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--Apple-Mail-11--46204068 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/plain; charset=WINDOWS-1252; delsp=yes; format=flowed THANKS, JANET! This was aimed at King's County people but should be of great =20 interest to people throughout Atlantic Canada, all other Canadians, =20 and all of the rest of the world! Jim in Wolfville P.S. Check out the new movie, "Promised Land", on the same topic. JW Begin forwarded message: > From: Janet Eaton <jmeaton@ns.sympatico.ca> > Date: June 14, 2013 11:16:19 AM ADT > To: ENVLOCAL@eastlink.ca > Subject: : WOLFVILLE: Public Meeting on FRACKING REPORT JUNE 18TH =20 > at Farmers Market Community Rm 7 pm - PLEASE TRY TO ATTEND !! > Reply-To: jmeaton@ns.sympatico.ca > > PLEASE JOIN BARB HARRIS, AUTHOR OF THE NOFRACK REPORT: Out of =20 > Control: Nova Scotia's Experience with Fracking for Shale Gas, =20 > TUESDAY, JUNE 18TH, 7 PM, AT THE WOLFVILLE FARMER'S MARKET - THIS =20 > IS IMPORTANT FOR WOLFVILLE AND AREA BECAUSE Triangle Petroleum HAS =20 > BEEN GRANTED PETROLEUM RIGHTS FOR AN AREA WHICH STRETCHES FROM =20 > MAITLAND TO WOLFVILLE. as the following excerpt from the NOFRACK =20 > Report Summary notes: > > Triangle=92s Plan: > Triangle Petroleum, with its subsidiary Elmworth Energy, holds =20 > petroleum rights, granted by the Province of Nova Scotia, for an =20 > area of 1,920 square kilometres, known as the Windsor Block. The =20 > area stretches from Maitland to Wolfville, much of it along the =20 > Minas Basin. Triangle=92s plan was to explore for and extract shale =20= > gas, initially in the Kennetcook - Noel area. The company planned =20 > to use new techniques of high-volume slickwater hydraulic fracking =20 > with horizontal drilling to release the gas. > > The first phase of Triangle=92s development plan called for drilling =20= > and fracking 210 wells grouped on 35 well pads (6 wells per pad), =20 > with 5 compressor stations =96 all in a 70 square kilometre area. A =20= > pipeline drilled under the Shubenacadie River would bring the gas =20 > to the Maritimes Northeast Pipeline. The longer-term plan called =20 > for 680 wells to be developed in four areas, Kennetcook, Stanley, =20 > Avon and Wolfville, with 80 wells developed per year over the first =20= > nine-year period. > > See the following URL for Summary report which includes a map of =20 > the area of concern: > http://nofrac.files.wordpress.com/2013/04/out-of-control-summary.pdf . > > You may recall I attended the launch of this report in Kennetcook a =20= > few weeks ago and was so incensed by the potential impacts of going =20= > ahead with this project that I sent an e-mail to this list warning =20 > of the threats it poses especially to a predominantly agricultural, =20= > wine-producing, tourism region such as ours. > SEE ANNOUNCEMENT BELOW FOR LINK TO FULL REPORT AND SUMMARY. > > fyi-janet > > <><><><><><><> > > > Public Service Announcement > > Public meeting - Fracking in Wolfville? > > Join us for a community meeting on Tuesday, June 18 at 7 pm, in > the Wolfville Farmer's Market Community Room. > > Barb Harris, author of the recently released report, Out of =20 > Control: Nova Scotia's Experience with Fracking for Shale Gas, will =20= > discuss what actually happened with Triangle Petroleum's shale gas =20 > project in Hants County, what was planned for East Kings, and =20 > potential impacts on the area. The report is based on previously =20 > unreleased information from government and industry documents. > > Tuesday, June 18, 7pm at the Wolfville Farmer's Market Community Room. > Sponsored by the Nova Scotia Fracking Resource and Action Coalition > > The full report and report summary are available on line at > http://nofrac.wordpress.com/nofrac-reports/issue-paper-2/ . > The report is a must read for anyone concerned about the extensive =20 > proposed shale gas development in the area and how it could affect =20 > Nova Scotia's future. > > <><><><> > > ABOUT THE REPORT: > "Out Of Control: Nova Scotia=92s Experience for Fracking for Shale =20 > Gas" was developed using thousands of pages of information obtained =20= > through the Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act, =20 > which were provided to NOFRAC from April 2011 to March 2013. In =20 > 2007, Triangle Petroleum began approvals processes for drilling =20 > wells, withdrawing millions of litres of freshwater, using the new =20 > and contentious hydraulic fracturing method, and producing and =20 > storing millions of