Fracking could generate money and jobs in a time of economic turmoil, but the movements against fracking are deeply important.
The EPA concluded that the groundwater contamination in Dimock, Pa., was not caused by fracking. But this is just one example of cities and towns that have been affected.
Fracking has been linked to earthquakes and elevated cancer rates, let alone air pollution everywhere it is has taken place. The jobs may be given to trained workers from out of town and the liquid natural gas that comes from fracking might be exported.
It is well known that well casings will occasionally fail and cause groundwater contamination. What happens then?
Money is a necessity — I don’t mean to suggest otherwise — but many would consider the money secondary after a well leaks on their land and suddenly the water is useless and the property has no value.
Some people have been forced to abandon their dream homes because the land has been decimated by fracking.
How fair is it to lose everything you have worked for to the carelessness of a gas company who destroyed your land because they could profit from it?
In Maryland, before what has happened all across the country happens in our spectacular mountains, we want a moratorium on fracking until studies can prove that this practice will not harm the public or the environment.
This is not too much to ask for: if you want to drill here, prove to us that it is safe.
Desiree Bullard
Cumberland
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Before you start fracking here, prove to us that it is safe
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Walk Smart
Many local residents will be visiting Ocean City this summer, so it is worth noting that the resort has launched a campaign that it hopes will keep pedestrians out of harm’s way.
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Trailer case bound to increase scrutiny on town of Piedmont
This letter is in response to the recent story concerning the guilty plea entered in federal court by Piedmont’s town foreman (“Piedmont town foreman Shingler enters guilty plea,” May 21 Times-News, Page 1A).
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Fixing community’s problems starts with your young people
I am writing this letter to the editor because I think our community really needs to work on plenty of issues. Some of them are:
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Why are there no answers to these questions?
We currently have the most corrupt administration in the history of the country. Every day more and more lies come from the Obama administration.
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Roaming dogs prove menace to some residents of LaVale
I am writing to inform your readers and the animal control staff of Allegany about a problem that is dragging on and unresolved, yet.
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These types should look to the Boy Scouts for an example
Consider these headlines:
NRA will “Never Surrender.”
The Tea Party will “Never Surrender.”
The No Tax Group will “Never surrender.”
Neocons will “Never Surrender.”
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Housing project will have bad effect on property in this area
I am writing to you to voice my opposition to a low income housing project that has been proposed for construction on a tract of land on Pine Swamp Road in Mineral County, W.Va. I am a registered voter and resident of Mineral County and live in the New Creek/Pine Swamp area.
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Why have the media been silent all this time?
When I read the Cumberland Times-News Editorial this morning, Friday, May 17, entitled, “Outrageous,” I laughed like a kid at a birthday party!
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What are chances this much money will be spent on road?
I was intrigued by cost data summarized in reporter Kathy Mellott’s recent article, “Completing southern link of U.S. Route 219 said to be best use of highway funds,” which appeared in the Cumberland Times-News on Tuesday May 14 (Page 1A).
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School board should be doing better job with less money
The Allegany County Teachers Association (ACTA) board of directors recently submitted a letter to the editor asking the Allegany County commissioners to fully fund the Board of Education’s budget request for the upcoming fiscal year (“Commissioners should fund school board request,” April 29 Times-News).
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