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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region Forums‘People should be terrified fracking is spreading’ – Australian MP who set river on fire
Fracking should be banned as a global threat as it causes methane leaks contaminating water in the communities near gas wells, says an Australian MP who literally set a river ablaze to draw attention to the adverse effects of the practice.
The companies that extract coal seam gas via fracking are duping people into believing that their technology is safe, while in reality it has contributed greatly to the pollution of sites like Condamine river located in the Australian state of Queensland just near the fracking site, Greens MP Jeremy Buckingham said in an interview to RT.
This gas is leaking out of the ground because of the fracking. They have thousands of gas wells around this river, around this site. They drill, they frack, but the gas isnt just flowing up their gas wells, its coming through the ground, he said, stressing that Origin Energy company, that operate the wells, should be condemned for polluting one of our most important rivers.
Speaking of how to prevent the fracking industry from damaging the environment, he said that Australia should ban fracking as an unsafe practice altogether. What we are waiting in Australia is a moratorium on fracking, he said, adding that fracking should be viewed as a global threat and its spreading should make people around the world terrified.
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https://www.rt.com/news/340752-australian-mp-river-fracking/
Videos at link showing rivers burning.
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‘People should be terrified fracking is spreading’ – Australian MP who set river on fire (Original Post)
arikara
Apr 2016
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pansypoo53219
(20,978 posts)1. we need a SAFER straw. AND no more fossil fuels!
Boudica the Lyoness
(2,899 posts)4. what do you mean by safer straw?
Thanks.
alfredo
(60,074 posts)2. Gas well owners, company officials, and shareholders should be held financially liable.
Asset seizure should also be part of the punishment.
Nobody ever has any penalties for destruction of the commons. That has to change.
alfredo
(60,074 posts)5. After seizure, they won't have the money to buy good lawyers