Learn from Wise County's mistakes! Don't merely extend the moratorium.Make the injection well moratorium permanent!City Council Agenda:SUBJECT: Adopt Ordinance Extending the Moratorium on the Acceptance of Applications for Salt … [Read more...]
How is TxDOT like Texas Railroad Commission?
Both agencies are funded with our tax dollars and both are charged with serving the best interest of the public but TxDOT is on a wrong road and Texas Railroad Commission has derailed.Group gets more time to build case against TxDOT … [Read more...]
EcoApartheid Happens in Wise County Too
EcoApartheid is immoral. It happens most often where people are poor, underprivileged and undereducated. It happens in places like this:Winona, TXPanola, TXand Wise County, TXEco-Equity with Van Jones … [Read more...]
Will Sen. Estes Investigate the RRC for Malpractice?
It's not likely. But, that was the request made of him by Tracy at the Town Hall Meeting tonight.Here's the text of the request:My name is Tracy XXXXX and I live in Greenwood between Decatur and Gainesville. It is my understanding that the Railroad … [Read more...]
I Channeled David Van Os at the Town Hall Meeting With St. Sen. Craig Estes
State Senator Craig Estes was in Decatur, Texas tonight for a Town Hall Meeting. He urged us to tell him what was on our minds. So, I channeled David Van Os, who is one of my heroes, and with righteous indignation I delivered something like the … [Read more...]
Smoking! Drilling Rig Diesel Pictures
Diesel emissions cause cancer.More pictures of the Barnett Shale drilling rig I affectionately call, Old Smokey. This time the smoke is boiling out and blowing north. Click to enlarge … [Read more...]
Update: Injection Well Fire in Keene.
Monday, an injection well in Keene caught fire. We now know the man who was burned is from Chico in Wise County and was working for Chico Auto Parts but we still don't know his condition. He was taken to Parkland in Dallas.Apparently no one's … [Read more...]
I’m So Happy For Them
From the Wise County MessengerDEVON CELEBRATION - Devon Energy, the largest natural gas producer in Texas, will celebrate the company's 1,000th horizontal well drilled in the Barnett Shale natural gas field today at an event at Texas Motor Speedway. … [Read more...]
Want Cancer? Move to Texas.
Oh boy! This is discouraging. Out of 254 Texas counties, Wise County is number 33. Of Course Harris is #1 with all the oil and gas refineries there that's no surprise. The Barnett Shale drilling has contributed significantly to Wise County air … [Read more...]
BREAKING: Breasts Found More Dangerous Than Gas Wells
Despite all today's news about the dangers of gas wells, pipelines and injections wells, Fort Worth residents found breasts more dangerous than any of the above.Residents try to stop proposed strip clubBy ALEX BRANCHStar-Telegram Staff WriterFORT … [Read more...]
RRC to Stephens County: If I can’t smell it, the Benzene doesn’t exist.
Railroad commission closes investigation despite scientific evidence of benzeneJay Marcom's land, about 1,500 acres in SE Stephens and NE Eastland Counties, had a bare spot where nothing would grow and he noticed "yellowish liquid" oozing (ew) out of … [Read more...]
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