Fracking News
FBI Scrutiny in Denton Mailboxes Did you receive a shiny mailer today in your mailbox that includes a link to a website that claims there is FBI scrutiny in Denton and warning of subversives among us who are practicing civil disobedience and even … [Read more...]
When the Wind Blows is my favorite book from, at least, the past couple of years. I confess: I cried when I read it but the tears were from relief. This is a gentle, beautiful book that instills hope and left me thinking: Okay, it's not that hard so … [Read more...]
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...]
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...]
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...]
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...]
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...]
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...]
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...]
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...]
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...]