Fracking News
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...]
We need a rapid shift from the fossil fuel paradigm. Paradigm- noun: a theory or a group of ideas about how something should be done, made, or thought about. Simple definition, Merriam-Webster. Denton Municipal Electric (DME) created the … [Read more...]
National Renewable Energy Laboratory's (NREL) Ella Chow says that Denton fracked gas power plants are not needed. NREL will help Denton Municipal Energy (DME) find a way to go 100% renewable now. But some on the Denton City Council are refusing to … [Read more...]
Here is some of the latest environmental news: The Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection has admitted that nobody knows how much methane is being leaked into the air by industrial hydraulic fracturing ('fracking'). According to … [Read more...]
The Centers for Disease Control (CDC) has released a new report about deadly hydrocarbon gasses: Harrison RJ, Retzer K, Kosnett MJ, et al. Sudden Deaths Among Oil and Gas Extraction Workers Resulting from Oxygen Deficiency and Inhalation of … [Read more...]
I spent several days in Oklahoma where I attended an earthquake town hall meeting, an earthquake hearing and did some sightseeing. Earthquakes caused by fracking activities are also called frackquakes, which causes the industry heartburn. I will swap … [Read more...]
It's a public hearing on DFW's bad air. The whole region. See Facebook event page. Thursday, January 21st Public Comment begins at 6:30 pm 616 Six Flags Road, Arlington Our air is so dirty it requires a government plan to clean it up. This … [Read more...]
It's been said that Denton resident's are fundamentalist for opposing natural gas power plant(s) in town when Austin, the most progressive city in Texas, is planning on using a natural gas power plant. Austin's air reality is dramatically … [Read more...]