The Texas Cloverleaf asks if John Cornyn and Kay Bailey Hutchison want more HIV in the global pandemic? Our TX Senators were 2 of the 16 votes against the latest HIV/AIDS bill in the Senate this week that passed overwhelmingly.WCNews at Eye On … [Read more...]
Thank Phil King: Texas Electricity Deregulation Leads to Highest Prices in the Nation
Texas Electricity Deregulation Leads to Highest Prices in the NationFrom today’s Wall Street Journal:Texas had some of the cheapest power rates in the country when it zapped most of the state’s electric regulations six years ago, convinced that … [Read more...]
Fire Water: With Compliments From EnCana
I enjoy a good cocktail from time to time, but this kind of Fire Water gives me gas!This is part of a very long article, “Citizen EnCana,” that appeared in Fast Forward, Calgary’s News and Entertainment Weekly. Fast Forward spoke with 20 farmers and … [Read more...]
Another Story of Water Poisoned by Gas Wells
Water woesWells contaminated at site of gas leakState officials have tested Steiner's water and told him in a letter that it contained amounts of iron, manganese and other contaminants above the standards for safe drinking water.It also had enough … [Read more...]
The Domestic Drilling Agenda: How We Can Protect Ourselves From the Environmental Devastation
Repeal the exemptions and close the loopholes in our federal environmental laws that let the oil and gas industry pollute our environment and endanger our health.The domestic drilling agenda is proceeding at a frenzied pace and creating massive … [Read more...]
Lon Burnham Gets Snarky on the Shale at Birthday Party
God Bless Lon Burnham! Let's keep him in office.As seen in the FWWeekly Blotch:Chesapeake "whore-d’oeuvres" will be a new item on the menu at State Rep. Lon Burnam’s annual birthday bash Tuesday night. Burnam describes the dish as “white fluffy … [Read more...]
Heedless Rush to Oil Shale
Finally someone speaks some common sense.Heedless Rush to Oil ShaleBy Ken SalazarTuesday, July 15, 2008; Page A19 … [Read more...]
Poisoned Aquifer: Barnett Shale, fracing up our water.
"...He told me not to use it for anything-not for showering, cooking, feeding animals, not even for watering the grass."Read it on Texas Kaos … [Read more...]
Pending Court Ruling has Barnett Shale all Fraced Up.
Have you been a victim of subsurface trespass? If you live on top of the Barnett Shale, it’s possible.Dispute has industry, mineral owners nervous. Hydraulic fracturing is not a precise science—it’s hard to control the length and direction of the … [Read more...]
Oil Exports Soar! Big Oil Caught With Pants Down!
First they said that High Impact Shale drilling at home would make us safer from the terrorists. The truth is that we get none of our gas from the Middle East. Most of our imported gas comes from Canada. Now they push for access to our precious … [Read more...]
For Some Barnett Shale Residents, It’s a Third World Country
This is Part 2 in a series of stories about people whose lives have been devastated by Barnett Shale drilling. Read about it on Texas Kaos. … [Read more...]
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