May 23, 2012 06:49 AM UTC

One down...forty nine to go....are you listening Hick?

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• by: Duke Cox

On the occasion of the spill on Douglas pass, let me post this news, from CNN, of the sanest state in the nation, making a very reasonable decision.

Until the industry STOPS using toxic chemicals in drilling and fracking fluids, we just shouldn’t let them do it.

http://www.cnn.com/2012/05/17/…

Vermonts’ governor signed a bill that makes it the first state to ban fracking, the controversial practice to extract natural gas from the ground.

“This is a big deal,” Gov. Peter Shumlin said Wednesday. “This bill will ensure that we do not inject chemicals into groundwater in a desperate pursuit for energy.”

Shumlin said fracking contaminates groundwater and the science behind it is “uncertain at best.” He said he hopes other states will follow Vermont’s lead in banning it.

Are you listening governor Frackenlooper? Aren’t you ready to lose that nickname? Do you know the name Laura Amos, governor? How about Karen Trulove, or Chris Mobaldi? Does the name Jose Lara ring a bell? These are all names of people sickened or killed by the toxic industry you blindly defend.

Is the money really worth it to you? Do you really think you are doing the people of Colorado a favor by allowing an industry that comprises less than 4% of our state economy to screw up the air and water for the rest of us?…just so they can provide a few thousand jobs? …and make a bloody damned fortune for themselves, in the bargain.

The courageous governor of Vermont has opened the door. Do you have the courage to look through that door and see the truth…or has the taste of fracking fluid poisoned your soul?

So I ask again, governor…is the money really worth it?

 

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