CC is fracking ground zero
Energy in Depth’s Dave Quast September 13th Culver City News article titled “ More Facts, Less Fringe on Hydraulic Fracturing” is a perfect example of a page from the playbook of this oil & gas industry public relations think tank.
Dave’s employer, EID was created by the Independent Petroleum Association of America with major funding coming from energy giants, El Paso Corporation, XTO Energy, Occidental Petroleum, BP, Andarko, Marathon, Encana, Chevron, Talisman, Shell, API, Halliburton, Schulmberger and the Ohio Oil and Gas Association.
The IPAA identifies Energy in Depth as “A state of the art online resource center to combat new environmental regulations, especially with regard to hydraulic fracturing”.
Dave uses the language of distortion in such words a “fringe”, “paranoia”, “outer edge” and “hysterical” that are all meant to marginalize the message that is based on factual studies and documentation.
I can soon see that anyone with common sense backed by documented and peer reviewed scientific investigative studies will be identified by Energy in Depth as “counter insurgents”.
Culver City is at ground zero in California right now as the oil and gas industry declares a public relations war on common sense and residents rights to determine what kind of future they want in their community under their homes in their city.
I urge anyone concerned with this issue to contact Senator Curren Price and Assemblywoman Holly Mitchell, both representing we the constituents in the Districts that contain the largest urban oil field in the US, to voice your opposition to the use of hydraulic fracturing and ask that a moratorium/ban be implemented legislatively before an induced seismic event occurs that could potentially lead to greater property damage and injury.
Paul V. Ferrazzi
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