By Amber On the evening of January 15th as I was driving home, a tanker truck was stopped slightly to my side of the middle of County Road 205 in Wilson County, outside of Poth, TX. It looked as if the tractor trailer had just turned out of the … [Read more...]
Search Results for: Illegal dumping
Drilling waste dumped illegally in Freestone County
I blogged about the woman in Freestone County who chained herself to a tree trying to keep XTO from further damaging her land and releasing H2S gas.Now drilling waste has been dumped illegally on her land. LINK to article (thanks to David, reader … [Read more...]
Driver forced to illegally dump drilling waste.
I have heard second-hand stories about truck drivers being forced, under threat of losing their jobs, to dump their loads of drilling waste illegally. I've even seen the damage done by illegal dumping. Before last night, I was never lucky enough to … [Read more...]
TCEQ report of Eagleridge blowout sanitized, City of Denton has eMail blowout with toxic leak
UPDATE: Also see "Gas leak now called blowout" The Department of Sanitation: The initial emissions report from TCEQ regarding the Eagleridge blowout in Denton has been sanitized. Thankfully Cathy McMullen copied the original report from the … [Read more...]
Let’s talk about that foaming fracking water runoff from Magnablend
Huge thanks go to Brett Shipp for staying on this story. To recap: A chemical plant blew up and I knew right away that fracking was involved. Chemical fire spawns fish kill, criminal investigation Waxahachie chemical firm cited for … [Read more...]
Our water: How the Big Gas Mafia is like a wolverine
New water restrictions came in my mailbox yesterday--STAGE 3. These are the days I can water: November - 10 & 24 December - 8 & 22 January - 5 & 19 February - 9 & 23 March - 8 & 22 Stage 3 has quite a few additional … [Read more...]
Eagle Ford Shale town overrun with oil field workers
A little damper on all the hype of the Eagle Ford Shale. This is how it starts. Little by little people start to realize that this oil and gas boom is not all good.I have already been contacted by several people in the Eagle Ford. One lady has … [Read more...]
Eagle Ford called King Kong of shale
If you live in the Eagle Ford Shale area and if you are concerned about environmental damage to your air, water and land, please contact me.I know La Salle County has already had some illegal dumping. … [Read more...]
Denton Creek foam from Barnett Shale waste
Back in February, I posted that I was getting reports about illegal dumping of produced water in the Denton Creek Watershed.Today I received this message and photo:This right at the intersection on the side of the road where Gilbow dumped the … [Read more...]
BREAKING: Toxic spill at Range Resources Barnett Shale gas well in Denton, Texas
The foreman at the Range Resources Barnett Shale drill site, which is right across the street from a neighborhood, McKenna Park and the hospital, has just confirmed to the city that they had a spill of drilling mud.An email from a resident:At 1845 I … [Read more...]
Flower Mound tests Drilling Waste Water
Oh, it's just salt water. That's all. And traces of "other elements."But, what about all those fires at salt water disposal wells? I didn't know salt water would burn. Throw a match in the "The Great Salt Lake in Utah" and see what happens. I'm … [Read more...]