Fracking News
Setback distances in Texas are not protective of public health and safety: Assessment of expert opinion on sufficient setback distances for unconventional oil and gas development (UOGD): 89% of the participants agreed that the minimum safe … [Read more...]
Denton HugGate Part 2 The Denton HugGate scandal becomes more intriguing with another dispatch (below) from former Denton City Councilor Pete Kamp. Kamp recently sent a TMWBR secret email to everyone in her contact list. The email was also … [Read more...]
UPDATE with a FLIR video showing emissions from the exact plants Denton wants to build. HugGate: newest threat in Denton, Texas In a secret email sent out to everyone on former City Councilor Pete Kamp's contact list and widely circulated on … [Read more...]
Dear President Obama Film Screening With Jon Bowermaster Dear President Obama Film and world adventurer, Jon Bowermaster will be in in Denton Wednesday, April 20 at 6 PM - 9 PM UNT campus, ENV bldg, Room 130. 1704 West Mulberry St. Denton, … [Read more...]
FBI Scrutiny in Denton Mailboxes Did you receive a shiny mailer today in your mailbox that includes a link to a website that claims there is FBI scrutiny in Denton and warning of subversives among us who are practicing civil disobedience and even … [Read more...]
When the Wind Blows is my favorite book from, at least, the past couple of years. I confess: I cried when I read it but the tears were from relief. This is a gentle, beautiful book that instills hope and left me thinking: Okay, it's not that hard so … [Read more...]
Learn from the experts why we don't need fracked gas power plants Friday, March 25 at 6 PM UNT campus, ENV bldg, Room 130. 1704 West Mulberry St. Denton, TX 76201 It's the meeting the Denton City Council should have had to discuss our options … [Read more...]
Yesterday, I made a new friend named Ralph at the EagleRidge gashole in Denton, Texas. UPDATE: They have fixed the fence but not mowed the thistle patch or completed the required landscaping. Ralph lives in the Meadows of Hickory Creek … [Read more...]
The choice is not hard I disagree that Denton has a hard choice to make as put forth by Adam in the title to his most recent blog post but I'm happy to see the progression from his "I'm warming up" to gas plants statement. But Adam's comment to … [Read more...]
Way back in 2011, I told you that Fracking takes some balls--big balls of steel that sometimes fall from the sky. This little known hazard of fracking created an entrepreneurial opportunity. Now fracking has new, improved, high tech balls that … [Read more...]
Attend the public hearings on fracking-related air pollution For the past year I have been travelling the country exposing otherwise invisible air pollution from fracking and fracking-related development. In 2014, Earthworks was able to buy a … [Read more...]