I am still trying to process what I saw and heard last night at Denton's City Council meeting (minutes and video). The gory details are summed up in the Denton Record Chronicle. Fracking dispute erupts at City Hall Residents take to podium again … [Read more...]
Updated with audio: Fracking executive confirms: Homeland Security thinks fracktivists are terrorists
UPDATE: AUDIO now available According to comments made by Mark Grawe, Chief Operating Officer at EagleRidge Energy (EagleRidge), Denton, Texas residents who object to his company's reckless operations way too close to their homes, schools and … [Read more...]
Update: IR Video: EagleRidge flowback vapors at UNT Apogee Athletic Stadium
This video was taken by Calvin Tillman of ShaleTest using a FLIR GasFindIR HSX camera. This camera makes visible the volatile organic compounds (VOC) that are invisible to the naked eye. The site is operated by EagleRidge Operating LLC and is across … [Read more...]
Videos show why Denton air as bad as Houston’s
Denton and Houston have the worst air in the state of Texas according to this year's average ozone readings. Sperlings says Denton's air ranks a 1.8 out of 100 with 100 being the best air. Bad air is tied to all kinds of health concerns (see below) … [Read more...]
EagleRidge “does not use gas flaring,” except when they use gas flaring
In a response to the City of Denton, EagleRidge Energy listed several things they do or don't do when drilling in our backyards. You can read the full response HERE, but we have confirmation that you cannot depend on what they say. I want to call … [Read more...]
FLIR video shows EagleRidge emissions in Denton, Texas
It's hard to tell young mothers, retirees, teachers, nurses and workers that they are going to be poisoned. But that's what I had to do tonight at a packed community meeting in Denton. Here is a photo I snapped of the EagleRidge rig as I was … [Read more...]
Whose values is Denton’s gas well administrator promoting?
On October 3, 2013, there was a "gas drilling open house" for the Vintage neighborhood where EagleRidge is drilling and fracking way too close to homes. Mark Grawe, EagleRidge Energy’s executive vice president and Darren Groth, Denton Gas Well … [Read more...]
EagleRidge causing problems in Mansfield and Denton
It's bad behavior by the oil and gas industry that has turned the public against fracking. In a recent Pew Poll, 49% of Americans said they were against fracking. A UT poll found an even split between fracking supporters and fracking opposition but … [Read more...]
Video: EagleRidge ignores fracking worker safety
We already know that EagleRidge is a terrible neighbor! An EagleRidge Operating worker was indicted in June 2012 on a felony charge of illegally dumping. City employees visiting the company’s well site in the 3100 block of Airport Road found a … [Read more...]
Royalty Payments and Other Ways Fracking Screws Us
So, you thought you were going to get rich off shale oil and gas royalties. I've said before, the only ones getting rich are the drillers and frackers and large land owners. And as I've also said before: Someday our children will ask how much we got … [Read more...]
The news about the Denton blowout is worse than you think.
Something terrifying is buried in today's Denton Record Chronicle article, Few answers in April gas well blowout. I'm going to bury it here too so you will need to keep reading. But here's a hint: Sounds like 1st ---------> Three months ago … [Read more...]
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