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Eagle Ford Shale Health Impacts

August 8, 2016 By Priscilla Villa

In a recent article written by San Antonio Express-News reporter Jennifer Hiller, she poses the question, Is the Eagle Ford oil boom making people sick? The question remains, is it making people sick? Some might be tempted to answer this question … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Eagle Ford Shale, Environmental Injustice, health, Texas Environment, TX Tagged With: Eagle Ford Shale, health, Karnes County, oil and gas

ICYMI: Proof EPA methane rules needed

September 10, 2015 By TXsharon

EPA methane rules needed

EPA methane rules needed ICYMI: I was in the Eagle Ford Shale most of August. The first 11 days, I visited some oil and gas facilities and recorded, with Earthworks' FLIR camera, huge, uncontrolled methane and volatile organic compound releases that … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Eagle Ford Shale, Methane

Video: Eagle Ford Shale Flares Effect Health and Climate

September 8, 2015 By TXsharon

Residents in the Eagle Ford Shale are suffering from multiple health issues associated with oil and gas production. Eagle Ford Shale Flares Effect Health and Climate In addition to volatile organic compounds VOCs that come with methane releases and … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Air pollution, Eagle Ford Shale, Flaring

VIDEO: Uncontrolled methane releases from fracking accelerate climate change

August 27, 2015 By TXsharon

Natural gas is methane. Methane is a powerful greenhouse gas that sticks around in our atmosphere for 100 years. Methane's global warming potential GWP is 86 times more than CO2 for the first 20 years it is in our atmosphere, then its GWP is about 25 … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Air pollution, Eagle Ford Shale, Karnes County, Methane

I’m back from fracking hell

August 26, 2015 By TXsharon

Eagle Ford Shale

I've spent most of this month in fracking hell in the Eagle Ford Shale. Most of the time, I was without an Internet connection and only had spotty cell reception so I'm out of it on several levels. It's hard to get back in stride again when there's … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Air pollution, Eagle Ford Shale, Methane

UPDATE: Aerial photos of Encana fracking blowout in Karnes County

June 4, 2015 By TXsharon

Encana Blowout

UPDATE: Karnes residents still evacuated after well blowout. From May 19th to June 6th and still counting. UPDATE: A Big Encana Blowout Boo Hoo. A huge thanks to Greenpeace for the flyover photos showing the damage from the Encana blowout in … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Eagle Ford Shale, Encana

TCEQ REFUSED TO RESPOND WHILE THIS AIR POLLUTION TRAVELED 20 MILES

April 13, 2015 By TXsharon

TCEQ

Oil and gas has taken over Texas and no one is coming to help. The amount of air pollution boiling out scared me! Marathon's Sugarhorn facility is a chronic offender so I knew I would see emissions. I always see emissions at the Sugarhorn. But I … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Air pollution, Eagle Ford Shale, HB 40, HB 40, TCEQ, TX Lege 84

Fracking Air Pollution in Aggie Land

February 6, 2015 By TXsharon

power to the people to stop fracking shale oil and gas development

College Station and fracking. The January 22nd College Station City Council meeting looked awfully familiar to me. Citizen after citizen spoke during the hearing on the proposed ordinance for drilling. They were well informed. They asked for a more … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Citizen Empowerment Project, College Station, Eagle Ford Shale

Eagle Ford Shale M3.0 earthquake

January 31, 2015 By TXsharon

There was a M3.0 earthquake in the Eagle Ford Shale yesterday 14 miles west of Karnes City. This is what the area looks like on Google Maps. Scientists say the geology in the Eagle Ford Shale is complex and seismic activity there is associated … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Eagle Ford Shale, earthquakes Tagged With: Eagle Ford Shale, earthquake, fracking, induced seismicity

SOS sent from Karnes County in the Eagle Ford Shale

July 3, 2014 By TXsharon

This are photos of a flare from Marathon Oil Company's East Sugarloaf facility in Karnes County taken by a resident. East Sugarloaf started today at 2:30 with this awful pollution and I have picture documentation.  I also called TCEQ but got a … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Eagle Ford Shale

Photo: Pioneer Natural Resources dirty flares in Eagle Ford Shale

June 28, 2014 By TXsharon

This is such a common sight in the Eagle Ford Shale that people are almost immune it. These dirty flares were seen on CR 119 just north of Yorktown. And here is the sign that shows they are Pioneer flares. Nice cornfield but I'll pass … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Eagle Ford Shale

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