litres of wastewater. The report documents =20 > what actually happened in Hants County, what the company did, what =20 > government regulators did, how decisions were made, and the lessons =20= > which can be learned. > > Excerpt from the Summary of the Report: > Nova Scotia has had one small experience with hydraulic fracturing =20 > (fracking) for shale > gas. Between 2007 and 2009, Triangle Petroleum drilled five =20 > vertical exploratory wells in > Hants County. Three of the wells were fracked. Although work on the =20= > Triangle project stopped four years ago, new information and =20 > problems relating to the project continue to come to light. The =20 > most glaring issue has been the difficulty of disposing of millions =20= > of litres of fracking wastewater contaminated with chemicals and =20 > radioactive elements. A look at the records shows this is not the =20 > only problem. > For this report, the Nova Scotia Fracking Resource and Action =20 > Coalition (NOFRAC) examined documents obtained through Freedom of =20 > Information requests, as well as public documents and media reports. --Apple-Mail-11--46204068 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/html; charset=WINDOWS-1252 <html><body style=3D"word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; = -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "> THANKS, JANET! <div><br></div><div>This was aimed at King's County = people but should be of great interest to people throughout Atlantic = Canada, all other Canadians, and all of the rest of the world! Jim = in Wolfville</div><div><br></div><div>P.S. Check out the new movie, = "Promised Land", on the same topic. JW<br><div><br><div>Begin = forwarded message:</div><br = class=3D"Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type=3D"cite"><div = style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; = margin-left: 0px; "><font face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" color=3D"#000000" = style=3D"font: 12.0px Helvetica; color: #000000"><b>From: = </b></font><font face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" style=3D"font: 12.0px = Helvetica">Janet<span class=3D"Apple-converted-space"> = </span>Eaton <<a = href=3D"mailto:jmeaton@ns.sympatico.ca">jmeaton@ns.sympatico.ca</a>></f= ont></div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; = margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face=3D"Helvetica" = size=3D"3" color=3D"#000000" style=3D"font: 12.0px Helvetica; color: = #000000"><b>Date: </b></font><font face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" = style=3D"font: 12.0px Helvetica">June 14, 2013 11:16:19 AM = ADT</font></div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; = margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face=3D"Helvetica" = size=3D"3" color=3D"#000000" style=3D"font: 12.0px Helvetica; color: = #000000"><b>To: </b></font><font face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" = style=3D"font: 12.0px Helvetica"><a = href=3D"mailto:ENVLOCAL@eastlink.ca">ENVLOCAL@eastlink.ca</a></font></div>= <div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; = margin-left: 0px; "><font face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" color=3D"#000000" = style=3D"font: 12.0px Helvetica; color: #000000"><b>Subject: = </b></font><font face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" style=3D"font: 12.0px = Helvetica"><b>: WOLFVILLE: Public Meeting on FRACKING REPORT<span = class=3D"Apple-converted-space"> </span>JUNE 18TH at Farmers = Market Community Rm 7 pm - PLEASE TRY TO ATTEND !!</b></font></div><div = style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; = margin-left: 0px; "><font face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" color=3D"#000000" = style=3D"font: 12.0px Helvetica; color: #000000"><b>Reply-To: = </b></font><font face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" style=3D"font: 12.0px = Helvetica"><a = href=3D"mailto:jmeaton@ns.sympatico.ca">jmeaton@ns.sympatico.ca</a></font>= </div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: = 0px; margin-left: 0px; min-height: 14px; "><br></div> <div = align=3D"left"><font face=3D"Arial" size=3D"2"><span style=3D" = font-size:10pt"><b>PLEASE JOIN BARB HARRIS, AUTHOR OF THE NOFRACK = REPORT: </b></span> <span style=3D" font-size:10pt"><b><i>Out of = Control: Nova Scotia's Experience with Fracking for Shale = Gas</i></b></span><span style=3D" font-size:10pt">,</span><span style=3D" = font-size:10pt"> <b> TUESDAY, JUNE 18TH, 7 PM, AT