[Green] Come Hell or High Water

[Annie Warmke]

It seems logical that aquifers should be protected, just like lakes and 
rivers.  They are living breathing entities.  This seems logical if you 
also include the fact that the US Supreme Court ruled that corporations 
have the same rights as human beings.  Yet waterways have repeatedly 
been rejected as  having the same protection.  Perhaps this is one war 
that can be won over a long period of time and a large class action 
process, but perhaps we are nearthe end anyway and we just need to wait 
to see how things continue to fall apart before we make a move to try to 
use a system that has repeatedly failed us and for all practical 
purposes does not exist for people like us.  Annie

On 8/4/2020 4:21 PM, Vic Elam via Green wrote:
> 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.
>
> 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.
>
> 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,
>
> 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.
>
> My 2 cents worth, I'll keep the rest to myself.
>
> Vic
>
>
> On Mon, Aug 3, 2020 at 1:30 PM gbanz42--- via Green <green at fuusm.org 
> <mailto:green at fuusm.org>> wrote:
>
>     Green Colleagues:
>
>        I came away from the viewing of the film, "Come Hell or High
>     Water" with two impressions:
>
>          1. Black lives don't matter to the government of the state of
>     Mississippi and that of Gulfport, MS.
>
>           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.
>
>         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. .
>
>
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Annie Warmke
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