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All posts tagged "fracking"

• Midterm elections: Denton bans fracking, allows liquor sales

  Dalton LaFerney, Joshua Knopp and Paul Wedding UNT-led fracking ban passes Hydraulic fracturing was prohibited within the city limits after a petition lead by assistant philosophy professor Adam Briggle, making Denton the first city in Texas to...

  • Posted November 4, 2014
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  Republicans to blame for polling problems

  Early voting began this week on campus on the first floor of Sycamore Hall and will finish up Friday, Oct. 31. The voter turnout is steadily increasing, but the campus grounds are not resistant to the antics...

  • Posted October 30, 2014
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• Filmmaker on campus to discuss fracking documentary

  Dalton LaFerney / Senior Staff Writer Director and journalist Phelim McAleer will be on campus 5 p.m. Oct. 28 to commentate and answer questions about his 2013 documentary, FrackNation, following a screening. FrackNation is McAleer’s in-depth look...

  • Posted October 26, 2014
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  On the ballot: issues for upcoming elections

      Dalton LaFerney / Senior Staff Writer Early voting began on Monday and will run until Oct. 31 before the Nov. 4 general election. Voter registration deadlines have already passed, and about 14 million Texans are...

  • Posted October 22, 2014
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• Social media aids Frack Free Denton

  Kristen Watson / Contributing writer Social activism has evolved with the changing of the decades. Campaigns, once full of marches, sit-ins and rallies, now have an additional layer of effectiveness: the use of social media. Enter Frack...

  • Posted October 14, 2014
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  High carcinogen levels detected in Denton park

  Dalton LaFerney / Senior Staff Writer A new study by ShaleTest, a Denton-based nonprofit founded in 2010 that tests air and water near drilling sites throughout the country, found benzene levels exceeding environmental standards near McKenna Park...

  • Posted October 14, 2014
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  Fracking company receives waiver for suspension two months before potential ban

  Paul Wedding / Intern Writer Vantage Energy, a Colorado-based natural gas collection company, has received a waiver to drill five natural gas wells on land in far west Denton near U.S. Highway 380 and Nail Road, in spite...

  • Posted September 10, 2014
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• UTA study finds arsenic in local wells, Denton water supply unaffected

  Joshua Knopp / News Editor An environmental startup partnered with the University of Texas at Arlington is close to completing the followup on a study that found arsenic and other heavy metals in private wells throughout the...

  • Posted September 7, 2014
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  UNT filmmaker chronicles fracking in Denton

  By Dalton LaFerney/Staff Writer Correction: In an earlier version of this story, “UNT filmmaker chronicles fracking in Denton,” the Tar Sands Blockade was aimed at stopping the construction of the Keystone XL pipeline. The landowner in “Above...

  • Posted August 26, 2014
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  City sends fracking ban to November ballot

  Joshua Knopp / Senior Staff Writer After eight hours of hearings and deliberation, the Denton City Council denied the grass roots ban on hydraulic fracking at 3 a.m with a vote of 5-2 Wednesday morning. The ban will...

  • Posted July 16, 2014
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