Fracking News
I drove to desolate, hideous, Midland, Texas recently for the first time in 20+ years. If you want to motivate people to switch to clean energy and get off fossil fuels, send them to Midland. The road to Midland goes past (not through) Snyder, … [Read more...]
Irony Alert: Senator Craig Estes tried to amend SB 212 to strip out one of the ethics provisions. Estes was highlighted in the Texas Observer article "Lifestyles of the Corrupt and Elected." The bill will change the RRC name to Texas Energy … [Read more...]
Ammonium nitrate is used in mining. Mining = fracking. Storage of ammonium nitrate was blamed for the tragic explosion in West, Texas. Wise County seems to be the prize winner in the ammonium nitrate storage category for the Barnett Shale area. … [Read more...]
UPDATE: Also see "Gas leak now called blowout" The Department of Sanitation: The initial emissions report from TCEQ regarding the Eagleridge blowout in Denton has been sanitized. Thankfully Cathy McMullen copied the original report from the … [Read more...]
I might have mentioned the recent news that the EPA reduced their estimates of methane emissions but now I have even more and better information. This is the information that needs to be reported. First, the bottom line: Methane levels are way too … [Read more...]
Upstream, The International Oil & Gas Newspaper, did a short profile of me for their February 22 issue, Vol 18, week 8. It was written by Noah Brenner who reminds me of an old-time journalist--real reporter not a stenographer--who strives to put … [Read more...]
Come to our nation's capital to tell your fracking story! The Stop the Frack Attack Network is calling on fracktivists everywhere to come to our nation's capital to tell the real story about oil and gas drilling! Despite the dirty and … [Read more...]
It's interesting they set aside $35 million for a case they claim they are sure to win. Range Resources sets aside $35 million for Oklahoma royalty lawsuit I snagged this purely speculatory comment off Tim's Facebook: Range is going to … [Read more...]
Dear Readers, You aren't going to believe this. I sure can't believe it. But D Magazine nominated my little old blog for the "Best of Big D." It's really real. You can see for yourself, I'm item 23. In order to win, you have to go vote everyday … [Read more...]
The Associated Press headline reads "EPA METHANE REPORT FURTHER DIVIDES FRACKING CAMPS." Kevin Begos (I might have mentioned him previously) leads with a false statement about environmentalists being divided by the news on emissions. Then, as he … [Read more...]
It's a proven fact that everything is bigger in Texas. Texas-sized is an expression that can be used in two ways: to describe something that is approximately the size of the U.S. state of Texas, or to describe something (usually but not always … [Read more...]