Gas prices cut into spring break travel, survey says

http://www.latimes.com/business/money/la-fi-mo-gas-prices-spring-break-travel-20130320,
0,6223561.story

A recent study and survey has shown that with gas prices around $4 a gallon, spring 
break travel was limited. Only 47 percent of the people surveyed said they are planning
a spring vacation. Last year 57 percent of the people surveyed said they planned a trip. 
With the extremely high gases prices, 69 percent of the people surveyed said that they 
have made at least one significant cut to their daily budget. The people who took the 
survey said they are more likely to take smaller less expensive vacations. More and
more people are going to go somewhere locally instead of traveling further away. 

N.Y. Farmers Learn Fracking May Mean Drilling If Neighbors Agree

http://www.businessweek.com/news/2013-03-13/n-dot-y-dot-farmers-learn-fracking-may-mean-
drilling-if-neighbors-agree

This article really showed how big of a problem fracking is becoming. A lady who
lives on an 170 acre property in upstate New York is facing potential fracking on her property. 
The land she lives on has been in her husbands family for over 150 years. Exxon Mobile has 
Offered the women Kris Vanslyke a deal to frack on her property, but she denied them. 
Recently Kris learned that she does not have to accept the deal because Exxon can build a 
well on one of her neighbors property, and pull the oil and gas out beneath her property. 
Kris Vanslyke is opposed to fracking because she is concerned about her own health, her 
drinking water, and the environment. 

Sewer main break releases wastewater into ocean

http://www.mercurynews.com/pacifica/ci_22724838/sewer-main-break-releases-wastewater-into-ocean


This article was very interesting. A sewer main in Pacifica California cracked last
Friday, and leaked over 5,800 gallons of wastewater. The sewage main cracked near
a beach, and officials said they collected 4,000 gallons of the wastewater, but the other
1,800 went into the ocean water. Scientists took water samples for high levels of
bacteria and e-coli, but test results showed no danger to the public. The city closed
down Rockaway beach while they fixed the pipe, and waited for the results back. 
Whether or not most of the wastewater was recollected or not, this still has an 
impact on the environment because the Bactria is still contaminating the waters.