Category Archives: Corporate America

I am not particularly trusting when it comes to the motives of big business. Quite frankly, I think that most corporations today are led by profiteers just hoping to avoid devolving into the next Enron, Madoff Investment Securities, or BP. There are not enough prisons for white collar criminals.

Drilling Is Not the Answer

Posted on April 11, 2012 by Peter

The Associated Press reported last week that we are faced with a glut of natural gas in the United States at the moment, the result of increased production generated by fracking, along with decreased demand at the end of a winter of record warm temperatures. As a result of the price collapse, the profit-driven oil and gas industry is cutting back on production at existing wells, slowing down the pace of new exploration, and diverting some of its natural gas drilling efforts toward higher priced oil. Continue reading →

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What the Frack Are We Doing to Ourselves?

Posted on January 8, 2012 by Peter

There are many causes of man-made water contamination. These include industrial processes, mining, agricultural runoff, and the inadequate treatment of sewage. In most instances, the process involves businesses or individuals who are either earning tremendous amounts of money by exploiting a local environment or who are avoiding the expenditure of the funds necessary to insure environmental protection where it is directly related to their practices. In many instances, the same practices involve some very significant unproven risks where common sense would dictate the exercise of extreme caution. By far, one of the greatest risks to water supplies today is the practice known as hydraulic fracturing, more commonly known as hydrofracking or simply fracking. Continue reading →

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