November 14, 2014
Stone Energy has also agreed to pay a civil penalty of $177,500. (click here)
The alleged violations of the Clean Water Act occurred during construction of two Marcellus Shale well pads and access roads. Without first obtaining the required permit, the company filled in approximately 680 feet of tributaries to Fishing Creek at the Weekley Well Pad, and 420 feet of Duerrs Run as well as an associated tributary at the Maury Well Pad. Both Duerrs Run and Fishing Creek are part of the Ohio River watershed.
Stone’s failure to apply for and receive a permit from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers before dredged or fill material, such as dirt or stone, was discharged into the waterways resulted in the violation. This permit requirement protects important aquatic resources, and preserves their environmental, recreational, and economic functions, including flood control, water filtration, and wildlife habitat....
The petroleum industry is the Problem Child in the USA. This is only one small incident with the petroleum industry.
How many folks noticed how the petroleum industry is attempting to purchase the American government?
Yeah, me too. Where did a lot of money find it's way into buying power yesterday? There were consistent changes in government in key states to the Keystone XL pipeline.
Nebraska.
Ricketts, (click here) a Republican and the scion of a wealthy Nebraska family, lost his 2006 bid to oust then-senator Ben Nelson, D-Neb., by a wide margin. Eight years later, the business executive has been elected the Cornhusker State's governor after years of work to boost his political credentials and influence.
Sasse, 42, (click here) served in George W. Bush's administration in different roles with the Justice and Homeland Security departments, before doing a stint as an assistant secretary at the Department of Health and Human Services. For a short time, Sasse was also chief of staff to Rep. Jeff Fortenberry, R-Neb.
Americans have to start saying "Our country is not for sale."
Mike Rounds is the former Governor to South Dakota. He is their new Senator elected this year.
When Rounds takes office, (click here) it will be the first time in 28 years both South Dakota U.S. Senate seats are held by Republicans
The Keystone XL pipeline isn't ONLY about refusing to let dirty tar sands oil into the USA and then across precious lands with even more important aquifers, it is about the future of Americans being altered by extreme fracking and oil techniques.
The Keystone XL pipeline is a very bad idea and now we know who wants it so bad they'll pay incredible amounts of money to PURCHASE POWER.
Stopping the KXL was about important environmental issues, but, today it now means standing up for the sovereignty of our country and the vulnerability of our democracy by companies that don't care about the land, the people or the natural resources such as clean water to our agriculture and future generations. The worst idea the petroleum industry ever had was to purchase power in the USA.
Stone Energy has also agreed to pay a civil penalty of $177,500. (click here)
The alleged violations of the Clean Water Act occurred during construction of two Marcellus Shale well pads and access roads. Without first obtaining the required permit, the company filled in approximately 680 feet of tributaries to Fishing Creek at the Weekley Well Pad, and 420 feet of Duerrs Run as well as an associated tributary at the Maury Well Pad. Both Duerrs Run and Fishing Creek are part of the Ohio River watershed.
Stone’s failure to apply for and receive a permit from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers before dredged or fill material, such as dirt or stone, was discharged into the waterways resulted in the violation. This permit requirement protects important aquatic resources, and preserves their environmental, recreational, and economic functions, including flood control, water filtration, and wildlife habitat....
The petroleum industry is the Problem Child in the USA. This is only one small incident with the petroleum industry.
How many folks noticed how the petroleum industry is attempting to purchase the American government?
Yeah, me too. Where did a lot of money find it's way into buying power yesterday? There were consistent changes in government in key states to the Keystone XL pipeline.
Nebraska.
Sasse, 42, (click here) served in George W. Bush's administration in different roles with the Justice and Homeland Security departments, before doing a stint as an assistant secretary at the Department of Health and Human Services. For a short time, Sasse was also chief of staff to Rep. Jeff Fortenberry, R-Neb.
Americans have to start saying "Our country is not for sale."
When Rounds takes office, (click here) it will be the first time in 28 years both South Dakota U.S. Senate seats are held by Republicans
Only one Democrat — North Dakota (click here) Sen. Heidi Heitkamp — remains in the Dakotas' congressional delegation. What that means from a policy perspective will take shape in the coming months. But Rounds and the senior Republican senators, John Thune of South Dakota and John Hoeven of North Dakota, plan to take up a slew of issues they said had stalled under a Democratically controlled Senate.
"Tonight was a marvelous stepping stone. ... Let's build upon it," Rounds said after clinching victory on Tuesday night.
Thune and Hoeven said Rounds' arrival in Washington would dovetail with renewed efforts on energy policy, limiting government overreach and applying fresh pressure to President Barack Obama....
Republicans want to put pressure on government overreach but not the petroleum industry overreach that bought their seats for them. It might the new Kuwaiti money that TransCanada received fueling some of this.The Keystone XL pipeline isn't ONLY about refusing to let dirty tar sands oil into the USA and then across precious lands with even more important aquifers, it is about the future of Americans being altered by extreme fracking and oil techniques.
The Keystone XL pipeline is a very bad idea and now we know who wants it so bad they'll pay incredible amounts of money to PURCHASE POWER.
Stopping the KXL was about important environmental issues, but, today it now means standing up for the sovereignty of our country and the vulnerability of our democracy by companies that don't care about the land, the people or the natural resources such as clean water to our agriculture and future generations. The worst idea the petroleum industry ever had was to purchase power in the USA.
