From Greenwire:WATER: Dallas struggles to secure adequate resources (Wednesday, July 15, 2009)Cities surrounding the Dallas-Fort Worth area have resisted efforts to share their water supplies."It's an environmental equity issue," said David Feldman, … [Read more...]
Hydraulic Fracture: Super Easy Action to Support the FRAC Act
NRDC has made it super easy to take action to protect our water.Industry is spending millions in propagand--$44.9 in first quarter 2009--to combat the FRAC Act that will allow citizens to know what chemicals are used near their drinking water and … [Read more...]
Barnett Shale Drilling Emissions: Harmful to Lungs Even in Rural Wise County
Your Lungs Hate DFW's Air...the American Lung Association doesn’t mince facts: it gave Dallas, Collin, Tarrant and Denton counties F’s for several nasty sounding pollution varieties.Picture from Getty imagesThe smog and ozone is not confined to the … [Read more...]
DFW 10th Worst Ozone Air Pollution
Does anyone else feel like crap from breathing the bad air around here? DFW is rated as the 10th worst Metropolitan area for ozone and air pollution by the American Lung Association. And we are well on our way to having air as bad as Houston.I … [Read more...]
Hydraulic Fracture: Oops! Wrong Formation!
As I've mentioned previously, if you listen closely, you will catch Big Gas telling the truth. In the following example, Bill Barrett of Denver-based Bill Barrett Corp. admits that his company's fracturing has gone in the wrong formation.Four wells … [Read more...]
Hexavalent Chromium Used for Hydraulic Fracturing
Here's another case where people were exposed to hexavalent chromium used in drilling operations. In this case soldiers serving in Iraq were exposed to hexavalent chromium used to prevent corrosion.Kellogg, Brown & Root Services Inc., or KBR, … [Read more...]
Barnett Shale Earthquakes: Yeah, Another One
It's the 7th in Cleburne and about number 20 or so for this area.Remember, when you cash that royalty check that damage, like that $100,000 to the Scouting Museum, from these quakes along with the risk from pipelines will cause your insurance rates … [Read more...]
Midland Hexavalent Chromium Contamination Spreads. Hydraulic Fracture Giant Still Prime Suspect.
Imagine waking up one morning and having no safe water at all. In a recent radio program about Peak Water, Maude Barlow said: The day will come--mark my words--when every single thing we do will be measured against what it does to water. For people … [Read more...]
Barnett Shale Earthquakes: Back to the Cowboy’s Stadium and Environmental Injustice
Environmental Injustice in Barnett Shale: Cowboys Stadium more important than neighborhoodsCliff notes: There is no problem drilling in neighborhoods, but the brakes come on when it comes to the new Cowboys Stadium.Maybe Jerry Jones knows something … [Read more...]
This Bridge Fuel is Hard on the Planet and Communities
Drilling related traffic fatalities are mounting:A woman in Cleburne was killed when pipe fell off a truck onto her vehicle. The company involved, Pioneer Drilling Company, hid the driver's extremely poor driving record.Wrongful death case involves … [Read more...]
Encana Gas Well Sprays Smelly Substance on Neighbors
This isn't the first time an Encana well has erupted into a "geyser." It happened in Colorado or Wyoming. It was Colorado for sure. Smelly Substance Rains Down on Keller NeighborhoodWhat I find most sad is one resident who took great care with her … [Read more...]
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