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Fracking has contaminated water. Expect more water and air contamination with LNG exports.

May 19, 2013 By TXsharon

Oh guess what? Contaminating and disrupting our water The state's case-based tally suggests the rate of drilling-related contamination incidents increased with the start of the Marcellus boom: Drilling damaged water supplies at a rate of more … [Read more...]

Filed Under: hydraulic fracturing, LNG, Water

Short Documentary: Methane in water causes well house to explode

May 11, 2013 By TXsharon

We've heard this story hundreds of times. Here are the Cliff Notes: Happy life, good water. Drilling and fracking comes. Water changes. Regulators side with industry. Explosion. Hospital, scarring, long recovery ? … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Canada, hydraulic fracturing, Water

Attention Texas Railroad Commission: Size matters!

April 29, 2013 By TXsharon

It's a proven fact that everything is bigger in Texas. Texas-sized is an expression that can be used in two ways: to describe something that is approximately the size of the U.S. state of Texas, or to describe something (usually but not always … [Read more...]

Filed Under: hydraulic fracturing, Texas Railroad Commission

FracFocus is fracked

April 23, 2013 By TXsharon

Surprise, surprise! FracFocus is hocus pocus! As reported by Mike Soraghan, April 23, 2013, "FracFocus has 'serious flaws,' Harvard study says." The report, titled "Legal Fractures in Chemical Disclosure Laws," echoes the complaints of … [Read more...]

Filed Under: hydraulic fracturing

New fracking well construction rules for Texas

December 13, 2012 By TXsharon

It's about time! The Texas Railroad Commission RRC has updated their well construction rules (to be adopted early next year) for the first time in decades. The last time the rules were updated was back in the 70s which is way before 2002 when … [Read more...]

Filed Under: hydraulic fracturing

Keeping dirty fracking secrets

November 30, 2012 By TXsharon

During the last legislative session in Texas, when the fracking disclosure bill was submitted, I warned that this weak disclosure bill would confuse the public into believing they were protected when they weren't. I was right. The media failed … [Read more...]

Filed Under: hydraulic fracturing

Drillers still using diesel for fracking.

November 28, 2012 By TXsharon

They are still fracking with diesel. They only report 43% of the chemicals used in fracking. 27,000 wells used at least 65.9 billion gallons of water – more water than goes over Niagara Falls in a day New Website Makes Information on Fracking … [Read more...]

Filed Under: hydraulic fracturing

Fracking victories at the voting booth

November 7, 2012 By TXsharon

Ballot Question 300: Longmont fracking ban storms to victory By Scott Rochat Longmont Times-Call Posted: 11/06/2012 The charter amendment bans hydraulic fracturing, or “fracking,” a process used by oil and gas drillers to crack rock deep below the … [Read more...]

Filed Under: hydraulic fracturing

New reports from Europe show fracking is not safe.

October 14, 2012 By TXsharon

There are several new reports from Europe that make fracking look like a monumentally bad idea. Amy Mall has condensed them all down to some concise bullet points. … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Europe, Germany, hydraulic fracturing

Proud I participated in this article that is devastating to fracking

September 19, 2012 By TXsharon

"America's hydraulic fracturing gold rush portends the greatest environmental disaster of a generation. ... "The natural gas industry has spent $747 million lobbying state and federal officials over the past decade, allowing it to continue drilling … [Read more...]

Filed Under: hydraulic fracturing

Updated: Is this Schlumberger’s new fracking propant?

September 7, 2012 By TXsharon

Update: If you thought I was kidding and that this post was all in fun, you were wrong. I have the best and smartest readers on the whole Internet who often send interesting items for me to post on my blog. Then I just post the funny part. I'm like … [Read more...]

Filed Under: hydraulic fracturing

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