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Oilfield worker critical after abandoned well explodes in Robertson County

July 10, 2014 By TXsharon

Robinson Robertson County aka Booger County. From KTBX Bryan/College Station. The injured young man is 25-years-old and has burns on his head and neck. An updated report says he is in critical condition. I'm betting we never find out … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Booger County

Stuck on Stupid: Fracking industry’s “new” public relations strategy

July 10, 2014 By TXsharon

The American Petroleum Institute has new guidelines for how to be better neighbors and corporate citizens. In issuing the “community engagement guidelines,” API seems to be tacitly acknowledging that oil and gas companies were slow to respond to … [Read more...]

Filed Under: PSYOPS

UPDATED: SCAM ALERT: Texas mineral owners receive letter from Texas Royalty Council

July 8, 2014 By TXsharon

I had to update this because the lies are getting bigger and BIGGER. See below. The Texas Royalty Council sent a misleading letter to royalty owners urging them to oppose the Denton fracking ban. The letter is titled Mineral Owner WARNING … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Denton

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

Paid AstroTurf group circulating petition to support fracking in Denton

July 3, 2014 By TXsharon

AstroTurf - refers to apparently grassroots-based citizen groups or coalitions that are primarily conceived, created and/or funded by corporations, industry trade associations, political interests or public relations firms. The Rumor Someone in … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Denton

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

Residents near fracking poisoned in their sleep

June 26, 2014 By TXsharon

New research from the Southwest Pennsylvania Environmental Health Project (SWPA-EHP) used an aggressive indoor air monitoring program to show that particulate matter spikes at night while residents are sleeping inside homes near fracking-enabled … [Read more...]

Filed Under: health Tagged With: fracking, health, Methane, volatile organic compounts

New research shows more methane leaking than previously thought

June 26, 2014 By TXsharon

This article, Research raises new concerns about climate impact of natural gas, by Gayathri Vaidyanathan for E&E News,  requires a subscription but I don't want you to miss the information so I'll summarize. Update: Link to full article in … [Read more...]

Filed Under: GHG, global warming, Methane Tagged With: fracking, global warming, Greenhouse Gas, Methane, Natural Gas

New evidence: fracking health impacts are worse than we thought

June 24, 2014 By TXsharon

There are some important new studies about how fracking-enabled drilling harms health. Information is coming so fast it's hard to keep up with it all. Air pollution 'can cause changes in the brain seen in autism and schizophrenia' Male brains … [Read more...]

Filed Under: health

Some issues with AP’s article about the Denton fracking ban

June 21, 2014 By TXsharon

There are so many issues with AP's recent article about the Denton fracking ban that I feel compelled to set things straight. Money for nothing. These two opening paragraphs certainly do sound sensational and make it seem like fracking has … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Denton

Flare pictures from Karnes County

June 20, 2014 By TXsharon

In the meantime, things are only getting worse  for the people in Karnes County. This is a flare at Marathon's Sugarloaf Facility taken by a resident on 5-29-14. I have more pictures from this facility and some FLIR video. A flare on FM … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Eagle Ford Shale

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