Fracking News
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...]
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...]
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...]
It's been said that Denton resident's are fundamentalist for opposing natural gas power plant(s) in town when Austin, the most progressive city in Texas, is planning on using a natural gas power plant. Austin's air reality is dramatically … [Read more...]
The shell game (also known as Thimblerig, Three shells and a pea, the old army game) is portrayed as a gambling game, but in reality, when a wager for money is made, it is almost always a confidence trick used to perpetrate fraud. Wikipedia The … [Read more...]
When children are very young, their parents are like god. That doesn't last long. As children grow up, they start to question. If you are a smart parent, you support the questioning, admit when you are wrong, and apologize often. My … [Read more...]
Denton has achieved some notoriety as the first town in Texas to ban fracking. In November 2014, a public referendum was held on this issue, with nearly two-thirds of the community voting against the industrial extraction of methane within city … [Read more...]