Extraction. Its also, fracking can be spelled with a c, its also the term is high volume hydraulic fracturing or hvhf which is really what were going to be talking to this afternoon. Next slide, please. So the thing thats important when were talking about fracking is that theres often a very important disconnect between what industry is saying and what is expected and understood in the popular press and the public. Of so when industry says there arent any accidents attributed to fracking, theyre talking about a very small portion of the shale gas extraction process. When the public and most journalists talk about fracking, theyre talking about the entire shale gas extraction process. So theres, its important to understand this distinction. Sometimes people are saying things that are technically true but are misleading in the context because of the disconnect between the language. Next slide. So this is what the shale gas extraction process looks like. And this is from a u. S. Epa study
Can you tell us they realistically are like and how long a site is active or on a. Slide 12 also has as well. While you are looking for that, my mother grew up there and is from scranton. Back then they used a turnaround and pile up the refuse from coal. So if you look at our drill patterns, my mother refers to it as this dumb. Theres no question that it was disruptive or there is no question that there were a lot of trucks. And theres also no question that one of the largest environmental problems we have is the amount of diesel that is used in this entire process and that is another talk entirely. But its also very important to bear in mind that you cannot turn around and look at a snapshot from anyone moment of time and say that this is wyoming county. I live in northeastern pennsylvania and i can walk 27 miles from the back of my house to the back of the house of Gifford Pinchot and not cross a major road. Another thing i wont cross is a tree that would be older than my father. Tha
Financial service. I working with others in this body have worked hard to bring this to a vote. Yesterday the house took action. Now im pleased to be able to tell those arkansans and all veterans that the senate has followed suit and has corrected this injustice. However, we must working to fully repeal the section of the bipartisan budget agreement that reduces retirement pay for those who enlist after january 1, 2013. Any changes congress may consider to our military compensation system should be done in a thoughtful and responsible matter in the context of a broader compensation system. I supported this bill that was before the senate today to restore the full cost of living adjustment for those enlisted prior to 2014, but will continue working fully to repeal this cut that singles out current military enlistments to bear the burden of wasteful washington spending. We need to right this wrong so veterans and their sphreams one less thing to worry about. However, this overwhelming vo
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