There was a M 2.9 quake just north of Irving early this morning. There is no fracking near the epicenter but plenty just a little to the west. Event Page NBC5 news reports
A landowner in Robertson County, which is also known as Booger County, woke up Sunday morning to find the water from his well cloudy. This followed an event on Saturday where one of the many nearby sour gas wells was venting very loudly. One interesting thing is that the sediment in the water does not […]
In the wee hours of Sunday morning, there was a M 2.4 earthquake in Arlington. There was also a water main break and sinkhole. You can see a video of the water main break on Facebook. Looking on the Texas Railroad Commission GIS map, I did not find any injection disposal wells in the immediate […]
Range Resources’ case against Lipsky is the “poster child for what SLAPP is.” And what did Lipsky do to deserve the wrath of Range? He called the EPA. But, he only called the EPA after the Texas Railroad Commission failed to take action for months (see timeline). After the Texas Railroad Commission declared that Range […]
I blogged earlier about the Earth, Wind and Fire Energy Summit coming to Dallas and you can read the entire brochure at that link. One of the featured speakers is Dr. Nicholas van der Elst who will talk about frackquakes. A featured Sunday speaker at the Earth, Wind, & Fire Energy Summit in Dallas Oct.4-5 […]
This is a huge mess. Workers are wading in almost knee deep gunk that has breached the earthen berms built in an effort to contain it. The gunk is flowing into a stream and will take about a year to clean up. Why do they let the industry frack near streams, creaks, rivers and lakes? […]
Longtime no post. Here are my excuses: busy broken computer But this post should make up for my absence. Today Alan Septoff, Earthworks Communication Director, our driver and I were illegally detained by Mr. John W. Bones, President, Black Marlin Energy Services in Smiley, TX and his wife. We were on a road marked with […]
Let me remind you once again: Please see the pre fracking water test that shows Tim and Christine Ruggiero’s water was clean and safe. Please see the post fracking water test that shows Tim and Christine Ruggiero’s water was contaminated with high levels of MTBE. MTBE is an additive used in diesel fuel.
It was a flash fire of water that came suddenly gushing from a water well and sent four people to the hospital one of whom is a 4-year-old. Flash fire burns four people; methane contamination in water source possible cause Mineral Wells Index, August 5, 2014 By TODD GLASSCOCK The fire’s cause was not known, […]
