The fracking boom in Brazos County threatens our air, water, health, roads, and property values.
Help us get our local governments to protect our quality of life and ensure that the costs of fracking are paid by the frackers, not our community.
Learn the horrors of fracking our shale - watch Allysa Burgin's, March 2014 presentation - Living and Dying in the Eagle Ford Shale:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w-gF14yvCOw
Click this link to watch a short video about the dangers of fracking to our water supply, air and health:
http://blog.gaslandthemovie.com/?p=685
Click this link to watch a 6 minute video about the fracking experience of Denton, Texas, population 117,397:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yLksrL_YV4I&feature=youtu.be
http://pennsylvaniaallianceforcleanwaterandair.wordpress.com/the-list/
http://insideclimatenews.org/video/big-oil-and-bad-air-texas-prairie-residents-fear-their-health
http://insideclimatenews.org/fracking-eagle-ford-shale-big-oil-bad-air-texas-prairie
Industry studies reveal a 5-8 percent immediate failure rate of wellbores and a 50-60% failure rate within 20-30 years.
http://www2.epa.gov/sites/production/files/documents/ingraffea.pdf
http://www.damascuscitizensforsustainability.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/PSECementFailureCausesRateAnalysisIngraffea.pdf
http://ac.els-cdn.com/S0264817214000609/1-s2.0-S0264817214000609-main.pdf?_tid=be6ecff6-132c-11e4-9df0-00000aab0f02&acdnat=1406204542_fb0c3228271fe6336bfecc34babd6074
http://concernedhealthny.org/compendium/
Weak Bonding Rules for Oil and Gas Drilling Leave the Public at Risk:
http://environmenttexas.org/reports/txe/who-pays-costs-fracking
Help us get our local governments to protect our quality of life and ensure that the costs of fracking are paid by the frackers, not our community.
Learn the horrors of fracking our shale - watch Allysa Burgin's, March 2014 presentation - Living and Dying in the Eagle Ford Shale:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w-gF14yvCOw
Click this link to watch a short video about the dangers of fracking to our water supply, air and health:
http://blog.gaslandthemovie.com/?p=685
Click this link to watch a 6 minute video about the fracking experience of Denton, Texas, population 117,397:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yLksrL_YV4I&feature=youtu.be
- List of the Harmed - including name, location, how harmed. Over 6,700 people in the United States (including TEXANS) are on this list as of early October 2014 (Note: this site takes a bit of time to load, please be patient):
http://pennsylvaniaallianceforcleanwaterandair.wordpress.com/the-list/
- Eagle Ford Shale residents in Karnes County, Texas, experience health problems (14 minute video)
http://insideclimatenews.org/video/big-oil-and-bad-air-texas-prairie-residents-fear-their-health
- Full report on air pollution in the Eagle Ford Shale (BCS is part of the Eagle Ford Shale ‘play’ but our fracking boom is just beginning):
http://insideclimatenews.org/fracking-eagle-ford-shale-big-oil-bad-air-texas-prairie
- Our water is also at risk. Frackers are drilling through our aquifer to reach the Eagle Ford Shale.
Industry studies reveal a 5-8 percent immediate failure rate of wellbores and a 50-60% failure rate within 20-30 years.
http://www2.epa.gov/sites/production/files/documents/ingraffea.pdf
http://www.damascuscitizensforsustainability.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/PSECementFailureCausesRateAnalysisIngraffea.pdf
http://ac.els-cdn.com/S0264817214000609/1-s2.0-S0264817214000609-main.pdf?_tid=be6ecff6-132c-11e4-9df0-00000aab0f02&acdnat=1406204542_fb0c3228271fe6336bfecc34babd6074
- Compendium of scientific, medical and media findings demonstrating risks and harms of fracking (June 2014; will be updated every six months):
http://concernedhealthny.org/compendium/
- Who Pays the Cost of Fracking?
Weak Bonding Rules for Oil and Gas Drilling Leave the Public at Risk:
http://environmenttexas.org/reports/txe/who-pays-costs-fracking
Will fracking on or near your property reduce your property’s value, increase your insurance premiums, place you in default on your mortgage terms, keep you from being able to refinance, and/or keep a potential buyer of your property from qualifying for a new loan?
http://www.nofrackingway.us/2013/12/24/fracked-toxic-mortgages/