Fracking, it's a lot to swallow. This is a Big Gulp fracking post and it may be a lot to swallow for some of the new communities where residents are just beginning to try to get their arms around the complexities of fracking's impacts and how to … [Read more...]
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Water: the common denominator driving fracking opposition
Whether it's water contamination, water depletion or earthquake inducing water disposal, water concerns are uniting a diverse group of Texans from all across the state to oppose fracking. WATER BANKRUPTCY: Where has all the water gone? The … [Read more...]
Money trumps fracking earthquakes
Get outta the way--we're fracking here! Groningen gas fields - the Dutch earthquake zone By Anna Holligan BBC News, May 18, 2013 There exists a consensus among all parties - including the gas companies - that the process of extracting the gas … [Read more...]
Photos: Power outage caused upset at Phillips 66 refinery in Sweeny
The photos below were sent by a reader. There was a power outage on May 11. ConocoPhillips refinery and chemical plant, Sweeney, Texas. Did not make local or Houston news. They won't even get a fine. Texas New Mexico is their power provider, and … [Read more...]
UPDATE: Texas 83rd Legislature: Good Bills and Bad Bills
Thanks to Cyrus Reed, Lonestar Chapter of the Sierra Club for compiling this list. We may be adding additional bills later. I am going to update this post as we ID other bills to support or oppose. BAD BILLS WE OPPOSE: HB 1496, by Rep. Van … [Read more...]
Texas Railroad Commission Sunset Hearing and An Explosive Idea.
I just got home from Austin where I attended the Sunset Commission hearing on the Texas Railroad Commission. Most of the Sunset Committee members were AWOL when citizens were making comments, which was disappointing. The members who stayed, got an … [Read more...]
More criticism on flawed natural gas export study
The Department of Energy commissioned a report on natural gas LNG exports by NERA Economic Consulting, a company with close ties to the gas industry and the rightwing Hudson Institute. The report has already been called fatally flawed by Economist … [Read more...]
The Tobacco Mafia, the Fracking Mafia and the EPA
"JUNK SCIENCE AT THE EPA.'" EPA taking "extreme positions not supported by science." If you think the above comes from the fracking industry, you are correct. If you think it came from the tobacco industry, you are also correct. The fracking … [Read more...]
Qatar to export U.S. domestic fracked gas from Texas terminal
Oh snap! There goes more of our domestic--national energy security--fracked natural gas. State-run Qatar Petroleum International owns 70% of Golden Pass, a company the Energy Department just granted a permit to liquify U.S. domestic fracked gas … [Read more...]
My Weekend: Fracking, H2S gas, the beach, friends & food, wind energy & Hell on Earth
Friday I drove through the Eagle Ford Shale on the way to Corpus Christi for a viewing of the documentary, Split Estate. Although Corpus residents are no strangers to the petroleum industry, the crowd was shocked to learn the truth about fracking. … [Read more...]
Should the U.S. be fracked to supply foreign nations with gas?
Love this framing. Fracking? For whom? U.S. exports of natural gas would come at huge risks to our environment By BRUCE FERGUSON, Commentary Finally consider this: If the U.S. does export shale gas, it will be supplying countries like France … [Read more...]