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Eagle Ford Shale fracking video: Silica sand exposure during hydraulic fracturing

September 7, 2015 By TXsharon

Happy Labor Day! This video was filmed in Karnes County Texas on August 24, 2015, at 8:42 PM near the intersection of FM 2102 and FM 626. OSHA has issued a warning that silica sand exposure during hydraulic fracturing is a health hazard to workers. … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Frack Sand, health

Video: EagleRidge ignores fracking worker safety

October 16, 2013 By TXsharon

We already know that EagleRidge is a terrible neighbor! An EagleRidge Operating worker was indicted in June 2012 on a felony charge of illegally dumping. City employees visiting the company’s well site in the 3100 block of Airport Road found a … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Denton, EagleRidge, Frack Sand Tagged With: OSHA

Cooke County officials and EOG cut frack sand mine deal

April 15, 2013 By TXsharon

EDIT: It's actually Cooke County. I forgot that the mine was located very near the Montague/Cooke County line. So EOG moved the office/address of the mine slightly so they could avoid regulation by the Upper Trinity Groundwater Conservation District. … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Frack Sand, Montague County

Moratorium passed on frack sand mining

February 6, 2013 By TXsharon

Frack sand mining is finally getting on the radar. Allamakee supervisors approve frac sand mining moratorium No mining for at least 18 month while officials research potential ill effects Potential ill effects? Understatement much. WATER: … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Frack Sand

EOG dozes historical building next to frack sand mine

September 14, 2012 By TXsharon

EOG, aka Enron Oil & Gas Co. strikes again. The Fort Spunky house is next to the EOG Resources Inc. sand pit. EOG Resources, one of the largest independent oil and natural gas companies in the United States, is a major player in the Barnett … [Read more...]

Filed Under: EOG, Frack Sand

Take this nice fracking sand for your children’s sand boxes

July 31, 2012 By TXsharon

The fracking industry is hauling crystalline silica sand in uncovered, open top trains that allow the sand to blow into communities and spill along the railway. We have seen these trains hauling silica sand through Arlington, TX. When the silica … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Frack Sand

Fracking jobs pay great but the risk from explosions and chemical exposure is high

July 26, 2012 By TXsharon

Four workers in Illinois were injured, three seriously, when preparations for a frack job went wrong and a tank exploded. Exposure to cancer causing silica is high and the toxins could kill you. Here's a video I made a couple of years ago that … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Explosions, Frack Sand

URGENT NOTICE: Meeting about North Texas air and water tomorrow night

July 10, 2012 By TXsharon

Notice from Save the Trinity Aquifer: SAVE THE TRINITY AQUIFER July 10, 2012 To friends of the Trinity Aquifer: EOG Resources and the TCEQ surprised us with a six day notice of a public meeting focused on the EOG sand mine in northwest Cooke … [Read more...]

Filed Under: EOG, Frack Sand, Montague County

Frack Sand: Another impact from the Frack Attack

June 29, 2012 By TXsharon

Frack sand mining. I've blogged about it before. Few people know about frack sand mining and the impacts it has on our water, air, land and health. When you think about the water used for fracking, double that to include the water used to wash … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Frack Sand

Frack Sand Mining News

January 4, 2012 By TXsharon

If you want to read the latest news on frack sand mining, HERE it is. You can see the most amazing map of frack sand mines in Wisconsin HERE but I warn you: it's not for the faint of heart. It's hard to comprehend the full extent of the … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Frack Sand

Fracking sand is finally on the radar

September 21, 2011 By TXsharon

Love the title on the first one. Sand mining emerges as another fracking threat Same article but with a great photo Critics of energy 'fracking' raise new concern: sand Farmer at one proposed Texas site cites 'air quality concerns, concerns … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Frack Sand

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