Monthly Archives: October 2009
Residents report Toxic Clouds of Gas near a MarkWest Natural Gas Compressor Station
The Marcellus Shale is said to be the third largest natural gas field in the world, but the gas is trapped as small pockets inside of rock. During the past 5 years, as rising prices have made unconventional gas sources profitable for the industry, a frenzy of drilling rigs have entered the Northeastern US. Natural gas drilling infrastructure requires CNG compressor stations, which are known for having incidents such as explosions or high pressure releases. Continue reading
“Great Pacific Trash Patch” twice the size of the U.S.
The world’s rubbish dump: a tip that stretches from Hawaii to Japan The trash/chemical patch in the Pacific Ocean is now twice the size of the continental U.S.
In Fourteen Hundred Ninety Two, Columbus sailed the ocean blue … Oh, Columbus Day! One of the few holidays of the year on which the Americans get to openly rejoice over our long history of genocide and slavery. Christoffa Corombo … Continue reading