I've been way too busy to keep up with all the news lately so this is a compilation. Fracking Jobs: OIL FIELD SERVICES: Workers in Eagle Ford file suit over wages, hours Gayathri Vaidyanathan, E&E reporter Published: Monday, January 14, … [Read more...]
New information bubbles up in Lipsky case
Did I read this right? Did Range hold their cooperation in the fracking study for ransom so the EPA would drop charges in the Lipsky case? And the EPA paid the ransom but left a family holding the bag? Does anyone remember that a family in Parker … [Read more...]
Everybody run the Texas Railroad Commission has a gun
SMITHERMAN TEAMS UP WITH NRA TO OFFER CHL CLASSES RRC Chair, executive director say they’ll take the class themselves Texas Railroad Commission Chairman Barry Smitherman has enlisted the National Rifle Association to conduct an agency-wide concealed … [Read more...]
1000 day anniversary of BP spill and a video showing how industry kills science
Today is the 1000 day anniversary of the BP spill. People are still suffering. Get more information on health impacts from LEAN. … [Read more...]
Denton public health and safety at risk from weak gas well ordinance
Tomorrow the Denton City Council will have a public hearing and most likely vote to approve the latest gas well drilling ordinance. This ordinance will not protect public health, property values or the Denton way of life. If you care about the … [Read more...]
Benzene detected at Chesapeake Barnett Shale facility in Fort Worth
You might remember this video: Disturbing videos show massive VOC leaks from Chesapeake Fort Worth facilities ShaleTest made a complaint to the TCEQ when they took the video. TCEQ did air sampling and found benzene over the long-term exposure levels. … [Read more...]
Dallas ants stand up against dirty fracking trickery
In December, the Dallas City Planning Commission denied 3 permits for wells in a Dallas park that is also in the flood plane. For some wiggly reasons, they decided to resurrect these permits for consideration. I think it might be because a super … [Read more...]
Are tougher rules coming for the fracking man camps?
RQ-1103-GA Go to: http://www.texasattorneygeneral.gov/opinions/opinions/50abbott/rq/2013/pdf/RQ1103GA.pdf Received: Friday, January 4, 2013 Re: Whether a county may regulate, as a subdivision, the partition of a tract of land in the … [Read more...]
Dear Denton: Are you as good as Southlake?
Tell the city to stop with the bull. Southlake prohibited compression facilities within the city. Also "no refining process or any process for the extraction of hydrocarbon products shall be performed at a drill site or operation site except that … [Read more...]
Mayday Dallas! See the ways they will frack your children.
Dallas wants to frack your children. The Luna South Gas Processing Facility (Luna) that Dallas City Planning Commission is considering is similar--but worse--to the Argyle Central Facility (ACF). Permits without rules and math that doesn't … [Read more...]
Promised Land quotes Range Resources’ Matt Pitzarella
Edit (I just noticed that the first part of my first sentence disappeared. I am keeping my son's dogs and all the dog wrangling has me distracted. The edited part is in bold.) Promised Land used an adapted quote from Matt Pitzarella, Director of … [Read more...]
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