Fracking News
This past week there were several Texas frackquakes but I was too busy with the unnatural disaster in Austin to mention those. I'm taking a few minutes to get caught up This past week in Texas frackquakes M2.8 in Western Texas on March 21, 2015. … [Read more...]
Right now in Austin the oil & gas industry is working through the Texas Legislature to strip away the decades old right of Texas cities to protect their citizens. These elected officials are completely out of touch with the reality of … [Read more...]
Monday, people from many areas of Texas converged in Austin to oppose H.B. 40 and H.B. 539. H.B. 40 is the Fracking Loophole Bill and H.B. 539 is the Punishment Tax Bill. H.B. 40, as written, will overturn almost a decade of my work in the … [Read more...]
Monday Morning Fracking Marching Orders Fight back against the Texas Legislature's "nuclear" attack on Texas Cities. H.B. 40 and H.B. 539 The oil & gas industry has pulled the strings of their Austin puppets. They are using the Denton … [Read more...]
There is a giant fracking loophole in H.B. 40! Representative Drew Darby's bill, H.B. 40, has a giant fracking loophole that allows industry to just say no to any restrictions on their operations in our neighborhoods. "Commercially reasonable" is … [Read more...]
One Size Doesn't Fit All in Texas CLICK HERE: Tell the Energy Resources Committee to keep fracking control local HB 40 and HB 539 will stop city regulation of oil and gas. Texans who want to protect their homes and families have worked for … [Read more...]
Here are the bills scheduled for a hearing today in the Energy Resources Committee. The meeting starts at 2:00 pm today so you need to weigh in before then. HB 497 Wu - Relating to the applicability of the law governing saltwater pipeline … [Read more...]
Phil King's Fracking Nanny Bill Tabled The State Affairs Committee tabled Phil King's Fracking Nanny Bill, H.B. 540. Thank you to everyone who called, wrote and to the few who showed up to testify. The bill was tabled in committee. The committee did … [Read more...]
Armor Piercing Fracking Explosions in Your Backyard? Today three men from the same family lost their lives when a pulling unit exploded in Upton County. It is unknown at this time what caused the explosion. But it could have been caused by armor … [Read more...]
We just had another Irving Texas fracking earthquake this afternoon. This one was a M2.3. Event Page. I'm not surprised because there have been many quakes in Oklahoma today and some were over M3 make that a M4.0 this evening. That shakes things up … [Read more...]
Update: This bill was tabled in committee. New post with all the details. The HB 540 Nanny Bill makes cities ask permission of the state. The HB 540 Nanny Bill requires home rule cities to ask for the Attorney General's permission before passing a … [Read more...]