Comments on: The Green Gauge: Shale developers hit speed bumps http://blogs.reuters.com/environment/2010/09/20/the-green-gauge-shale-developers-hit-speed-bumps/ Global environmental challenges Thu, 23 May 2013 07:43:49 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 By: GMan310 http://blogs.reuters.com/environment/2010/09/20/the-green-gauge-shale-developers-hit-speed-bumps/comment-page-1/#comment-346153 GMan310 Wed, 22 Sep 2010 20:45:50 +0000 http://blogs.reuters.com/environment/?p=18604#comment-346153 History is replete with mining and oil companies drilling and mining, and when they have finished destroying the environment, they merely say, "Thanks, sorry for the mess.", and then they leave. As long as they are allowed to walk away from their mistakes, and leave the rest of us to live with polluted water, air, land, etc., this will not end. History is replete with mining and oil companies drilling and mining, and when they have finished destroying the environment, they merely say, “Thanks, sorry for the mess.”, and then they leave. As long as they are allowed to walk away from their mistakes, and leave the rest of us to live with polluted water, air, land, etc., this will not end.

]]> By: CutRedTape http://blogs.reuters.com/environment/2010/09/20/the-green-gauge-shale-developers-hit-speed-bumps/comment-page-1/#comment-346143 CutRedTape Tue, 21 Sep 2010 14:15:30 +0000 http://blogs.reuters.com/environment/?p=18604#comment-346143 > environmentalists have become increasingly critical of the process of hydraulic fracturing, Safe? Unsafe? Both sides should agree to remove the hydraulic fracturing exemptions from the Clean Air Act, the Clean Water Act, and a host of other federal environmental rules. If it is safe, the industry has nothing to fear from the rules. If it is dangerous, we need protection. > environmentalists have become increasingly critical of the process of hydraulic fracturing,

Safe? Unsafe? Both sides should agree to remove the hydraulic fracturing exemptions from the Clean Air Act, the Clean Water Act, and a host of other federal environmental rules. If it is safe, the industry has nothing to fear from the rules. If it is dangerous, we need protection.

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