tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-326204342009-11-04T08:43:00.247-06:00Dedicated to exposing the collateral damage to our vital natural resources, quality of life and personal property caused by natural gas drilling.TXsharonnoreply@blogger.comBlogger1823125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32620434.post-29262202421677737422009-11-04T08:43:00.000-06:002009-11-04T08:43:00.342-06:00

Toxic Chemicals on TapHow Natural Gas Drilling Threatens Drinking WaterEnvironment Texas released a new study today that details how natural gas development can endanger our water. Steps we should take to protect our water from the executive summary:Avoid Toxic ContaminationReplace dangerous chemicals in fracturing fluids with safer alternatives; andSend wastewater to facilities capable of

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Does Chesapeake’s No-Drilling Pledge Do Enough to Protect NYC’s Watershed?Last week they said: Company says NYC Watershed More Important Than Profit From a Gas WellNow they are saying it would be "improper" to ban drilling in any part of the state.This country used to have enough sense to know that there were some areas where drilling should never, ever occur but that was before George Bush and

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Thank you Senator Davis!Lawmaker calls for action after toxin found at gas operations VIDEO"It seems as though there are some very serious health concerns that should cause us alarm," Davis said. It is not just DISH, TX! If you have been following my coverage of Aruba Petroleum Operations I received this from Christine last night.I can't get any further than a mile away. Half the time they have

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Currently, 34 states are experiencing the ravages of natural gas development. Unconventional shale drilling for natural gas is touted in industry propaganda as our "clean energy" bridge to a new energy future. Recent reporting drives a stake into the heart of the natural gas as "clean energy" myth and exposes the reality:Health Issues Follow Natural Gas Drilling In TexasMy comment:Thank you for

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Gathering Line - a special pipeline that transports gas from the field to the main pipeline.The Gathering Line is a round-up of oil & gas drilling news brought to you by National Alliance for Drilling Reform (NA4DR), a broad alliance of grassroots activists from states across the nation that are affected with drilling development.This week's Gathering Line is too scary for HalloweenPeacegirl

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Dunkard Creek fish kill: Perfect Storm for Fish KillThe algae flourished because the water was salty.Officials don't know how the invasive algae got into Dunkard Creek, but believe it flourished because of massive amounts of salty pollution from coalmines and gas drillingWhy are we allowing pollution in our water?NPR's story on Gas Compressors in the Barnett Shale will air on Morning Edition on

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Trailer:Tammy Cromer-Campbell's Upcoming DocumentaryWinona, TXPanola, TXDon't Drink the Water

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If you are an operator in the Barnett Shale this is mandatory continuing education.If you kill all of us, who will buy your gas? Source Reduction Staying in the Black While Going Green: How to Make Your Investments in Emission Reduction Pay Off Wednesday, Nov. 18, 200912:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.The Penn Stater Conference Center HotelState College, Pennsylvania Want to improve the bottom line

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The Texas Progressive Alliance reminds you to get out and vote on Tuesday. Here are this week's highlights.Aruba Petroleum is drilling a Barnett Shale gas well in the backyard of Tim and Christine. Their property was taken, it's value diminished, they were threatened and now Aruba Petroleum spilled toxic drilling waste a few feet from where their daughter plays. Another tale (with VIDEO) about

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Folks, the Railroad Commission has been too long populated by folks who do not listen to regular, everyday Texans. I want to be on the Railroad Commission because I will listen.I'm pretty sure he means it too because he spent many years working on rigs and he knows the dangerous chemicals involved. Jeff Weems for Texas Railroad Commissioner

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I posted about this last week.They still can't go home.Officials are using a "smart pig" but they still can't find the leak. Hey, pipelines just leak sometimes.Thanks to anonymous commenter for the update.Update: From anonymous commenter:Weather Hampers Pipeline RepairsResidents In 65 Homes Forced To RelocateNow it will be even longer before these people get to go home.

