<div dir="ltr">There is a lot that I could unpack regarding the Hell or High Water documentary. If anyone really wants to hear all of how I relate to this I would be happy to indulge, but in the interest of brevity I will keep it to how this relates to the current issues that we are dealing with. For me the best lesson learned from this is that you can go around from one issue to the next fighting fires or you can go for a strategic plan that sucks the oxygen out of the fire triangle.<div><br></div><div>This is why I have mentioned previously that there is no federal agency designated with any authority to protect aquifers. Yes, there are other concerns regarding the barge off-loading facility, but at the core of this issue and several others is the protection of water quality. I hate to think of the future that we leave behind where those that follow have to deal with contaminated drinking water that was the result of a short-sighted money grab to get to gas reserves that we may not even need or at least should be working to reduce our need on instead of continually find ways to get more at environmental cost.</div><div><br></div><div>If we could muster the will to fight for and get protection of aquifers it would be a wonderful thing for us and potentially communities throughout the country,</div><div><br></div><div>I do feel that Hell or High Water is a good example of low-income minority groups being taken advantage of and in some respects feel that citizens of the MOV and Appalachia should relate.</div><div><br></div><div>My 2 cents worth, I'll keep the rest to myself.</div><div><br></div><div>Vic</div><div><br></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Mon, Aug 3, 2020 at 1:30 PM gbanz42--- via Green <<a href="mailto:green@fuusm.org">green@fuusm.org</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">Green Colleagues:<br>
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I came away from the viewing of the film, "Come Hell or High Water" with two impressions:<br>
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1. Black lives don't matter to the government of the state of Mississippi and that of Gulfport, MS.<br>
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2. I couldn't help but view this issue of Turkey Creek through the lens of the proposal to re-purpose the facility for offloading fracking waste near Marietta. The barge off-load facility will likely result in much less damage to our community than the development projects will to the Turkey Creek community. Another difference is that people in our community are not aware of the risks posed by this proposed facility--largely due to the secrecy of key elements of the project on the part of Deep Rock Disposal. For example, do people on Harmar Hill know that there is a huge injection well in their neighborhood? Other people who do know about this facility .probably view this risk as an acceptable result of good jobs, economic development, and cheap energy in the region. <br>
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I'd be interested in the response of other GS members to this film. I am not sure if I will join the discussion about the film sponsored by Interfaith Power & Light since my issue #2 is not shared by people outside our region. .<br>
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George Banziger<br>
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