Imagine my surprise to learn that only 2% of Texans own minerals rights. The rights of 2% of Texans override the rights of 98% of Texans. Tricia Davis who is the president of the Texas Royalty Council wrote an essay supporting HB40, the bill … [Read more...]
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LIST: Potential coalition partners to restore local control.
With HB40, the oil and gas industry, through the Texas Legislature, used a big government power grab to strip local control of drilling activities from Texas cities. This is a list of cities known to have drilling ordinances. But there could be … [Read more...]
UPDATE: Texas Railroad Commission to rename Arlington gas well blowout well
Boots & Coots, a Halliburton well control services company, has been working through the night to get control of an Arlington gas well blowout in a neighborhood. So far, attempts to get control have been unsuccessful. This is the first blowout in … [Read more...]
Fracking Air Pollution in Aggie Land
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...]
Fracking emissions bad enough to cause death or severe health impacts
The fact that breathing hydrocarbons can be lethal should not surprise anyone. Breathing hydrocarbons kills babies and adult oilfield workers. What you may not realize is that these same hydrocarbons are in the air venting from the oil and gas … [Read more...]
In the beginning: Fracking in Denton
In the beginning... Cathy McMullen evacuated Wise County because she was surrounded by fracking. She moved to Denton where she thought it would be safe. Shortly after Cathy, I evacuated Wise County because we were surrounded by fracking. We … [Read more...]
Mansfield Mayor Pro Tem conflicted on fracking
We already know that Stephen Lindsey, Mansfield's mayor pro tem, works for Quicksilver Resources UPDATE: was laid off from Quicksilver Resources because they have filed chapter 11 bankruptcy protection. I've blogged about that before. In a recent … [Read more...]
Success for Frack Free Denton while city continues to fail
Yesterday the City of Denton validated the signatures on the fracking ban petition. Now the initiative will go to the city council and they have 60 days to hold a public hearing where they will, most likely and again, ignore the will of the people … [Read more...]
Whodunit? Oily substance covers Mansfield’s Woodland Estates neighborhood.
The rumor is... Mansfield's Woodland Estates neighbors woke up last Saturday to find their yards, cars swimming pools and a nearby pond covered in a tan-ish colored oily substance. They scratched their heads and cleaned it up, which was not an … [Read more...]
The fracking noise is hell
This is a well written, in depth look at a subject that usually gets overlooked in the concerns about chemical exposures but it is probably the one thing that neighbors complain about most when fracking moves into the neighborhood. Compressing … [Read more...]
Videos, air sampling reveal Denton City’s broken promises to monitor fracking pollution
A press release from Denton Drilling Awareness Group has a series of FLIR GasFindIR videos taken over a period of several weeks and results of air sampling done in a backyard during flowback. The videos show that emissions of volatile organic … [Read more...]