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EPA Smacks Down Rick Perry and TCEQ

June 25, 2009 By TXsharon

I woke up this morning and looked out the window, across my pasture at a scene straight out of Mordor. The smog in Wise County, Texas where I moved 14 years ago to escape the pollution in Fort Worth is cloying today (I'll have pictures up later). … [Read more...]

Barnett Shale Earthquakes: Fracking Quakes on Front Page of NY Times

June 24, 2009 By TXsharon

In Switzerland they're fracking for geothermal and it induced more than 3,500 earthquakes!Deep in Bedrock, Clean Energy and Quake FearsAll seemed to be going well — until Dec. 8, 2006, when the project set off an earthquake, shaking and damaging … [Read more...]

Injection/Disposal Well Failure Dismissed by Texas Railroad Commission

June 23, 2009 By TXsharon

This Aledo disposal well less than a mile from a subdivision where people get their drinking water from groundwater opened 18 months ago and just received its first inspection due to a complaint.Does anyone else remember my post about John Tinterra … [Read more...]

Texas Water Supply Endangered by Drilling Waste

June 19, 2009 By TXsharon

Saint Jo is one of the most beautiful areas of North Texas. Big Oil wants to dump drilling waste on top of the Saint Jo water supply. Watch the WFAA news report.Kudos to Saint Jo mayor, Tom Weger, for fighting to protect the interest of … [Read more...]

Hydraulic Fracturing and Barnett Shale Earthquakes: Some Fracking History

June 16, 2009 By TXsharon

40 years ago, in an attempt to get gas out of shale in Colorado, they drilled to 8,426 feet and detonated an atomic bomb that produced a 43-kiloton blast (about three Hiroshima bombs). That did frack some gas up:"It released 455 million cubic feet of … [Read more...]

Barnett Shale Earthquakes: Does drilling for oil and gas cause or trigger earthquakes?

June 12, 2009 By TXsharon

Q: Does drilling for oil and gas cause or trigger earthquakes?A: Research carried out by UTIG scientists suggests that earthquakes in some parts of Texas may be induced by the pumping of fluids at oil and gas fields, or by the injection of fluids to … [Read more...]

Water Under Attack: Documentary by Josh Fox

June 12, 2009 By TXsharon

CAN YOU DO THIS WITH YOUR TAP WATER?Water Under AttackAn in progress documentary by Josh Fox about the largest domestic gas drilling campaign in historyGo watch the NEW trailer! … [Read more...]

Barnett Shale Earthquakes: Update

June 10, 2009 By TXsharon

There were 2 more earthquakes in Cleburne yesterday evening (that makes a total of 17 recent earthquakes). One happened during an emergency meeting where Cleburne officials were trying to decide what to do about the earthquakes.A plume of toluene in … [Read more...]

Barnett Shale Earthquakes Caused by Drilling Expert Says

June 9, 2009 By TXsharon

So far earthquakes in the Barnett Shale have been minor and only a nuisance. What happens if the earthquakes increase in magnitude as they did in Colorado where drilling caused a magnitude 5 earthquake that damaged property. Who pays for the damage? … [Read more...]

Barnett Shale: An Aerial View

June 8, 2009 By TXsharon

The following video contains a few of the 360 pictures taken on a short flight over small portions of Tarrant, Wise and Denton Counties. These pictures depict the destruction caused by natural gas production.What is the fuss about drilling a Barnett … [Read more...]

Cows Move to Curb Methane Emissions. Barnett Shale Drillers Continue Patronage to Pollute.

June 7, 2009 By TXsharon

What COWS Can Teach GAS DrillersEarlier this year, Stonyfield Farms, an organic dairy in Vermont, initiated a program to reduce cow emissions by adjusting their grain feed to include less corn and soy and more ingredients that mimic the grasses that … [Read more...]