This is breaking news!The results of an Ambient Air Monitoring Analysis contracted by Mayor Calvin Tillman show "amazing and very high levels" of toxins.DISH, Texas, a tiny community in Denton County, is the epicenter of Barnett Shale drilling … [Read more...]
Industry Presentation Admits Water Contamination from Hydraulic Fracturing
I've said this before, but it bears repeating: I love it when you catch Industry accidentally telling the truth.Here's another time when an industry consultant told the truth. The following slide is from a presentation given by Harry Vidas, Natural … [Read more...]
Cabot AND Halliburton Share Responsibility for Dimock Spill
I've been wondering why all the focus is on Cabot when Halliburton was the company performing the fracking on the Dimock spill. Typically, the contracted fracking company takes over the drilling site during the fracking.From ProPublica:The spills … [Read more...]
NPR’s Half-assed Attempt at Redemption Re: Natural Gas
Unlike their previous reporting industry commercials, this latest piece at least make a small mention of water contamination.Water Contamination Concerns Linger For Shale GasMy favorite comment:Tom Gjelten comes to Jesus:Today, in a sidebar interview … [Read more...]
Gas Couplings Are "Ticking Time Bomb"
Three Million dangerous couplings need removal and regulators are negligent. Brett Shipp has worked on this investigation for two years.The warning from Don Deaver, a pipeline safety engineer from Lake Conroe, follows last spring's near-fatal house … [Read more...]
Dimock Spill: Violation Notice to Cabot. What About Halliburton?
Pennsylvania's DEP issued a press release today giving Cabot a "notice of violation" and orders to clean up the spill--as if that's possible. But there is not one mention of Halliburton, the contractor doing the fracking. In fact, Halliburton has … [Read more...]
The Invasion of Oilfield Hands in Marcellus Shale
A first person account:I saw some pick-up trucks today in the dollar store parking lot, they had Alabama plates. They had stickers on the back windows that announced the Rig the guys worked on. It was RIG 80. When a rig moves the number goes with it. … [Read more...]
NPR’s Misleading Report On Natural Gas
NPR is doing a 3 part series fracking commercial on for natural gas without one mention of drilling waste, industry exemptions, pollution or any downside.Don Young said... Misleading, my ass! This report is a gift-wrapped present to Boone Pickens … [Read more...]
VIDEO: Drilling Waste Kills Fish in Dunkard Creek
Drilling Waste Kills 161 Species in Dunkard Creek … [Read more...]
Dear EPA: If you think TCEQ is bad, check out the TRC
The Dallas Morning News gets tough with TCEQ!EPA right to get tough with TexasThey even use one of my favorite terms:The Texas Commission on Environmental Quality has long been a reliable protector of polluters.The editorial also slaps down Rick … [Read more...]
Dumbest of All, Fort Worth Ranked Last in Education
In Fort Worth lettering on buses says:"Thanks Barnett Shale for Better Schools"The irony burns! Today we learned that Texas schools rank #51 in the nation and Fort Worth schools rank at the rock bottom of Texas schools. You have to be pretty stupid … [Read more...]
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