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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.


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THANKS, JANET! &nbsp;<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! &nbsp;Jim =
in Wolfville</div><div><br></div><div>P.S. Check out the new movie, =
"Promised Land", on the same topic. &nbsp;JW<br><div><br><div>Begin =
forwarded message:</div><br =
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</b></font><font face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" style=3D"font: 12.0px =
Helvetica">Janet<span class=3D"Apple-converted-space">&nbsp; =
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ont></div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; =
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Helvetica"><b>: WOLFVILLE: Public Meeting on FRACKING REPORT<span =
class=3D"Apple-converted-space">&nbsp; </span>JUNE 18TH at Farmers =
Market Community Rm 7 pm - PLEASE TRY TO ATTEND !!</b></font></div><div =
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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>&nbsp;&nbsp;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>&nbsp;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>&nbsp;</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>&lt;&gt;&lt;&gt;&lt;&gt;&lt;&gt;&lt;&gt;&lt;&gt;&lt;&gt=
; </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&nbsp;</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">&lt;&gt;&lt;&gt;&lt;&gt;&lt;&gt;</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.&nbsp; =
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.&nbsp; 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>=

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