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Natural gas is not an alternative energy. Commissioners Williams, Carrillo and Jones seem to think they are industry lobbyists. They continue to call natural gas an alternative energy and now they are promoting the new alternative energy division of the Texas Railroad Commission where they will peddle natural gas as a green energy. Are they confused or are they auditioning for a future job in the

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The water was fine, they started fracking and then water wells started exploding yet the operator,"Petroglyph, says it's not clear the drilling caused" the problems."The water is so saturated with methane and other chemicals it is not to be used for human consumption," said Bernice Angely, who's had water trucked to her home 10 miles west of town since her well blew up in July 2007.They have also

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This letter (pdf) was sent to from Mayor Calvin Tillman to all municipalities in the Barnett Shale. It's a warning you should heed to put people before your greed.click image for larger viewFor more information on Toxic DISH click HERE and scroll down.

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As promised, here is some of the video footage from the spill at an Aruba Petroleum drilling site in the Barnett Shale. More video that exposes Aruba Petroleum employees' attempt at a cover up coming soon. A first person, eye witness account is posted HERE.What you won't see in these videos: You won't see the workers at the Aruba Petroleum drill site springing into action to prevent the spill or

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National Geographic photos show drilling destruction.Move over people, animals, landscape, clean air, water, and life itself. How is this destruction any different than mountain top removal? And I'm still waiting for some proof that cradle to grave natural gas is any cleaner than coal.tick tock, tick tock, tick tock people, time's tickin' away...

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A new book Climate Cover Up. Kevin Grandia is the researcherHelp stop the misinformation being spread on climate change and pick up a copy of Climate Cover UpPart of the cover up is promoting natural gas as a bridge fuel.

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Hank Gilbert who is running for Governor has released his Transportation Plan. It looks like a good plan that will move Texas forward. The proposal is HERE and the press release is HERE.

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This news should serve as another stake to the heart of the natural gas as a clean energy myth and a warning to the people of the Marcellus Shale.Toxin discovery means more Barnett Shale air quality testingAfter 12,000 new gas wells the TCEQ is finally testing the air in the Barnett Shale. News 8 learned the TCEQ found something potentially hazardous in the air near some natural gas facilities

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Scientists call for more Dish air studies11:55 PM CDT on Thursday, October 29, 2009By Peggy Heinkel-Wolfe / Staff WriterThey seem to be most concerned about the high levels of benzene found in DISH but there were other dangerous toxins, carcinogens and neurotoxins found in "amazing and very high levels."Residents became concerned about their health at a town hall meeting earlier this month, when

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There was a spill on the drilling rig that is right outside the kitchen window of my friends, Christine and Tim who live on top of the Barnett Shale.Today, Christine saw "black smokey looking liquid spewing out of a pipe on the side of the rig and shooting to the other side of the waste pit and spilling over." And how did the workers react on the Aruba Petroleum drill site?Here's what didn't

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Loosening of F.B.I. Rules Stirs Privacy ConcernsAgents are trained to ignore ethnicity when looking for groups that have no ethnic tie, like environmental extremists, she said, but “if you are looking for Al Shabaab, you are looking for Somalis.”Would that be environmental extremists like Chesapeake, EnCana, XOM, et. al.? That's what one of reader is hoping.

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Here it is: Company says NYC Watershed More Important Than Profit From a Gas Well“How could anyone well be so profitable that it would be worth damaging the New York City water system?” he said to the Times.This is not the first time a Chesapeake official has admitted how dangerous hydraulic fracturing is.Breaking! Chesapeake Official Admits: Fracking Fluid Deadly!So, what about Texas water?

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What an unfortunate choice of words:Aubrey K. McClendon, the chief executive officer at Chesapeake Energy, said in an interview on Monday in Fort Worth. “Why go through the brain damage of that, when we have so many other opportunities?”Gas Company Won’t Drill in New York WatershedConsidering that several people in the Barnett Shale have, um, brain damage, from the drilling activities of

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Soylent Green traumatized me and although I was too young to fully understand the movie's meaning, "Soylent Green is People," and "The Ocean is dying," haunted me throughout most of my life.Apocalypse Soon: Today's Environmental Horrors Could Lead to a Scary Si-Fi Future, Laura Paskus juxtaposes our most frightening si-fi movies and stories with real life scenarios.While natural gas combustion at

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