Like his owners, he suffered from rashes. He also had a tumor. Besides Mike, he was Myra's best friend. People and animals can't live there. UPDATE: Here is a picture of the late Mr. Bean. He was only two. … [Read more...]

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By TXsharon
Like his owners, he suffered from rashes. He also had a tumor. Besides Mike, he was Myra's best friend. People and animals can't live there. UPDATE: Here is a picture of the late Mr. Bean. He was only two. … [Read more...]
By TXsharon
I have a twisted sistah in the Marcellus who reminds us that April is poetry month. 17 Ways to Look at Pipeline Spills (with apologies to Wallace Stevens) Last year, in the US alone, there were 364 spills from pipelines. This year, as of February … [Read more...]

By TXsharon
Exxon spilled 84,000 gallons of crude oil in Arkansas and a legal loophole will let them get away with it Last week a pipeline carrying tar sands oil from Canada to the US broke, spilling thousands of gallons of dirty crude in Mayflower, … [Read more...]
By TXsharon
If you want these bills to move out of committee, please pick up the phone and make some calls. It's not hard, it doesn't take long and you can normally just leave a message. HB 379 by Lon Burnam – assesses fee on wastewater injection to encourage … [Read more...]
By TXsharon
The appeals court did not agree with activist Judge Loftin's ruling in the Range Resources Parker County water contamination case. “The court must abate the proceeding to allow the successor to reconsider the original party’s decision,” the Texas … [Read more...]
By TXsharon
Well, DUH! A 65-year-old pipeline ruptured and vomited up a lake of tar sands bitumen death in Arkansas. A 65-year-old pipeline!!! Twenty-something homes have been evacuated and XOM is unsure if the spill can be cleaned up enough for people to go … [Read more...]

By TXsharon
I went for a walkabout this past week with a journalist. Here's a new gas processing plant I found not far from where I used to live. It has 5 compressors, a flare or two and some separation equipment. It stank with an overpowering, sickly sweet … [Read more...]

By TXsharon
From a reader: BOOGER COUNTY gets watered down with some of that 'produced water'--helps the drought, ha! Happy Easter. … [Read more...]
By TXsharon
Our regulators don't get too excited if the fracking mafia makes families sick and turns their American Dream into a nightmare. But, kill a bird and it's a different story. Thank you little birdie for your sacrifice. … [Read more...]
By TXsharon
This is how it starts. It always starts with the fracking industry making a mess and harming people. Those people contact me. I received a letter from the Eagle Ford Shale (Karnes City) and it told of rashes, nosebleeds and misery. I received … [Read more...]

By TXsharon
Texas will not consider man-made earthquakes in any overhaul of drilling and fracking rules despite the fact that the National Academy of Sciences found "earthquakes associated with drilling can pose a risk to public health and … [Read more...]