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100% Renewable Denton Town Hall Meeting

March 17, 2016 By TXsharon

Learn from the experts why we don't need fracked gas power plants Friday, March 25 at 6 PM UNT campus, ENV bldg, Room 130. 1704 West Mulberry St. Denton, TX 76201 It's the meeting the Denton City Council should have had to discuss our options … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Denton

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EagleRidge gashole endangers Denton children

March 16, 2016 By TXsharon

Yesterday, I made a new friend named Ralph at the EagleRidge gashole in Denton, Texas. UPDATE: They have fixed the fence but not mowed the thistle patch or completed the required landscaping. Ralph lives in the Meadows of Hickory Creek … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Denton, EagleRidge

This is not a hard choice: not one more fracked gas power plant

February 19, 2016 By TXsharon

The choice is not hard I disagree that Denton has a hard choice to make as put forth by Adam in the title to his most recent blog post but I'm happy to see the progression from his "I'm warming up" to gas plants statement. But Adam's comment to … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Denton, global warming

Fracking has new balls.

February 15, 2016 By TXsharon

Way back in 2011, I told you that Fracking takes some balls--big balls of steel that sometimes fall from the sky. This little known hazard of fracking created an entrepreneurial opportunity. Now fracking has new, improved, high tech balls that … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Uncategorized

Stop fracking with our public lands

February 12, 2016 By TXsharon

Attend the public hearings on fracking-related air pollution For the past year I have been travelling the country exposing otherwise invisible air pollution from fracking and fracking-related development. In 2014, Earthworks was able to buy a … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Uncategorized

Oops! Denton interprets Cornell research from fossil fuel paradigm

January 31, 2016 By TXsharon

  We need a rapid shift from the fossil fuel paradigm. Paradigm- noun: a theory or a group of ideas about how something should be done, made, or thought about. Simple definition, Merriam-Webster. Denton Municipal Electric (DME) created the … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Denton, global warming, Methane

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Renewable Energy Expert: Denton fracked gas power plants not needed

January 22, 2016 By TXsharon

National Renewable Energy Laboratory's (NREL) Ella Chow says that Denton fracked gas power plants are not needed. NREL will help Denton Municipal Energy (DME) find a way to go 100% renewable now. But some on the Denton City Council are refusing to … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Denton

Environmental News

January 20, 2016 By Adam Rinkleff

Here is some of the latest environmental news: The Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection has admitted that nobody knows how much methane is being leaked into the air by industrial hydraulic fracturing ('fracking'). According to … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Air pollution, economy, Environmental Injustice, global warming, Greed, Greenwashing, hydraulic fracturing, Methane, Sarcasm, sustainability

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Deadly hydrocarbon gasses that kill workers are too close to homes

January 18, 2016 By TXsharon

The Centers for Disease Control (CDC) has released a new report about deadly hydrocarbon gasses: Harrison RJ, Retzer K, Kosnett MJ, et al. Sudden Deaths Among Oil and Gas Extraction Workers Resulting from Oxygen Deficiency and Inhalation of … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Air pollution

Report from Oklahoma earthquake hearing

January 17, 2016 By TXsharon

I spent several days in Oklahoma where I attended an earthquake town hall meeting, an earthquake hearing and did some sightseeing. Earthquakes caused by fracking activities are also called frackquakes, which causes the industry heartburn. I will swap … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Uncategorized

URGENT: Public hearing on DFW’s air pollution

January 12, 2016 By TXsharon

It's a public hearing on DFW's bad air. The whole region. See Facebook event page. Thursday, January 21st Public Comment begins at 6:30 pm 616 Six Flags Road, Arlington Our air is so dirty it requires a government plan to clean it up. This … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Air pollution

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