Fracking companies are storming rural Wisconsin, bringing money and misery with them:

Against the grain: Fracking companies mine rural Wisconsin for sand | Grist

grist.org 21 May '12, 9pm

Fracking companies are storming rural Wisconsin, bringing money and misery with them:

There was no time for public education about the potential negative possibilities of frac-sand mining: the destruction of the hills, the decline in property values, the danger of silicosis (once considered a strictly occupational lung disease) from blowing silica dust, contamination of groundwater from the chemicals used in the processing plants, the blaze of lights all night long, noise from hundreds of train cars, houses shaken by blasting. Ron Koshoshek, a leading environmentalist who works with Wisconsin’s powerful Towns Association to educate townships about the industry, says that “frac-sand mining will virtually end all residential development in rural townships.” The result will be “a large-scale net loss of tax dollars to towns, increasing taxes for those who remain.”

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@Harringtonkent » 10 Jun '12, 4pm
@ChrisBoese @WinonaDailyNews Here is the Grist article. [link]
@limone67 » 06 Jun '12, 9am
RT @kovanhuissteden Fracking kost ook veel zand worden de Drunense duinen straks afgegraven voor Cuadrilla? [link] #schaliegas
@kovanhuissteden » 06 Jun '12, 8am
Fracking kost ook veel zand - worden de Drunense duinen straks afgegraven voor Cuadrilla? [link]
@Harringtonkent » 28 May '12, 3pm
Nat gas #energy frackers mine Wis for sand, perfectly rounded grains that resist the extreme pressures of fracking [link]
@foster2142 » 23 May '12, 3pm
Against the grain: Fracking companies mine rural Wisconsin for sand [link]
@anneschulthess » 22 May '12, 1pm
RT @grist: #Fracking companies are storming rural #Wisconsin, bringing money and misery with them: [link] <<NOOO! #frackoff
@Emma_leen » 22 May '12, 1pm
Yet another impact of #fracking RT @ryebutler: fracking impacts reach Wisconsin,strip mining for fracking sand [link] #climate
@KathyLey » 22 May '12, 1pm
Background issue in Gov recall race: who controls DNR & regulation of WI frack sand. pub health vs business interests? [link]
@AlmostTruth » 22 May '12, 1pm
Just. No. More. Fracking!! As Wisconsinites are learning, there’s money (and misery) in sand... [link]
@jenhull » 22 May '12, 1pm
RT @grist: Fracking companies are storming rural Wisconsin, bringing money and misery with them: [link] #p2 #p21 #wi
@denuma99 » 22 May '12, 1pm
"@grist: Fracking companies are storming rural Wisconsin, bringing money and misery with them: [link]" in ONT too.
@grist » 22 May '12, 1pm
As Wisconsinites are learning, if you’ve got the right kind of sand, an oil company may soon be at your doorstep: [link]
@Frack_Off » 22 May '12, 9am
RT @sandyd68: RT @fletchist: Sand mining - another environmental consequence of #fracking? [link] @Frack_Off
@loocoo123 » 22 May '12, 6am
"Against the grain: #Fracking companies mine rural Wisconsin 4 sand" [link] This is ugly. Fracking has no redeeming features
@sandyd68 » 22 May '12, 6am
RT @fletchist: Sand mining - another environmental consequence of #fracking? [link] - #ecocide
@sandyd68 » 22 May '12, 6am
RT @fletchist: Sand mining - another environmental consequence of #fracking? [link] @reafg @RAFF_group @nofrackinguk
@sandyd68 » 22 May '12, 6am
RT @fletchist: Sand mining - another environmental consequence of #fracking? [link] @Frack_Off
@fletchist » 22 May '12, 5am
Sand mining - another environmental consequence of #fracking? [link]
@Camz99 » 22 May '12, 5am
"Against the grain: Fracking companies mine rural Wisconsin for sand" - [link] - shared from @TaptuGreen
@GravityDynamic » 22 May '12, 4am
RT @marcatcar: “@EcoJive: Against the grain: Fracking companies mine rural Wisconsin for sand [link] #eco #news #rt #ff @EcoJive” Informative
@marcatcar » 22 May '12, 4am
“@EcoJive: Against the grain: Fracking companies mine rural Wisconsin for sand [link] #eco #news #rt #ff @EcoJive” Informative
@aliehs818 » 22 May '12, 4am
RT @ok_paulo_ok: Against the grain: Fracking companies mine rural Wisconsin for sand [link] #Wisconsin #fracked #mining
@EcoJive » 22 May '12, 3am
Against the grain: Fracking companies mine rural Wisconsin for sand [link] #eco #news #rt #ff @EcoJive
@SustEarth » 22 May '12, 3am
RT @NRDC: RT @drgrist: Fracking companies mine rural Wisconsin for sand [link] Interesting, undercovered fracking story.
@eldonnn » 22 May '12, 3am
the horrors of sand-fracking in rural US wisconsin [link] coming to the sandstone hills near you...
@mpire43 » 22 May '12, 1am
RT @vallie: #Fracking companies are storming rural Wisconsin, bringing money and misery with them: [link] | RT @grist via @ChoiceZnewZ
@vallie » 22 May '12, 1am
#Fracking companies are storming rural Wisconsin, bringing money and misery with them: [link] | RT @grist via @ChoiceZnewZ
@mikaminio » 22 May '12, 12am
Hands off #Wisconsin - stop fracsands mining. "Against the grain: Fracking companies mine rural Wisconsin for sand" [link]
@WaterCitizen » 22 May '12, 12am
RT @ryebutler: #fracking impacts reach Wisconsin, in the form of strip mining for fracking sand [link] #climate
@Perceiver1219 » 22 May '12, 12am
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@CANARYorg » 22 May '12, 12am
RT @RayBeckerman: Against the grain: Fracking companies mine rural Wisconsin for sand ~ #grist [link]
@GreenNewsReport » 22 May '12, 12am
Wow. Excellent story: RT @grist: Against the grain: Fracking companies mine rural Wisconsin for sand [link]
@giantfiddler » 22 May '12, 12am
Decline of my home state continues:“@grist: #Fracking companies storm rural #WI, bringing money and misery with them: [link]”
@noctambulate » 22 May '12, 12am
"Frac-sand" mining threatening Wisconsin's rich farmland RT @grist Fracking companies are storming rural Wisconsin [link]
@YouThereListen » 22 May '12, 12am
RT @marabout40: RT @grist Against the grain: Fracking companies mine rural Wisconsin for sand [link]
@tritonshorn » 22 May '12, 12am
We have been warned RT: @grist: Fracking companies are storming rural Wisconsin, bringing money and misery with them: [link]
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“@grist: Fracking companies are storming rural Wisconsin, bringing money and misery with them: [link]” Sad stuff.
@noctambulate » 22 May '12, 12am
"Frac-sand" mining threatens Wisconsin's rich farmland RT @grist Fracking companies are storming rural Wisconsin [link]
@ok_paulo_ok » 22 May '12, 12am
Against the grain: Fracking companies mine rural Wisconsin for sand [link] #Wisconsin #fracked #mining
@mplsAsh » 22 May '12, 12am
@grist WI's landscape is so beloved to me and it breaks my heart to read about the sand fracking happening there! [link]
@EarthAwareness » 21 May '12, 11pm
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