Another dispatch from Calvin Tillman, Mayor of DISH, TX, who has his own blog now.Here in the Town of DISH we are at the crossroads of almost a dozen high pressure natural gas pipelines, as well as an equal amount of gathering lines. We are also … [Read more...]
Hey Rivercrest, Nice Tiki Torch Compliments Chesapeake Energy
Chesapeake is flaring a Barnett Shale gas well near Rivercrest.From OGAPFlaringFlaring is the practice of burning gas that is deemed uneconomical to collect and sell. Flaring is also used to burn gases that would otherwise present a safety problem. … [Read more...]
Will Railroad Commissioner Negligence Bar-B-Que DISH, TX?
Another dispatch from Calvin Tillman, Mayor of DISH, TXFor the past several years, there has been an almost constant odor of natural gas surrounding the Town of DISH, TX. This led most of us to wonder about the dangers of inhaling this on a constant … [Read more...]
Natural Gas Drilling Emissions to be Regulated by EPA
EPA to Propose Regulating Greenhouse Gas EmissionsBy Juliet EilperinWashington Post Staff WriterFriday, April 17, 2009; 11:18 AMLate last month EPA sent the White House a formal finding that greenhouse gases endanger public health and welfare; the … [Read more...]
Salt & Chlorides In Trinity Aquifer. Hello? Barnett Shale? Hydraulic Fracture?
I wonder how all those "dissolved solids and chlorides" got in the Trinity Aquifer?Salty water leaves sour taste for Artesia residentsKirl said the water tastes bad and has a pungent odor, so her family is buying its drinking water in big jugs. "We … [Read more...]
Eminent Domain in Barnett Shale and Marcellus Shale
From Jerry Lobdill,Retired ChemistAuthor of Statistical Analysis of “Significant Incident” Data for Barnett Shale Gas WellsThis problem is exacerbated by a culture of entitlement in the O&G industry that goes back almost 100 years. It is also … [Read more...]
Texas Railroad Commissioners Assist Big Oil With Propaganda Campaign
Let me start off by saying:Natural gas/Derivative is a FOSSIL FUELNOTAn Alternative FuelNice try Commissioners.Oh! This really burns me up! Today is the most beautiful day I've ever seen and here I am, spending my lunch hour at Starbucks because … [Read more...]
Barnett Shale Creates Disposable Citizens
The City of Arlington, Texas has a Gas Drilling and Production (GDP) Ordinance that calls for a 600 foot setback to protect citizens from the many, documented dangers and health risks from living near gas wells, but under pressure from industry and … [Read more...]
"The Bluff"
Known as a "strategic lawsuit against public participation," a SLAPP suit is meant to intimidate, exhaust and silence critics. Widely considered an affront to the First Amendment, 26 states and one U.S. territory have adopted some kind of statutory … [Read more...]
Chesapeake Energy had a Fracking Chemical Spill in Fort Worth
Does it seem odd that there was no word of this in the Star-Telegram?Apparently Chesapeake Energy had a fracking chemical spill, from an email:A new witness spoke about a significant incident at a CHK site on Henderson recently in which there was a … [Read more...]
Bradford County, PA Commissioner McKlinko Goes Klunk
It's too bad the Bradford County, PA Commissioner's fact finding trip turned into fluff finding or McKlinko would have known about Big Oil's MANY exemptions from our federal environmental laws.In light of the exemption that has been granted to the … [Read more...]
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