"In follow up to my recent post on Pennsylvania private nuisance lawsuits to battle harms caused by oil and gas fracking I stumbled upon a recent $3 million verdict in Texas on a nuisance lawsuit. Here are a few links to articles about the notable nuisance case, one of the first of its kind (most of these lawsuits are settled before trial):
Fracking Went On Trial
Texas Family's Nuisance Complaint Seen as a Win Against Fracking
Jury Awards Texas Family $2.9M For Fracking Nuisance Claim
Law360.com reports that the Parrs (the injured family) had sought damages from Aruba Petroleum Inc., alleging the 22 wells Aruba operated within a two-mile radius of their land exposed them to hazardous gases, chemicals and industrial waste that made them so sick they couldn’t work and at times had to live in Bob Parr's office instead of at their home. The Parrs attributed their illnesses to benzene, toluene, ethylbenzene, xylene and other volatile organic compounds used to frack the wells, and said their home had been assaulted by smells and noise from the wells since drilling started.
Reports indicate that in a 5 to 1 verdict, the jury did not find Aruba’s conduct was abnormal and out of place for its surroundings but said it did take intentional steps to cause substantial interference with the Parr family’s use of its 40-acre homestead west of Fort Worth. The jury did not find Aruba acted with malice, and rejected the Parrs’ claim for exemplary damages, but awarded them damages for physical and mental pain and anguish and for loss of market value for the land. The Parrs were represented expertly by Texas trial attorney Brad Gilde of Gilde Law Firm based in Houston, Texas.
There is little doubt with all of the oil and gas drilling occurring right now in our state that many Pennsylvania residents are experiencing the same type of symptoms as the Parrs. Because of this amazing verdict oil and gas companies will hopefully take notice of the risk they face from substantial verdicts if they do not safely undertake their oil and gas fracking."
Source of Article
http://www.injurylawsourcepa.com/2014/05/verdict-in-oil-and-gas-fracking.html
You have LEGAL Rights.
The City of Port Townsend is standing on the wrong side of the moral compass and the law if they won't sue the mill. So is Jefferson County, you ALL can make a stand, individually. ONE person really can take them ON.
JUST DO IT.
Friday, May 30, 2014
Dale Stahl, Amcol, Port Townsend Paper; Port Townsend NEEDS to STOP Catering to AMCOL and the Mill Stench and SUE the Mill, Washing DEQ, and the EPA.
Folks you can Sue the Paper Mill, Amcol, Jefferson County, the EPA, and Washing DEQ and you can do it Pro Se. You can file in Olympia in Federal court as Amcol is in WA state and Amcol international owns Port Townsend paper. There are plenty of Cause of Actions to SUE and SHUT DOWN THE PORT Townsend Paper Mill.
"Sriracha Factory Under Fire For Fumes; City Sues
Complaints from nearby residents about "burning eyes, irritated throats and headaches" have led the city of Irwindale, Calif., to ask a judge to order the company that makes Sriracha hot sauce to suspend production.
According to the Los Angeles Times, city attorneys "filed suit in Los Angeles County Superior Court on Monday, claiming that the odor was a public nuisance and asking a judge to stop production until the smell can be reduced."
NBC Los Angeles says "the complaint alleges the smell is so strong that residents have moved their 'outdoor activities indoors' and even left their homes temporarily to avoid the stench."
CBS Los Angeles adds that: "The city staff met with Huy Fong Foods officials Oct. 1 and company representatives said they would 'do everything possible to abate the odors.' But on Oct. 16, the city staff was told by a company official during another meeting that no odor problem existed, the suit says."
One nearby resident, Rita Sanchez, tells CBS Los Angeles that the smell and the tingling, burning sensations it can cause are "kind of unbearable." But another young woman, Sabrina Cabrera, isn't bothered. She compares it to the odors from neighbors' cooking.
Both the Times and CBS Los Angeles say their calls and emails to Huy Fong Foods were not immediately returned.
A judge is due to consider the city's complaint on Thursday.
There's a lot at stake — OC Weekly reports that Huy Fong's "655,000 square foot facility can produce 200 million bottles of the bottled crack per year."
[Note at 1:15 p.m. ET. A few readers have wondered in the comments thread why the fumes have become an issue now, since the sauce has been made for many years. The key, as the Times story notes, is that "the company began sauce production in a 655,000-square-foot factory in Irwindale last year." So the smell has been a problem in Irwindale for a relatively short time.]
Though you may be familiar with the increasingly popular sauce, as our friends at Southern California Public Radio's Take Two say, it is "totally hot right now." The first annual Los Angeles Sriracha festival was held over the weekend."
