Do you know who is visiting your fracking website? We take visitors masks off at WTFrack.org

It is quite interesting to see the different companies that visit WTFrack.org. Below, we have listed a few of  the many service providers (company names, educational facilities and government agencies) that have recently paid a visit to WTFrack.org.   The most interesting was from the executive office of the president -Washington, DC. Any ideas why?

There is certainly a trend for teams of lawyers to pay us a visit. Are they waiting for a class action lawsuit or are they representing the oil and gas industry?

We remember being at a water review hearing at the State Capitol in Denver, Colorado in early August where one self identified lawyer said to another: "Maybe we'll get some real work here." Maybe.

And what would an oil & gas expose' blog site be without it's number one clientele, the oil and gas industry? They are happily listed en masse here as well.

Are people realizing that fracking is a rogue industry? Are they nervous because we have a right to speak and use the press for civil public service? The oil and gas industry is unregulated and exempt from the laws that keep humans and the environment safe. That's not so civil is it?  Who doesn't like clean air, safe and clean water? Who wants hundreds of thousands of future fracking super fund sites all across the United States? Who wants contaminated soils?

On another note, we sadly predict that deep injection wells, (deep underground wells where 'toxic' produced water is pumped by the hundreds of millions of gallons and stored) will someday cause a massive water source contamination from contaminant source migration where many people could very well be subject to the ills of today's exemptions. Why is the State of Colorado allowing this? Why would any state allow this to potentially happen? Where is sound science?

Draw your own conclusions with the visitor data below.

WTFrack.org   Visitor SP	Sector
highland capital management	banking
national city corporation	banking
national city corporation	banking
executive office of the President	DC gov
boston university	ed
columbia university	ed
duke university	ed
fairmont state university	ed
lasalle university	ed
minnesota state colleges and universities	ed
pennsylvania state university	ed
university of colorado	ed
university of colorado denver	ed
university of hawaii	ed
university of missouri - research and education	ed
university of missouri-columbia	ed
university of utah	ed
university of california at berkeley	ed
air liquide america	energy
california energy commission	energy
chesapeake appalachia llc	energy
conocophillips company	energy
el paso natural gas co	energy
exxon mobil corporation	energy
gfi east	energy
halliburton company	energy
houston energy	energy
pg&e	energy
sanjel corporation	energy
southeast colorado power association	energy
southwestern energy	energy
wisconsin elec. power	energy
anadarko petroleum corporation	energy
cabot oil gas	energy
hess corporation	energy
washington water power	energy
c2 (c squared) systems llc	engineering
copa-office of attorney genera	gov
department of veterans affairs	gov
state of colorado general government computer	gov
u.s. department of state	gov
u.s. environmental protection agency	gov
u.s. house of representatives	gov
wyoming.com	gov
national bureau of economic research	gov
new york state health department	health
baker hughes inteq	law
borton lawson	law
finnegan henderson farabow garrett & dunner	law
jones day reavis & pogue	law
kaplan kirsch & rockwell	law
kurzman karelsen frank	law
new york state office of the attorney general	law
nixon peabody llp	law
wetiz and luxenberg	law
apco worldwide (dc hq)	law
charleston newspapers	media
the news corporation	media
cbs corporation	media
merck and co. inc.	pharma
ford motor company	prod
caldwell watson	real estate
lamont doherty geological observatory	science
texas commission on environmental quality	science/gov
rbs securities inc.	securities

Propane and Heating Oil Dealers Out-Gunned By Natural Gas Lobbyists

Posted by Lane Nichols on May 11, 2011 at 10:37 am

Hydraulic fracturing, or fracking, has been implicated in the contamination of groundwater sources with toxic chemicals used to extract natural gas. The natural gas industry has spent more than $10 million lobbying lawmakers in the last two years. (image: crisisera.blogspot.com)

Natural gas lobbying interests spent more than $10 million trying to influence Washington lawmakers during 2009 and 2010, figures reported to US Congress reveal.

In comparison, the National Propane Gas Association (NPGA) spent less than a quarter of that amount ($2 million) and heating oil dealers spent even less, the New England Fuel Institute (NEFI) says.
The figures have sparked fears propane and heating oil dealers are being “outmanned” and “outspent” by the natural gas industry.

The lobbying expenditure was reported to Congress under the Lobbying Disclosure Act. It comes amid widespread controversy over gas industry hydraulic fracturing – or “fracking” – a process by which chemically-laced fracking solutions are blasted into the ground to extract natural gas.
Recent studies have discovered high radiation levels, chemical carcinogens and other toxins in drinking water sources near drilling sites across the US. And a Duke University study into fracking contamination has just revealed potentially hazardous concentrations of methane in water wells within half a mile of some gas drilling sites.

The alarming findings have sparked calls for new regulations to protect human health and safeguard the environment. But the natural gas industry has opposed further regulation, arguing that state oversight is sufficient and that new limits could undermine production.

Natural gas is the most widely used home heating fuel in the US. The debate over fracking is likely to have led to increased lobbying efforts on the part of the natural gas industry.

Only last month it emerged that powerful Wall Street financial interests have spent nearly $30 million this year alone lobbing Washington on new regulations that could reign in speculative trading. Many commentators blame speculation for artificially driving up the price of oil.

NEFI president Michael Trunzo said apart from the amount spent on lobbying, natural gas interest groups had also employed more than 50 lobbyists compared to just 12 for the heating oil sector. It was unclear how many lobbyists were employed by the NPGA.

The NPGA is a national trade association representing all sectors of the US propane industry. It has more than 3200 members, from small businesses to large corporations. Its mission is to advance safety in the propane industry and to achieve public policies that favor production, distribution and increased use of propane gas.

Propane is used widely to power homes not connected to the national grid. It is also used as a clean-burning alternative vehicle fuel and is a popular cooking gas.