News From and About Texas
12/22/15: Texas News USA: Quakes in North Texas City Blamed on Energy Sector: http://texasnewsusa.tk/quakes-in-north-texas-city-blamed-on-energy-sector/
9/29/15: Truth-Out: Scientists, Citizens Call for EPA to Strengthen Proposed Methane emissions Rules: http://www.truth-out.org/news/item/32976-scientists-citizens-call-for-epa-to-strengthen-proposed-methane-emissions-rules
5/21/15: EagleFordTexas.com: Area Near Natural Gas Blowout Closed to Residents, Travelers: http://eaglefordtexas.com/news/id/152529/area-near-natural-gas-blowout-closed-to-residents-travelers/
10/2/14: Scientific American: Fracking Sludge in Open Pits Goes Unmonitored as Health Worries Mount: http://www.scientificamerican.com/article/fracking-sludge-in-open-pits-goes-unmonitored-as-health-worries-mount-video/?WT.mc_id=send-to-friend
7/23/14: Climate Progress: Why a Jury's Historic $3M Award to a Family Sickened By Fracking May Never Be Paid: http://thinkprogress.org/climate/2014/07/23/3434385/texas-fracking-verdict/?elq=~~eloqua..type--emailfield..syntax--recipientid~~&elqCampaignId=~~eloqua..type--campaign..campaignid--0..fieldname--id~~
6/1/14: USA Today: Texas Quakes: Is Fracking The Culprit? http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2014/06/01/earthquakes-texas-fracking-wells/9765659/
1/16/14: Democrat and Chronicle: OIL! Texans Gushing Over New Riches But Boom Poses Risks to Health and Safety: http://rochesterdemocrat.ny.newsmemory.com/?fod=1111111STD&cnum=2719054&token=e5d4af410bebfa389eba77121b539111&selDate=20140117&licenseType=paid_subscriber
1/14/14: TruthOut: Steve Lipsky Responds to Report Clearing EPA of Wrongdoing in Fracking Water Contamination Study: http://truth-out.org/news/item/21183-steve-lipsky-responds-to-report-clearing-epa-of-wrongdoing-in-fracking-water-contamination-study
1/10/14: Bloomberg Businessweek: Duke Fracking Tests Reveal Dangers Driller's Data Missed (see more articles below under About EPA's...): http://www.businessweek.com/news/2014-01-10/water-worries-lead-homeowners-to-fault-epa-use-of-driller-data#p1
12/30/13: CEDC: Helen Slottje: What the EPA Hoped You'd Miss This Holiday Season: http://myemail.constantcontact.com/What-the-EPA-hoped-you-missed-last-week.html?soid=1111063477397&aid=20qi6Yn-ouM
12/23/13: Fort Worth Weekly: Range Wars: http://www.fwweekly.com/2013/12/23/range-wars/
12/11/13: CBS Local [Dallas-Fort Worth]: Dallas Council Passes Gas Drilling Ordinance With Restrictions: http://dfw.cbslocal.com/2013/12/11/dallas-council-passes-gas-drilling-ordinance-with-restrictions/
12/5/13: E&E Publishing: Shaking in Texas Makes Officials Worry About Injection From Drilling: http://www.eenews.net/stories/1059991334
8/11/13: The Guardian: A Texan Tragedy: Ample Oil, No Water, Fracking boom sucks away precious water from beneath the ground, leaving cattle dead, farms bone-dry and people thirsty: http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2013/aug/11/texas-tragedy-ample-oil-no-water
8/9/13: AlterNet: New Study Finds High Levels of Arsenic in Groundwater Near Fracking Sites: While the findings are far from conclusive, the study provides further evidence tying fracking to arsenic contamination: http://www.alternet.org/environment/new-study-finds-high-levels-arsenic-groundwater-near-fracking-sites?paging=off
About EPA's withdrawal of water contamination study in Weatherford, near Ft. Worth:
1/10/14: Bloomberg Businessweek: Duke Fracking Tests Reveal Dangers Driller's Data Missed
