I enjoy a good cocktail from time to time, but this kind of Fire Water gives me gas!
This is part of a very long article, “Citizen EnCana,” that appeared in Fast Forward, Calgary’s News and Entertainment Weekly.
Fast Forward spoke with 20 farmers and ranchers while preparing this story, and the same concerns came up frequently: some were afraid the company was contaminating their water; some accused the company of allowing weeds to grow on their leases, endangering their crops; almost everyone said the company wasn’t taking their concerns seriously. All these complaints pale next to the health problems experienced by a few of the landowners who’ve crossed paths with EnCana.
Darrell Graff, a 30 year old farmer had a seizure because of chemicals released during the frequent flaring of Encana gas wells.
Read the rest on Texas Kaos
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I have a nice deep water well in Alvord, Texas – that was up until the drilling there caused it and other wells in my area to become poluted with drilling chemicals that they are not fit for drinking at all.
I am glad we have gas to burn for heat in the winter, but if these greed masters with no concern for our drinking water are not regulated better most of us will be left with nothing but water sold to us by the likes of T. Boone “Pick-your-pocket” Pickens.