city:woodland

  • Fracking Romania

    The McIntyres felt like they had discovered gold 20 years ago, when they moved into an area far from the city and drilled a well that yielded crystal clear and freezing cold water. Their previous home had no running water, so the remote plot of land in Woodlands, 30 miles north of Pittsburgh, nestled amidst lush trees and verdant bushes, felt like paradise.
    But this turned into a nightmare in January 2011, when the family suddenly became sick. “Headaches, uncontrollable diarrhea, even my adult children were experiencing the same symptoms that we were having”, says Janet McIntyre. “My husband turned on our kitchen faucet to find that our water was foaming, spitting, and purple.”

    Meanwhile in the poorest corner of the European Union, a Romanian villager shows off his most prized possession, a water fountain with a stone cross and a portrait of Jesus.
    Last spring, Dumitru Fânaru, a former councilor from the community of #Vadurile, received an unexpected visit from “some Americans” who photographed his water well and gave him $40 to dig in his backyard.


    http://fracking.casajurnalistului.ro/english
    #Roumanie #fracturation_hydraulique #énergie #gaz_de_schiste #santé #Chevron

  • Sent: Monday, March 24, 2014 11:17 AM

    To whom it may concern:

    This will serve to provide notice of an ex parte hearing scheduled on Friday, March 28, 2014 at 9. a.m. in Department 2 of the Yolo County Superior Court, located at 725 Court Street, Woodland, California, before the Honorable Timothy L. Fall, to seek an order continuing the deadline by which service of the First Amended Complaint and related pleadings must be served on the defendants named in this case.

    Please let me know if you intend to oppose this application so that I can inform the Court.


    On Mon, Mar 24, 2014 at 2:27 PM, Dresser, Gregory P. <GDresser@mofo.com> wrote:

    Please forward your ex parte papers as soon as they are available.

    Gregory Dresser
    Morrison & Foerster LLP
    425 Market St. | San Francisco, CA 94105
    P: 415.268.6396 | F: 415.276.7527
    GDresser@mofo.com | www.mofo.com

    Sent: Wed, Mar 26, 2014 at 4:22 PM

    Mr. Dresser:

    1. This will serve to inform you that the ex parte hearing has been re-scheduled by the court to Tuesday, April 1st, at 1:30 p.m. in Department 1 of Yolo County Superior Court.

    Apparently, the entire Yolo County Superior Court bench, on its own, has disqualified itself from hearing this matter so it will be heard by a visiting judge from Napa County.

    2. This will also serve to memorialize yesterday’s events as far as service of process on Mr. James Brosnahan and Mr. Raj Chatterjee.

    Yesterday, around 2:30 p.m., a process server arrived to MoFo’s office in San Francisco. The process server informed MoFo’s receptionist that he needs to serve Mr. Brosnahan and Mr. Chatterjee with a suit in which they are named defendants. After a round of phone calls, the receptionist informed the process server that the two are not available and that no one is willing to accept service.

    Later, the process server attempted, once again, to serve Mr. Brosnahan and Mr. Chatterjee by leaving copies of the suit with personnel in MoFo’s mail room, and once again was rebuffed.

    Between 8 to 9 p.m., the process server visited Mr. Chatterjee’s residence in the Clairmont District of Oakland. The process server reported that upon arrival he noticed 2 cars (a passenger mini-van and a Nissan hatchback) parked in the front of the house, and the name “Chatterjee 2010” engraved on the cement of the sidewalk. The process server encountered a female who identified herself as the spouse of Mr. Chatterjee. She further stated that Mr. Chatterjee was not present. The process server informed Mrs. Chaterjee of the fact that he needs to serve Mr. Chatterjee with a lawsuit and asked her if she is willing to accept the papers. Mrs. Chatterjee answered in the affirmative, whereupon the process server handed her the envelope containing the pleadings and departed.

    Later, a similar scenario took place at the residence of the Brosnahans, whereupon Mrs. Carol Brosnahan agreed to accept service for her husband by instructing the process server to leave the envelope in the mail box.

    At this point, I have not conducted legal research as to whether a spouse can agree to accept service on behalf of the other spouse. However, it is clear from the facts described above that there was a meeting of the minds and full understanding as to the nature of the transaction by all those involved.

    3. As far as your request to forward you copies of the ex parte papers, please note that I plan to finalize those papers only on Tuesday, prior to going to court. As such, I will be more than happy to hand you a copy of the papers if you make an appearance.

    The purpose of the ex parte hearing is to ask the court to extend the time that I have to complete service on the other named defendants — primarily those defendants who reside outside of California and those who managed to evade service.

    My understanding is that a plaintiff normally has 60 days to serve from the date of the filing of the original suit or 30 days from the date of the filing of a first amended complaint. Because I filed an amended complaint very shortly after I filed the original suit, I am at a bit of a disadvantage as far as the timing, and as such will ask the court to extend the time. I asked for the hearing because I needed this issue to be addressed before the court does it for me.

    In any event, I obviously have no say whether you choose to show up or not, but am not sure why you would want to participate given that your client has already been served and is due to make an appearance on Friday, March 28, 2014.

    If you have any questions, please let me know.