Yesterday, I made a new friend named Ralph at the EagleRidge gashole in Denton, Texas. UPDATE: They have fixed the fence but not mowed the thistle patch or completed the required landscaping. Ralph lives in the Meadows of Hickory Creek … [Read more...]
This is not a hard choice: not one more fracked gas power plant
The choice is not hard I disagree that Denton has a hard choice to make as put forth by Adam in the title to his most recent blog post but I'm happy to see the progression from his "I'm warming up" to gas plants statement. But Adam's comment to … [Read more...]
Fracking has new balls.
Way back in 2011, I told you that Fracking takes some balls--big balls of steel that sometimes fall from the sky. This little known hazard of fracking created an entrepreneurial opportunity. Now fracking has new, improved, high tech balls that … [Read more...]
Stop fracking with our public lands
Attend the public hearings on fracking-related air pollution For the past year I have been travelling the country exposing otherwise invisible air pollution from fracking and fracking-related development. In 2014, Earthworks was able to buy a … [Read more...]
Oops! Denton interprets Cornell research from fossil fuel paradigm
We need a rapid shift from the fossil fuel paradigm. Paradigm- noun: a theory or a group of ideas about how something should be done, made, or thought about. Simple definition, Merriam-Webster. Denton Municipal Electric (DME) created the … [Read more...]
Renewable Energy Expert: Denton fracked gas power plants not needed
National Renewable Energy Laboratory's (NREL) Ella Chow says that Denton fracked gas power plants are not needed. NREL will help Denton Municipal Energy (DME) find a way to go 100% renewable now. But some on the Denton City Council are refusing to … [Read more...]
Deadly hydrocarbon gasses that kill workers are too close to homes
The Centers for Disease Control (CDC) has released a new report about deadly hydrocarbon gasses: Harrison RJ, Retzer K, Kosnett MJ, et al. Sudden Deaths Among Oil and Gas Extraction Workers Resulting from Oxygen Deficiency and Inhalation of … [Read more...]
Report from Oklahoma earthquake hearing
I spent several days in Oklahoma where I attended an earthquake town hall meeting, an earthquake hearing and did some sightseeing. Earthquakes caused by fracking activities are also called frackquakes, which causes the industry heartburn. I will swap … [Read more...]
URGENT: Public hearing on DFW’s air pollution
It's a public hearing on DFW's bad air. The whole region. See Facebook event page. Thursday, January 21st Public Comment begins at 6:30 pm 616 Six Flags Road, Arlington Our air is so dirty it requires a government plan to clean it up. This … [Read more...]
Why Austin’s gas plant is not like Denton’s gas plant
It's been said that Denton resident's are fundamentalist for opposing natural gas power plant(s) in town when Austin, the most progressive city in Texas, is planning on using a natural gas power plant. Austin's air reality is dramatically … [Read more...]
The Denton Power Plant Shell Game
The shell game (also known as Thimblerig, Three shells and a pea, the old army game) is portrayed as a gambling game, but in reality, when a wager for money is made, it is almost always a confidence trick used to perpetrate fraud. Wikipedia The … [Read more...]
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