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January 20, 2016 By Adam Rinkleff

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...]

Filed Under: Air pollution, economy, Environmental Injustice, global warming, Greed, Greenwashing, hydraulic fracturing, Methane, Sarcasm, sustainability

Deadly hydrocarbon gasses that kill workers are too close to homes

January 18, 2016 By TXsharon

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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...]

Filed Under: Air pollution

URGENT: Public hearing on DFW’s air pollution

January 12, 2016 By TXsharon

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...]

Filed Under: Air pollution

The Denton Power Plant Shell Game

December 31, 2015 By TXsharon

The shell game (also known as Thimblerig, Three shells and a pea, the old army game) is portrayed as a gambling game, but in reality, when a wager for money is made, it is almost always a confidence trick used to perpetrate fraud. Wikipedia The … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Air pollution, Denton, Methane

Open letter to Denton City Council

November 20, 2015 By TXsharon

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Any letter or email sent to the Denton City Council is subject to Public Information Requests so please excuse the redundancy in my title. Below is a letter I sent to the Denton City Council today regarding the DME "Renewable Denton" … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Air pollution, Denton, global warming, Methane

Don’t feed fracking Denton

November 16, 2015 By TXsharon

Don't feed fracking Denton

Will Denton feed fracking by building two new natural gas power plants? Here is the presentation I gave in Denton Sunday night at the meeting Councilwoman Keely Briggs held for the public. Sources Note: Much of the material for this … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Air pollution, Denton, global warming, Methane

Another worker death: Fracking fatal vapors

September 20, 2015 By TXsharon

Fracking fatal vapors

  Another worker death from fracking fatal vapors David Simpson died in Oklahoma where the medical examiner listed Simpson's cause of death as unknown but failed to do an autopsy that could have discovered the cause. Simpson was found slumped … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Air pollution, health, Methane

Deadly hydrocarbon fumes and fracking too close to homes

September 15, 2015 By TXsharon

Deadly Hydrocarbon Fumes

First get some tissues. Next: Read this tragic story about workers killed by deadly hydrocarbon fumes: How shale oil can kill Mike Soraghan, E&E reporter EnergyWire: Monday, September 14, 2015 When Joe Morales found him, Jim Freemyer was … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Air pollution, health

Video: Eagle Ford Shale Flares Effect Health and Climate

September 8, 2015 By TXsharon

Residents in the Eagle Ford Shale are suffering from multiple health issues associated with oil and gas production. Eagle Ford Shale Flares Effect Health and Climate In addition to volatile organic compounds VOCs that come with methane releases and … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Air pollution, Eagle Ford Shale, Flaring

VIDEO: Uncontrolled methane releases from fracking accelerate climate change

August 27, 2015 By TXsharon

Natural gas is methane. Methane is a powerful greenhouse gas that sticks around in our atmosphere for 100 years. Methane's global warming potential GWP is 86 times more than CO2 for the first 20 years it is in our atmosphere, then its GWP is about 25 … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Air pollution, Eagle Ford Shale, Karnes County, Methane

I’m back from fracking hell

August 26, 2015 By TXsharon

Eagle Ford Shale

I've spent most of this month in fracking hell in the Eagle Ford Shale. Most of the time, I was without an Internet connection and only had spotty cell reception so I'm out of it on several levels. It's hard to get back in stride again when there's … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Air pollution, Eagle Ford Shale, Methane

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