Source
http://www.npr.org/blogs/thetwo-way/2013/10/29/241587163/sriracha-factory-under-fire-for-fumes-city-sues
YOU have a Legal, Constitutional, Ethical and MORAL Right to Clean Air, Clean Water, and Clean Soil.
SUE THEM ALL.
Make a STAND.
For more Research on the Port Townsend Paper Mill and the Stench in the Air in Port Townsend
http://www.energyjustice.net/content/epa-sued-ignoring-paper-mill-co2-emissions-biomass-monitor
http://ptairwatchers.org/background-about-port-townsend-paper-mill/
http://seattletimes.com/html/localnews/2004189039_mill19m.html
https://www.facebook.com/pages/Port-Townsend-Paper-Mill/245153762294452
porttownsendpaper.blogspot.com
http://www.peninsuladailynews.com/article/20130103/NEWS/301039995/jefferson-county-issues-formal-denial-of-port-townsend-paper-p
http://www.porttownsendpaper.com/search?updated-max=2014-04-18T13:51:00-07:00&max-results=7
Friday, May 9, 2014
Bringing Back Goddess Church, All Faith Church Port Townsend Washington; Bringing Back Goddess Church Mission
To Improve the Quality of Life of ALL we possibly can.
TO Raise the Vibration of All; To Raise the Consciousness
To Bring People Closer to Spirit, to God, to Goddess and to Each Other
To Encourage and Empower All.
To impact society through the individual, the student, the seeker and the leaders.
To establish, support, and nourish good relations and respect between faiths.
To create a loving and inclusive spiritual community in service to the World.
To Help as many as we can, to reconnect with Goddess, God, the Great Spirit and to be the highest version of themselves.
To offer a place to retreat, pray, learn about spiritual beliefs and spiritual laws. A Place to play, laugh, feel a sense of belonging, feel loved, heard and seen.
To Facilitate meditations, spiritually empowering ceremonies, spiritual workshops and seminars, healing sessions, empowerment classes and sermons, energy medicine sessions, and spiritually nourishing retreats.
To assist and support those who are seeking mystical experiences and deeper mind/body/soul connections, as well as those who have already tapped into their higher self, and may feel an outsider or in the need of support or retreat.
To nurture and support all through the universal powers of Love, Compassion, Faith
and Hope.
To offer spiritual education, wellness education, and to encourage all to be their highest potential; higher vibration.
To Assist All who we can reach, to Discover the Divine, be it God, Goddess, the Great Spirit, Mother God, Father God.
To Raise Consciousness, ONE Person (Energy Generator) at a Time
To Raise the Vibration of Mother Earth, her people, animals and plants.
To Make a PROFOUND, Life Changing Difference in the Life of ALL we can reach.
To draw close the divide that exists between faiths. Whatever your spiritual path it is all about universal love, acceptance and compassion. It is about the Golden Rule and Helping your Neighbor.
To celebrate each other without fear of losing our own identity. It illuminates the path to creating a nurturing spiritual community that honors and includes all religious languages, beliefs, faiths, and walks of life.
To provide Spiritual Tools, Information, Books, Sanctuary in order to assist others to heal, to raise their vibration, heal their bodies, learn about healing and spiritual tools, and assist them to experience a stronger personal relationship with God, Goddess, Great Spirit.
To nurture and help all to be aware of The Kingdom of God / of Goddess Within.
We hope to Heal that in which Divides us.
We do not just "tolerate" those of differing beliefs, races, culture, lifestyle, religion, faith, and choices but we respect, value and include them.
To Make a REAL Difference in the life of ONE.
To nurture and help all to be aware of The Kingdom of God / of Goddess Within.
To unite all people, all religion, all cultures; We are Family of Light.
to Raise the Consciousness of the Whole by assisting the one to remove limited thinking and negative thought patterns, expanded awareness and consciousness
by education, awareness, knowing thyself, healing thyself, and by Love, compassion, hope and information.
To Empower ALL People in ALL Ways.
To Educate, Empower, Heal, Nurture, Support the Individual.
To offer a place to retreat, pray, learn about spiritual beliefs and spiritual laws.
To Make a Profound Difference in the Life of EVERY Individual that the Great Spirit, God, Goddess brings to Us or we can reach.
The Bringing Back Goddess Church embraces the teachings of all spiritual paths.
Bringing Back Goddess Church
BringingBackGoddess@Gmail.com
PO Box 2027
Port Townsend, WA 98368
Reverend Crystal Cox
ReverendCrystalCox@Gmail.com
406-624-9510
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