I posted recently about Governor Rick Perry's pick for the top environmental position in Texas:Global Warmng Denier Appointed State's Top Environmental OfficialGovernor Rick Perry of Texas Pokes The Eye of the Federal EPA and Appoints a Climate … [Read more...]
Barnett Shale: In Your Backyard
Coming Soon to a backyard near you YOUR backyard. How would you like to wake up one day and see a drilling rig in your backyard? Oh, and you don't own any mineral rights, only the surface.This picture of a drilling rig on an Aruba Petroleum … [Read more...]
"Clean-burning" Natural Gas = Ozone Forming Methane
Fort Bend Gas Well Blowout Finally Capped
I posted about the gas well blowout in Fort Bend where the gas was shooting out of the wellhead so forcefully and blowing up so high that they made the area a no-fly zone. That's methane and hydrocarbons from the formation shooting into our … [Read more...]
Barnett Shale: The Big Takeover
Hard-hitting reporting that exposes so many of the dirty secrets and dirty practices by Big Gas. (Don and I were saving the Fort Worth Public Library story. Yeah, they changed the name after Chesapeake took over.)The Big TakeoverBy Peter GormanFort … [Read more...]
Picture: Bull Sick From H2S Gas?
This is from a regular reader who is quite familiar with oil and gas practices.Sick bull near low lying area near creek. This is near an Amine Gas Treating Plant in Booger County. There was a "death cloud" of gas in area early on 8/16/09 AM, … [Read more...]
Mercury contamination is widespread.
Mercury was detected in all fish sampled from 291 streams across the U.S.From USGSIt comes "predominantly via atmospheric deposition." That would be dirty industry--coal, natural gas, cement plants, etc.--spewing mercury into our air.I wonder how … [Read more...]
Natural Gas Well Blowout Could Last for Days
Fort Bend well blowout could last for daysA natural gas well blowout in northwest Fort Bend County that began Tuesday morning could last for days before the system is fixed, authorities said.Louisiana Gas Development Corp., which operates the well, … [Read more...]
Freestone County Gets Air Monitor!
This is great news for the folks in Freestone County who have been suffering from poor air quality. Take note Wise County Commissioners!New Air Monitor in Freestone County On August 17th, 2009 the elected officials of Freestone County set a new … [Read more...]
Haynesville Shale Look to Future of Bad Air
link fixedThe Shreveport Times is doing a good job reporting some of the downside of shale drilling.Drilling could impact region's air qualityMaybe they're learning from our mistakes. … [Read more...]
Louisiana Concerned About Drilling Incidents and Environment
Why aren't we?Recent incidents raise issues on drilling, environmentI wasn't aware of all these incidents. … [Read more...]
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