The GAO just released a study that found states either misreport or inaccurately report data so the EPA's ability to identify serious water problems is compromised. Here are a few highlights: A 2007 audit of 14 states found 543 health-based … [Read more...]
Seismic vibrations shake things up in Fort Worth
On July 10th, I posted a blog about the seismic testing in Fort Worth. So far there has been no response from Councilwoman Kathleen Hicks to the questions in the open letter. Seismic continues and a number of Fort Worth residents are pretty shaken … [Read more...]
Flower Mound passes groundbreaking drilling ordinance
Tonight Flower Mound Town Council passed drilling and pipeline ordinances (ordinance) that are surely the strongest in the Barnett Shale and likely the strongest in the nation. The majority of the citizens who spoke were for passage of the … [Read more...]
Announcing a brand new Bluedaze
This is the new, improved Bluedaze made for me by Runner Susan of Sumi Designs. This is where I will be busting the chops of the BigGasMafia and the fracking gasholes. So, go ahead and change your bookmark now. The old Bluedaze will still be there … [Read more...]
They’re exporting gas in record amounts
Be sure to give this article to the next person who tells you that we have to contaminate our air and water and poison whole neighborhoods so we can be energy independent. Gas glut fuels record U.S. exports to Mexico BLOOMBERG NEWS July 16, … [Read more...]
Before I got gas
I had a different life. (I don't say, "I had a life" because that implies that this is not a life. This is my life now. And, it's okay, I accept it.) That different life started every day with a cup of coffee in the garden.In a garden, you can teach … [Read more...]
See. I told you. It’s the Big Gas Mafia
Chesapeake is going to drill you whether you like it or not.Regardless of what happens in this case, he told the commission, the well will be drilled. And, "our well will drain all the gas." … [Read more...]
Heh, I signed the frack bill today in Denton
Today I was in Denton to sign that frack disclosure bill--heh, heh--and I also shot up a couple of coyotes. I hope other states will follow the Texas disclosure bill because then the gas companies will give me lots of … [Read more...]
Carbon Dislufide found above safe levels in Fort Worth
We won't know what the report really says until we read the damn thing. As one friend put it: The executive summary is awfully "squishy" for there to be nothing. But apparently there were 5 sites with high emissions and...They keep trying to sweep … [Read more...]
Ed, is that egg on your face?
Oh, Dear Readers! You are going to love this.At the TCEQ public hearing on the new smog plan this morning, Ed Ireland, the main spokesperson for industry in the Barnett Shale, was irate with the TCEQ because he said they "wildly" overstated the … [Read more...]
Fort Worth air study
Just remember, the report will come with a big dose of spin, like always. We won't know the real answers until the raw data is digested which will take several weeks. … [Read more...]
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