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My new gig: Texas Bill Country

March 18, 2009 By TXsharon

Texas Bill CountryTracking bills in the legislature … [Read more...]

County Noise regulations to curb Barnett Shale compressor noise

March 18, 2009 By TXsharon

Bills relating to county authority to regulate noise:HB736 (Quintanilla, D, A) Relating to authorizing county regulation ofnuisances and disorderly conduct. This bill would empower counties toregulate many activities and to shut them down as a … [Read more...]

VIDEO: Cattle Drink Barnett Shale Drilling Waste

March 16, 2009 By TXsharon

YouTube stripped the sound track, Cheeseburger in Paradise out of this video so I guess you'll just have to hum.U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service conducted a study in December 2000 titled, Wildlife Mortality Risk in Oil Field Waste Pits. Findings from … [Read more...]

Wendy Davis Files Bill to Help Barnett Shale Victims in Rural Areas

March 15, 2009 By TXsharon

Wendy Davis has filed a bill that would give unincorporated county area more control over drilling activity! The Star-Telegram didn't give the bill number and I couldn't find it on the Texas Legislature Online. … [Read more...]

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March 14, 2009 By TXsharon

A head with a heartPresident and CEO of Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center Paul Levy may have found an alternative to layoffs. … [Read more...]

Spill Disaster in Queensland

March 14, 2009 By TXsharon

http://www.reuters.com/article/environmentNews/idUSTRE52C05020090313Disaster declared after Australia oil spillQueensland state Premier Anna Bligh declared Moreton Island, Bribie Island and southern parts of the Sunshine Coast as disaster zones after … [Read more...]

Environmental Injustice in Marcellus Shale

March 13, 2009 By TXsharon

A glass of milky brown drinking water from a residential well in Dimock, Pennsylvania, after natural gas drilling operations began nearby. (Photo: Tim Shaffer / Reuters)for background see: Cabot Guilty of Failure to Protect Water in Marcellus … [Read more...]

Barnett Shale: The Worst Case Scenerio In DISH, TX

March 13, 2009 By TXsharon

For some background see: Deep Dish - A look at a town crisscrossed with pipelines Video documentary. BREAKING: Chesapeake Energy Reneges on Promises and Makes Veiled Threats Protect Yourself From Eminent Domain and Other Abuses of Pipeline … [Read more...]

Marcellus Shale: SPLASHDOWN! Defend our water now

March 12, 2009 By TXsharon

I A new website covering Marcellus Shale drilling issues:SPLASHDOWN … [Read more...]

Bradford County, PA Commissioners, What Happened to That Fact Finding Mission?

March 12, 2009 By TXsharon

Last summer a county commissioner from Bradford County, Pennsylvania, which sits on top of the richest part of the Marcellus Shale, contacted me because he and his colleagues were planning a shale drilling “fact finding” trip to Wise County, Texas, … [Read more...]

Economic Impact of Oil & Gas Drilling: The "Toll on Roads"

March 12, 2009 By TXsharon

Argyle figures out cost of gas drilling’s toll on roadsBy Peggy Heinkel-Wolfe / Staff WriterARGYLE — Engineers have come up with a figure for the town to rebuild its roads so that they can handle drilling traffic: $311,520 per lane per mile. Also … [Read more...]