said the governor was
committed to figuring out a long-term fix for about 20 homes whose water was
found to contain contaminants while the source of the pollution is studied.

“Until there is a peer-reviewed study and a good scientific basis that
indicates that the issues related to water are related to our operations,
that is not something we are ready to address,” said Doug Hock, an Encana
spokesman.
“Until there is a peer-reviewed study and a good scientific
basis that indicates that the issues related to water are related to our
operations, that is not something we are ready to address,” said Doug Hock,
an Encana spokesman.
After an outcry from Wyoming’s governor, Matt Mead,
and the energy industry that the federal report was premature and
inconclusive, more testing was conducted by the United States Geological
Survey and is being processed. The E.P.A. is also in the midst of collecting
additional water samples for study.
“I’d like to have the industry held
accountable for once,” said Jeff Locker, a hay and barley farmer who said
that his well water had gone bad around the mid-’90s and that the
contaminants had contributed to his wife’s neuropathy. “We’ve got scientific
proof. And they’re still turning their back on us. They expect us to pay
between $100 and $200 for something we didn’t cause. It gets under my skin.”


A draft report by the Environmental Protection Agency, issued in December,
appeared to confirm their concerns, linking chemicals in local groundwater to
gas drilling.
But here on the front lines of the battle over fracking,
which has become an increasingly popular technique to extract previously
unobtainable reserves of oil and gas, no conclusion is yet definitive.
In
the meantime, the state has offered to provide cisterns for local residents,
using $750,000 allocated by the Wyoming Legislature this year. Under the
plan, people here would still have to pay a fee to have their water hauled
from the nearby community of Pavillion, at a cost that could run more than
$150 per month.
But some locals say the draft report’s analysis of water
samples, which identified synthetic chemicals consistent with natural gas
drilling and hydraulic fracturing fluids, is proof of what they suspected for
years.
Encana has maintained that water in the area is naturally poor and
that its operations did not cause the problems — fracking had also occurred
before the company purchased the gas field. Moreover, the energy industry has
steadfastly pointed out that there has never been any conclusive link
between fracking and water contamination.
But here on the front lines of
the battle over fracking, which has become an increasingly popular technique
to extract previously unobtainable reserves of oil and gas, no conclusion is
yet definitive.

Before thinking about the water , you should look at this link http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Water_quality
tchao

[fortunate kitty]

Sylvia wrote:
> Before thinking about the water , you should look at this link

http://insideclimatenews.org/news/20111104/gasfrac-propane-natural-gas-drilling-hydraulic-fracturing-fracking-drinking-water-marcellus-shale-new-york

http://gasinvestingnews.com/4853-waterless-natural-gas-fracking-method-unveiled-gasfrac-energy-new-york.html

Propane replaces water and chemicals

According to an industry report, the project is focused on using a
technology that pumps a thick gel made from propane into the ground as
opposed to using traditional methods of hydraulic fracking that make use
of a mixture of water, sand, and chemicals to extract natural gas
reserves from deep shale formations. Unlike traditional technologies,
the gel from the new liquefied propane gas (LPG) fracking method reverts
to vapor while still underground, and as a result returns to the surface
in a recoverable form.

According to its developer, Calgary-based GASFRAC Energy Services
(TSX:GFS), the gel also holds advantages over water-based methods in
that it does not carry the chemicals used during the drilling process
back to the surface.