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State sanctioned theft of mineral rights?

Posted in Texas Legislature, tagged , , on April 6, 2011 | Leave a Comment »

Is a proposed rule change by the Texas Railroad Commission (RRC) going to allow state sanctioned theft of property owners mineral rights?  Sen. Wendy Davis (D Fort Worth) is asking the Texas Railroad Commission to hold two town hall meetings, including one in Fort Worth, to discuss her concerns that owners of mineral rights in [...]

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FERC to use Texas outage inquiry to evaluate national energy issues

Posted in Global Warming, tagged , , , , , , , on March 13, 2011 | Leave a Comment »

The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) wants to know the reasons for the Texas power generation outages and for the interruptions in natural gas delivery to New Mexico. As Texas officials began looking into the causes of the Texas electricity blackouts, New Mexico was holding its own hearings.  The ripple effect felt by down pipeline [...]

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Are Barnett Shale residents the lab rats in the fracking debate?

Posted in Air Quality, natural gas, tagged , , , , , on March 8, 2011 | Leave a Comment »

Are desperate school boards having to make decisions about the fiscal health of their districts now vs the long-term health of their charges in the future? Mike Norman, the editorial director of the Star-Telegram/Arlington and Northeast Tarrant County, writes about the precarious lab rat position of citizens in the Barnett Shale.  Click here to read his [...]

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Why Gasland should win the Oscar for best Documentary

Posted in Air Quality, Energy, tagged , , , , , on February 27, 2011 | Leave a Comment »

I hope you’re going to have a great Oscar night, and while we may all have our favorites for best picture (True Grit was my favorite, but I think The Social Network and The King’s Speech are also very deserving), this year we have one of the most important issues of our time as the [...]

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The budget crisis, money in politics, and the corporate welfare to the oil and gas industry

Posted in Campaign Finance, Good Government, tagged , , , , , , , , , , on February 21, 2011 | 8 Comments »

The protests in Wisconsin. The passage of the CR in the House in the dead of night over the weekend. And the continued debate over how to balance the Texas $26 billion budget gap. We kept getting told there are no sacred cows- that all have to share in the burden and pain of budget [...]

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Barnett Shale Air Quality Monitoring: Senate Natural Resources chair offers measure similar to Senator Wendy Davis’

Posted in Air Quality, tagged , , , on February 21, 2011 | Leave a Comment »

Senate Natural Resources Committee Chairman Troy Fraser (R-Horseshoe Bay) said he expects to act on legislation (Senate Bill 527) that would allow the state to tap into funds from the Texas Emissions Reduction Plan to pay for air monitoring activities near natural gas drilling operations.  North Texas Senate Republicans Chris Harris, Craig Estes, Jane Nelson [...]

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Texas Barnett Shale community finalist for EPA study

Posted in Air Quality, natural gas, tagged , , , on February 14, 2011 | Leave a Comment »

According to the Fort Worth Star Telegram, the Barnett Shale natural gas fields of Denton and Wise counties are one of five finalists to be considered for a case study as part of the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) examination of hydraulic fracturing.   That is not a competition I would want to win, but if [...]

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TransCanada sues to access pipeline land in South Dakota, Texas may be next

Posted in Global Warming, tagged , , , on February 13, 2011 | 1 Comment »

TransCanada has filed more than a dozen lawsuits to condemn land along the route of its Keystone XL oil pipeline in western South Dakota, trying to force the 47 percent of the landowners who hadn’t signed easement agreements along the states portion of the Keystone XL route, even though it hasn’t received the federal permit [...]

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“GASLAND” NOMINATED FOR ACADEMY AWARD

Posted in Air Quality, TCEQ, tagged , , , , , on January 26, 2011 | Leave a Comment »

“Gasland,” the documentary film by Josh Fox, that examines whether hydraulic fracturing of shale formations threatens water supplies and poses other environmental hazards, was nominated today for an Academy Award. The movie is a cross-country tour that included visits to people who live near several drilling sites, including North Texas’ Barnett Shale. If you want to [...]

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If you have “fracking” coming to your neighborhood, don’t forget about the pipelines

Posted in Air Quality, tagged , , on January 6, 2011 | 1 Comment »

The controversy over Barnett Shale natural gas drilling or “fracking” that has overcome Fort Worth and Tarrant County since 2002 has, in recent months, drawn public attention nationally – first to the money to be made by mineral rights owners, then to the inconveniences of drilling for those who live around it, and, more recently, [...]

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Drilling for Dollars: How Big Money Plays a Big Role at the Railroad Commission

Posted in Campaign Finance, Sunset, tagged , , , , , , on December 14, 2010 | Leave a Comment »

      Hey folks, here’s our press release about the report I’ve been slaving away over working on. Money’s a problem at the Railroad Commission. How bad? You have no idea. Read on, if you dare, and join us for our 1pm press conference in the Speaker’s press room in the Texas Capitol. Sweeping [...]

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Flammable drinking water sparks explosions over Barnett Shale drilling

Posted in Air Quality, Energy, natural gas, Toxics, tagged , , on December 10, 2010 | Leave a Comment »

The Texas Railroad Commission (RCC) will hold a special hearing January 10th to look into the complaints of methane in two Parker County drinking water wells that prompted the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) this week to order a natural gas drilling company to take steps to remediate the problem.  The RRC has not yet  [...]

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Texas Blog Roundup Nov 29, 2010

Posted in News Roundup, tagged , , on November 29, 2010 | Leave a Comment »

The Texas Progressive Alliance hopes you got your recommended allowance of tryptophan last week as it brings you the blog highlights.

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60 Minutes reports on Fracking

Posted in Air Quality, Energy, Global Warming, tagged , , , on November 12, 2010 | 1 Comment »

On Sunday, November 14th, 60 minutes will run a segment on the controvercial process of hydrolic fracturing (also known as fracking) for extracting natural gas.  Much of the footage was shot around the Barnett Shale near and in the Dallas-Fort Worth area where residents are grappling with a plethora of potential problems from compressor stations emitting [...]

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Even CSI is concerned about “Fracking”

Posted in Global Warming, tagged , , , , on November 12, 2010 | 1 Comment »

  “FRACKED” CSI: Crime Scene Investigation – FRACKED –  Click here to watch the episode as the CSI team investigates the murder of two men who were about to expose a natural gas conglomerate of poisoning residents in a farming town. ### By promoting cleaner energy, cleaner government, and cleaner air for all Texans, we [...]

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