Hey, if nothing else, Mr. Ryan Savage is honest. Could he be the first in that industry?
Anyway, read what he has to say about local bats:
“A very specific size and type of tree have been identified as those which bats like to nest in,” Savage said, “and we want to cull those trees before the bat population returns to the region in April so we’re not dealing with an environmental issue.”
And for all you river advocates out there:
Savage said the pipeline will go underneath the Tunkhannock Creek near Shadowbrook Resort along U.S. Rt. 6 and under the Susquehanna River near the village of Osterhout.
Check out the rest of the story here. And while you're at it, check out the Rocket Courier's excellent coverage of a meeting last week about a proposed frackwater treatment plant on the north branch of the Susquehanna River. When it comes to coverage of the whole Marcellus Madness gripping Bradford and surrounding counties, the folks at the Rocket are simply blowing their local competition away. Kudos!
Back to the bats. In the end, companies like Williams, Chesapeake, Range Resources and Cabot only care about one thing: profits. Period. I can't make it any simpler than that. Having worked for some of the largest financial services firms in the world over the last 30+ years, including Citibank, Bank of America and Prudential, I understand that mentality down to the DNA level. Been there, done that.
However, the people that work in "BIG OIL" and related industries not only appear to have a ruthlessness anomaly permanently chiseled into their genetic blueprints, they also have shown a propensity for lying and/or manipulating data to serve their purposes while intentionally ignoring information that doesn't.
To hear someone from "BIG OIL" like Ryan Savage come right out and say - more or less - that any "environmental issues", be it trees or bats in this case, will simply be eliminated is refreshing. Very disturbing, but refreshing. Wanna bet a cup of coffee or two that Mr. Savage gets a phone call today from someone in OK?
A little clarification is definitely required here. Will the trees be culled and removed...or protected? The basic definition of the word could cause one to interpret Mr. Savage's comments either way.
Which is it?
Hmmm. I wonder what will happen when bloggers become too much of an "issue"?
Who's watching who?
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