Comments on: Atlantic Coast Pipeline Concerns Told to FERC in Harrison County, WV https://www.frackcheckwv.net/2015/03/25/atlantic-coast-pipeline-concerns-told-to-ferc-in-harrison-county-wv/ Just another WordPress site Wed, 14 Feb 2024 02:06:39 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Appalachian Chronicle 3/25/15 https://www.frackcheckwv.net/2015/03/25/atlantic-coast-pipeline-concerns-told-to-ferc-in-harrison-county-wv/#comment-166076 Appalachian Chronicle 3/25/15 Thu, 26 Mar 2015 01:00:09 +0000 http://www.frackcheckwv.net/?p=14139#comment-166076 <strong>Natural Gas Industry Moves from the Absurd to the Profane</strong> From an Article by Michael Barrick, Appalachian Chronicle, March 25, 2015 <strong>God opposes farming, supports fracking, says gas industry executive at FERC meeting</strong> Bridgeport, WV -- Executive Director Corky DeMarco of the West Virginia Oil and Natural Gas Association (WVONGA) said here last evening that it is not God’s will that West Virginians be farmers. Instead, he said, it is God’s will that the natural gas industry extract all it can out of the Marcellus shale. He said this at the last of several public scoping meetings being held by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) to consider the environmental impact of the proposed Atlantic Coast Pipeline (ACP). Those who find it hard to believe that he would make such a statement need only wait for the transcript of the meeting to be published by FERC. Or, you can ask any one of the number of audience members – many of them farmers. The meeting was held at Bridgeport High School. Citizens have until April 28th to send FERC comments regarding the environmental impact of the proposed ACP. With his remarks, DeMarco has managed to move the natural gas industry’s position on fracking and related pipeline development from the absurd to the profane. Indeed, Webster’s Universal College Dictionary defines profane as “showing irreverence towards God or sacred things.” Natural Gas Industry Moves from the Absurd to the Profane

From an Article by Michael Barrick, Appalachian Chronicle, March 25, 2015

God opposes farming, supports fracking, says gas industry executive at FERC meeting

Bridgeport, WV – Executive Director Corky DeMarco of the West Virginia Oil and Natural Gas Association (WVONGA) said here last evening that it is not God’s will that West Virginians be farmers. Instead, he said, it is God’s will that the natural gas industry extract all it can out of the Marcellus shale.

He said this at the last of several public scoping meetings being held by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) to consider the environmental impact of the proposed Atlantic Coast Pipeline (ACP). Those who find it hard to believe that he would make such a statement need only wait for the transcript of the meeting to be published by FERC. Or, you can ask any one of the number of audience members – many of them farmers.

The meeting was held at Bridgeport High School. Citizens have until April 28th to send FERC comments regarding the environmental impact of the proposed ACP.

With his remarks, DeMarco has managed to move the natural gas industry’s position on fracking and related pipeline development from the absurd to the profane. Indeed, Webster’s Universal College Dictionary defines profane as “showing irreverence towards God or sacred things.”

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