Raw Story is carrying the article, Ohio stiffens regulations after concluding that fracking caused earthquakes.

Ohio state regulators announced tough new regulations on Friday after concluding that the injection of wastewater underground as part of the controversial gas-drilling process known as hydraulic fracturing or “fracking” had almost certainly caused a dozen earthquakes near one well.

This story was published Friday, March 9, 2012.  I scooped them by more than a year with my previous post EPA to natural gas companies: Give details on ‘fracking’ chemicals published on December 30, 2010.

I added the following to the article about the EPA:

To add to the worries enumerated in the above story, I recall the troubles that came to light many years ago in Rocky Mountain Arsenal in Colorado. There was a sudden rise in minor earthquakes that was attributed to the pumping of industrial waste into underground storage. The threat was so serious that such pumping was halted. I’m off to track down the story of the earthquake in Indiana, Indiana earthquake strikes in rare location, to see if it is near any natural gas wells that have been subject to fracking

After writing the above paragraph, I did the research and added the results to the end of that post.

That link above to the Rocky Mountain Arsenal showed that the U. S. Army knew about this hazard in 1966.  Why should it be a surprise to Ohio almost 50 years later?

There is nothing to see here, just something to listen to.

At least she tells you what she is running for. If you still don’t know who Elizabeth Warren is, maybe the picture below may help. When we collect nomination paper signatures for her, it helps many people to connect.

Truth Out has published this paean, Dennis Kucinich: Conscience of the Congress.

Here is something I didn’t know about Dennis Kucinich:

That populist passion caused him to rouse the ire of the banking elite that insisted that the city divest its municipal power plant to benefit a huge private power company.

When Kucinich refused to play ball with the downtown banking interests they pulled the plug on Cleveland finances and temporarily derailed his career. But 14 years later the Cleveland Plain Dealer, which has savaged him since his mayoral days, ran a headline conceding “Dennis Was Right” as it belatedly acknowledged that his refusal to sell the plant had provided needed competition to private power, resulting in lower energy costs for consumers.

I wonder if The Cleveland Plain Dealer called the municipal power plant socialist when they were against it, but they changed that to populist when they were for it.

It’s amazing how not running for re-election can free you up to say what you really think. Who knew Barney Frank had been holding back?

The Republican’s may be able to strike these words from the official record, but I defy them to strike these words from the web.

The headline writers at The New York Times must be channeling the book 1984 when they came up with headline Ignorance Is Strength for Paul Krugman’s op-ed piece.  The take-away paragraph from the piece is:

So whenever you hear Republicans say that they are the party of traditional values, bear in mind that they have actually made a radical break with America’s tradition of valuing education. And they have made this break because they believe that what you don’t know can’t hurt them.

Thanks to Art Bushkin for posting this on his Facebook page.