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Several days worth of devastating fracking news

November 25, 2014 By TXsharon

I need to recap the recent bad news for fracking because it's coming fast and furious and I will need to find it later. First, listen to my favorite fracking song. The Trade by Anne Hills. +++ Why the Scientific Case Against Fracking Keeps … [Read more...]

Some comments about the M3.3 earthquake in Irving

November 23, 2014 By TXsharon

I no longer report every frackquake that happens in this area. Who can keep up with them all? And unlike in the beginning when anyone suggesting a link to fracking and earthquakes was shouted down, now days it's an accepted fact. But the M3.3 quake … [Read more...]

Texas: Our Democracy at Risk

November 19, 2014 By TXsharon

Texas legislature: put your money where your mouth is Tell Phil King that if he tries to overturn the Denton fracking ban, he IS big government Texas Representative Phil King was elected promising to fight big government and protect local … [Read more...]

More hazardous gases detected at fracking facility in Denton.

November 18, 2014 By TXsharon

On October 18, 2014, Cathy McMullen and I took air samples at the EnerVest drill site on Masch Branch and Hampton in Denton, Texas. Wind direction was ENE at 4.5 mph. The downwind sample detected 18 toxic and hazardous gases and methane. Benzene … [Read more...]

Frack Free Denton: Moving forward to the next phase

November 16, 2014 By TXsharon

We won! In a landslide vote, a solidly Republican city that tried for years to find a way to live with fracking voted to ban it because they have learned that fracking is not compatible with a healthy city. And it's common sense that healthy … [Read more...]

Verified: Fracking 200′ from homes is protection Texas Railroad Commission style

November 13, 2014 By TXsharon

People in Denton tried for years to find a way they could live with fracking. We tried to negotiate with industry for reasonable rules that would keep their fracking pollution from trespassing onto our property and into our children's bedrooms. We … [Read more...]

Denton fracking ban: Media takes the Jim Crow bait

November 8, 2014 By TXsharon

To all the media who thought the sketchy press release from the oil and gas industry and an anecdotal rumor from one student was news, here is your assignment -----> The industry's typical plan of attack--bullying, scare mongering and burying … [Read more...]

Random thoughts with updates about the Denton fracking ban.

November 5, 2014 By TXsharon

The vote to ban fracking in the city limits of Denton was a landslide. Do not forget that the people of Denton have been struggling for five years to achieve some level of "responsible" from the oil and gas industry. This did not happen because … [Read more...]

A Medical Perspective on Oil and Gas Development

November 3, 2014 By TXsharon

This is a presentation given in Mansfield, TX by Anne C. Epstein MD, FACP Lubbock TX Board of Health. This presentation clearly shows that fracking is a serious threat to health and should never be in neighborhoods. Health Risks of Oil and … [Read more...]

Denton: Fatal vapors sign could come to your backyard soon

November 2, 2014 By TXsharon

This is a sign from a frack site 200' from a family's backdoor. Thirty-percent of Denton city limits is permitted to allow fracking 200' or less from homes. Vote FOR the proposition to prohibit hydraulic fracturing in the city limits of Denton. … [Read more...]

Verified: frackers think status quo is “responsible drilling”

October 31, 2014 By TXsharon

Yesterday residents in Denton were treated to yet another mailer from the people who support "Responsible Drilling." This one, from the wife of one of the two board members, was particularly offensive. See larger version HERE The mailer reminded me … [Read more...]