THE = WOLFVILLE FARMER'S MARKET - THIS IS IMPORTANT FOR WOLFVILLE AND AREA = BECAUSE Triangle Petroleum HAS BEEN GRANTED PETROLEUM RIGHTS FOR AN AREA = WHICH STRETCHES FROM MAITLAND TO WOLFVILLE. as the following excerpt = from the NOFRACK Report Summary notes:</b></span></font></div> <div = align=3D"left"><font face=3D"Arial" size=3D"2"><span style=3D" = font-size:10pt"><b><br> </b></span></font></div> <div align=3D"left"><font= face=3D"Arial" size=3D"2"><span style=3D" font-size:10pt"><b>Triangle=92s= Plan: </b></span></font></div> <div align=3D"left"><font face=3D"Arial" = size=3D"2"><span style=3D" font-size:10pt"><b> Triangle Petroleum, = with its subsidiary Elmworth Energy, holds petroleum rights, granted by = the Province of Nova Scotia, for an area of 1,920 square kilometres, = known as the Windsor Block. The area stretches from Maitland to = Wolfville, much of it along the Minas Basin. Triangle=92s plan was to = explore for and extract shale gas, initially in the Kennetcook - Noel = area. The company planned to use new techniques of high-volume = slickwater hydraulic fracking with horizontal drilling to release the = gas. </b></span></font></div> <div align=3D"left"><font face=3D"Arial" = size=3D"2"><span style=3D" font-size:10pt"><b><br> = </b></span></font></div> <div align=3D"left"><font face=3D"Arial" = size=3D"2"><span style=3D" font-size:10pt"><b>The first phase of = Triangle=92s development plan called for drilling and fracking 210 wells = grouped on 35 well pads (6 wells per pad), with 5 compressor stations =96 = all in a 70 square kilometre area. A pipeline drilled under the = Shubenacadie River would bring the gas to the Maritimes Northeast = Pipeline. The longer-term plan called for 680 wells to be developed in = four areas, Kennetcook, Stanley, Avon and Wolfville, with 80 wells = developed per year over the first nine-year = period.</b></span></font></div> <div align=3D"left"><font face=3D"Arial" = size=3D"2"><span style=3D" font-size:10pt"><b><br> = </b></span></font></div> <div align=3D"left"><font face=3D"Arial" = size=3D"2"><span style=3D" font-size:10pt"><b>See the following URL for = Summary report which includes a map of the area of = concern:</b></span></font></div> <div align=3D"left"><font face=3D"Arial" = size=3D"2"><span style=3D" font-size:10pt"><b><a = href=3D"http://nofrac.files.wordpress.com/2013/04/out-of-control-summary.p= df">http://nofrac.files.wordpress.com/2013/04/out-of-control-summary.pdf</= a> .</b></span></font></div> <div align=3D"left"><font face=3D"Arial" = size=3D"2"><span style=3D" = font-size:10pt"><b> </b></span></font></div> <div = align=3D"left"><font face=3D"Arial" size=3D"2"><span style=3D" = font-size:10pt"><b>You may recall I attended the launch of this report = in Kennetcook a few weeks ago and was so incensed by the potential = impacts of going ahead with this project that I sent an e-mail to this = list warning of the threats it poses especially to a predominantly = agricultural, wine-producing, tourism region such as ours. = </b></span></font></div></blockquote><br><blockquote type=3D"cite"> <div = align=3D"left"><font class=3D"Apple-style-span" face=3D"Arial" = size=3D"3"><span class=3D"Apple-style-span" style=3D"font-size: = 13px;"><b>SEE ANNOUNCEMENT BELOW FOR LINK TO FULL REPORT AND = SUMMARY.</b></span></font></div> <div align=3D"left"><font face=3D"Arial" = size=3D"2"><span style=3D" font-size:10pt"><b><br> = </b></span></font></div> <div align=3D"left"><font face=3D"Arial" = size=3D"2"><span style=3D" font-size:10pt"><b>fyi-janet = </b></span></font></div> <div align=3D"left"><font face=3D"Arial" = size=3D"2"><span style=3D" font-size:10pt"><b><br> = </b></span></font></div> <div align=3D"left"><font face=3D"Arial" = size=3D"2"><span style=3D" = font-size:10pt"><b><><><><><><><>= ; </b></span></font></div> <div align=3D"left"><font face=3D"Arial" = size=3D"2"><span style=3D" font-size:10pt"><b><br> = </b></span></font></div> <div align=3D"left"><font face=3D"Arial" = size=3D"2"><span style=3D" font-size:10pt"><b><br> = </b></span></font></div> <div align=3D"left"><font face=3D"Arial" = size=3D"2"><span style=3D" font-size:10pt"><b>Public Service = Announcement<br> </b></span><span style=3D" font-size:10pt"><br> = </span><span style=3D" font-size:10pt"><b>Public meeting - Fracking in = Wolfville?<br> </b></span><span style=3D" font-size:10pt"><br> Join us = for a community meeting on </span><span style=3D" = font-size:10pt"><b>Tuesday, June 18 at 7 pm, in<br> the Wolfville = Farmer's Market Community Room</b></span><span style=3D" = font-size:10pt">.