Fracking News
Faced with widespread municipal opposition, oil and gas industry backs big government power grab Earthworks | Denton Drilling Awareness Group | Earthjustice | Natural Resources Defense Council May 18, 2015 Austin, TX - Today Texas Governor … [Read more...]
More stripping away of local control from our cities brought to you by the oil soaked Texas Legislature. HB 2595 - Relating to the use of municipal initiative and referendum to restrict property rights. This is the killing of citizen ballot … [Read more...]
On Mother's Day in Carrizo Springs, Texas, lightning exploded another oil and gas facility. Lightning Sparks Fire Near Carrizo Springs VIDEO Posted: Sun 10:47 PM, May 10, 2015 I went by this well tonight and took a FLIR video showing the air … [Read more...]
Frackquakes new Texas normal. Thank you fracking: frackquakes new Texas normal. What's undisputable, however, is a new reality for Texans. They need to understand that "some parts of Texas are in earthquake country now," Mark Peterson, chief of the … [Read more...]
Three days after Drew Darby steamrolled HB 40 through the Texas Legislature, leaving cities with little control over oil and gas development, residents in North Texas experienced a lightning strike at one well and a M4.0 earthquake. There were also … [Read more...]
It's not a good idea to frack your mother. Unpleasant consequences could follow. Yesterday a dear reader reminded me that not everyone is on Twitter and Facebook, which is where I put a lot of the fracking news these days. Here is a compilation of … [Read more...]
I've been watching all the hoopla over the Texas Supreme Court's ruling in the Range Resources SLAPP suite against the Lipskys and Alisa Rich. I used to be the first to weigh in on this case. Now I'm often the last but I have fun watching everyone … [Read more...]
Frackquakes visited North Texas this morning with a M3.1 in Irving and frackquakes are on the Energy Resources Committee agenda in Austin tomorrow morning. Update: Another one! M2.5. Event page. AND another one! M2.7. Event Page. Another! … [Read more...]
Mansfield Texas home buyers beware! That brick wall near your new home might be hiding something deadly. And your neighborhood lane might be the route for trucks hauling hazardous materials. Mansfield Homes within 100 feet from gas wells The … [Read more...]
HB 40 Because LNG Exports Are LNG exports behind the push to remove all constraints from fracking? The United States is poised to flood world markets with once-unthinkable quantities of liquefied natural gas as soon as this year, profoundly … [Read more...]
I won my first trophy for horsemanship when I was four. I've spent a lot of my life horseback so I learned early that it's not smart to squat with your spurs on. The fracking industry keeps using psyops and intimidation thinking it will stop fracking … [Read more...]