Not my father's oil industry

First posted on FB  11/29/13:

Apache spills another 1.8 million litres of toxic wastewater near Zama

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This is not my father's oil industry. My father's father rose from mail room clerk to become an attorney who negotiate agreements for many new oil fields throughout the west and ultimately became V.P. of Sinclair Oil and Gas. Hammett, Wyoming is named after him. After WW2 both my father and uncle became petroleum engineers for Sinclair. Later my father transitioned to the the feds when geothermal energy began and helped write and enforce the regulations for the geothermal industry based on his strong commitment to a balance between energy development and environmental protection. Now corporate greed and political corruption have strangled all sense of balance. So long as people continue this path of greedy, selfish consumption and ignore our responsibilities as earth stewards we are doomed to degrade our environment and climate for humans and other life forms. Today, on this holiday set aside to capitalistic greed, what can you do to help green our green our world and make it more sustainable for all?