<br> <br> Barb Harris, author of the recently released = report,</span><span style=3D" font-size:10pt"><b><i> Out of Control: = Nova Scotia's Experience with Fracking for Shale Gas</i></b></span><span = style=3D" font-size:10pt">, will discuss what actually happened with = Triangle Petroleum's shale gas project in Hants County, what was planned = for East Kings, and potential impacts on the area. The report is based = on previously unreleased information from government and industry = documents.<br> <br> Tuesday, June 18, 7pm at the Wolfville Farmer's = Market Community Room. </span></font></div> <div align=3D"left"><font = face=3D"Arial" size=3D"2"><span style=3D" font-size:10pt">Sponsored by = the Nova Scotia Fracking Resource and Action Coalition <br> <br> The = full report and report summary are available on line = at </span></font></div></blockquote><br><blockquote = type=3D"cite"><div align=3D"left"><font face=3D"Arial" size=3D"2"><span = style=3D" font-size:10pt"><a = href=3D"http://nofrac.wordpress.com/nofrac-reports/issue-paper-2/">http://= nofrac.wordpress.com/nofrac-reports/issue-paper-2/</a> = .</span></font></div></blockquote><br><blockquote type=3D"cite"><div = align=3D"left"><span class=3D"Apple-style-span" style=3D"font-family: = Arial; font-size: 13px; ">The report is a must read for anyone concerned = about the extensive proposed shale gas development in the area and how = it could affect Nova Scotia's future.</span></div> <div = align=3D"left"><font face=3D"Arial" size=3D"2"><span style=3D" = font-size:10pt"><br> </span></font></div> <div align=3D"left"><font = face=3D"Arial" size=3D"2"><span style=3D" = font-size:10pt"><><><><></span></font></div> = <div align=3D"left"><font face=3D"Arial" size=3D"2"><span style=3D" = font-size:10pt"><br> </span></font></div> <div align=3D"left"><font = face=3D"Arial" size=3D"2"><span style=3D" font-size:10pt">ABOUT THE = REPORT:</span></font></div></blockquote><br><blockquote type=3D"cite"> = <div align=3D"left"><font face=3D"Arial" size=3D"2"><span style=3D" = font-size:10pt">"Out Of Control: Nova Scotia=92s Experience for Fracking = for Shale Gas" was developed using thousands of pages of information = obtained through the Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy = Act, which were provided to NOFRAC from April 2011 to March 2013. = In 2007, Triangle Petroleum began approvals processes for drilling = wells, withdrawing millions of litres of freshwater, using the new and = contentious hydraulic fracturing method, and producing and storing = millions of litres of wastewater. The report documents what = actually happened in Hants County, what the company did, what government = regulators did, how decisions were made, and the lessons which can be = learned.</span></font></div> <div align=3D"left"><font face=3D"Arial" = size=3D"2"><span style=3D" font-size:10pt"><br> </span></font></div> = <div align=3D"left"><font face=3D"Arial" size=3D"2"><span style=3D" = font-size:10pt">Excerpt from the Summary of the = Report:</span></font></div></blockquote><br><blockquote type=3D"cite"> = <div align=3D"left"><font face=3D"Arial" size=3D"2"><span style=3D" = font-size:10pt">Nova Scotia has had one small experience with hydraulic = fracturing (fracking) for shale</span></font></div> <div = align=3D"left"><font face=3D"Arial" size=3D"2"><span style=3D" = font-size:10pt">gas. Between 2007 and 2009, Triangle Petroleum drilled = five vertical exploratory wells in</span></font></div> <div = align=3D"left"><font face=3D"Arial" size=3D"2"><span style=3D" = font-size:10pt">Hants County. Three of the wells were fracked. Although = work on the Triangle project stopped four years ago, new information and = problems relating to the project continue to come to light. The most = glaring issue has been the difficulty of disposing of millions of litres = of fracking wastewater contaminated with chemicals and radioactive = elements. A look at the records shows this is not the only = problem.</span></font></div></blockquote><br><blockquote type=3D"cite"> = <div align=3D"left"><font face=3D"Arial" size=3D"2"><span style=3D" = font-size:10pt">For this report, the Nova Scotia Fracking Resource and = Action Coalition (NOFRAC) examined documents obtained through Freedom of = Information requests, as well as public documents and media reports. = </span></font></div> </blockquote></div><br></div></body></html>= --Apple-Mail-11--46204068--
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