Non - profit forms to help record
impact near drilling sites.
SHALE TEST
Mayor Calvin Tillman led the
press conference this afternoon.
He showed state-of-the-art
equipment to be used by trained
volunteers and has made arrange-
ments with certified laboratories
to analyze results.
Advisors include: Wilma Subra a
Louisiana chemist, Chris Nidel
a Washington, D.C. environmental
attorney and chemical engineer,
Cherelle Blazer atmospheric chemist,
and Josh Fox filmmaker and creator
of the award-winning documentary
GASLAND.
Partners include: Robert Finne
and Andy Cheiser of Arkansas,
Frank Finan of New York, and
Stephanie Hallowich of Penn-
sylvania.
Also on the board of Directors:
Sharon Wilson of the Texas Oil
& & Gas Accountability Project,
Bartonville resident Susan Knoll,
and Corinth resident Cora Bell.
Let's hope their good work can
spread beyond North Texas, to
include the entire state.
http://www.dentonrc.com/sharedcontent/dws/drc/localnews/stories/DRC_ShaleTest_1026.1c8190d94.html
Tuesday, October 26, 2010
Tuesday, October 12, 2010
State Officials Snub Angry Residents At Town Hall Meeting
Dish, Tx State inspectors cited
no violations in response to
almost 99% of citizens com-
plaints about natural gas drilling
and hydrofracking operations
in the Barnett Shale region in
the first 7 months of 2010,
according to documents obtained
through the Texas Public Infor-
mation Act.
One complaint received by TCEQ
reads "the odor was so strong my
7 year old was vomiting."
http://earthworksaction.org/PR_TXOGAP_TCEQsnub.cfm
no violations in response to
almost 99% of citizens com-
plaints about natural gas drilling
and hydrofracking operations
in the Barnett Shale region in
the first 7 months of 2010,
according to documents obtained
through the Texas Public Infor-
mation Act.
One complaint received by TCEQ
reads "the odor was so strong my
7 year old was vomiting."
http://earthworksaction.org/PR_TXOGAP_TCEQsnub.cfm
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