http://www.businessweek.com/news/2014-01-10/water-worries-lead-homeowners-to-fault-epa-use-of-driller-data#p1
2/19/13: Bloomberg: Taxas Fracker Accused of Bully Tactics Against Foes: http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2013-02-19/texas-fracker-accused-of-bully-tactics-against-foes.html
2/13/13: Range Resources response to EWG's letter sent to all signatories: /uploads/8/0/2/5/8025484/range_resources_to_epa_.pdf
2/11/13: Associated Press: Groups Want Broad EPA Probe of Tainted Texas Water: http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/T/TX_GAS_DRILLING_WATER_CONTAMINATION_TXOL-?SITE=AP&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT
2/11/13: Environmental Working Group submits Press Release: Groups Urge Investigation of EPA Actions in Texas Water Contamination Case: http://www.ewg.org/release/groups-urge-investigation-epa-actions-texas-water-contamination-case
2/11/13: Environmental Working Group submits letter to EPA requesting U.S. EPA Inspector General Arthur Elkins Jr. to look into whether the agency improperly dropped its investigation into Range Resources Corp.'s involvement in a Texas methane migration case:
1/16/13: AP: Ramit Plushnick-Masti: EPA Changed Course After Gas Company Protested: http://bigstory.ap.org/article/epa-changed-course-after-oil-company-protested
9/29/15: Truth-Out: Scientists, Citizens Call for EPA to Strengthen Proposed Methane emissions Rules: http://www.truth-out.org/news/item/32976-scientists-citizens-call-for-epa-to-strengthen-proposed-methane-emissions-rules
5/21/15: EagleFordTexas.com: Area Near Natural Gas Blowout Closed to Residents, Travelers: http://eaglefordtexas.com/news/id/152529/area-near-natural-gas-blowout-closed-to-residents-travelers/
10/2/14: Scientific American: Fracking Sludge in Open Pits Goes Unmonitored as Health Worries Mount: http://www.scientificamerican.com/article/fracking-sludge-in-open-pits-goes-unmonitored-as-health-worries-mount-video/?WT.mc_id=send-to-friend
7/23/14: Climate Progress: Why a Jury's Historic $3M Award to a Family Sickened By Fracking May Never Be Paid: http://thinkprogress.org/climate/2014/07/23/3434385/texas-fracking-verdict/?elq=~~eloqua..type--emailfield..syntax--recipientid~~&elqCampaignId=~~eloqua..type--campaign..campaignid--0..fieldname--id~~
6/1/14: USA Today: Texas Quakes: Is Fracking The Culprit? http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2014/06/01/earthquakes-texas-fracking-wells/9765659/
1/16/14: Democrat and Chronicle: OIL! Texans Gushing Over New Riches But Boom Poses Risks to Health and Safety: http://rochesterdemocrat.ny.newsmemory.com/?fod=1111111STD&cnum=2719054&token=e5d4af410bebfa389eba77121b539111&selDate=20140117&licenseType=paid_subscriber
1/14/14: TruthOut: Steve Lipsky Responds to Report Clearing EPA of Wrongdoing in Fracking Water Contamination Study: http://truth-out.org/news/item/21183-steve-lipsky-responds-to-report-clearing-epa-of-wrongdoing-in-fracking-water-contamination-study
1/10/14: Bloomberg Businessweek: Duke Fracking Tests Reveal Dangers Driller's Data Missed (see more articles below under About EPA's...): http://www.businessweek.com/news/2014-01-10/water-worries-lead-homeowners-to-fault-epa-use-of-driller-data#p1
12/30/13: CEDC: Helen Slottje: What the EPA Hoped You'd Miss This Holiday Season: http://myemail.constantcontact.com/What-the-EPA-hoped-you-missed-last-week.html?soid=1111063477397&aid=20qi6Yn-ouM
12/23/13: Fort Worth Weekly: Range Wars: http://www.fwweekly.com/2013/12/23/range-wars/
12/11/13: CBS Local [Dallas-Fort Worth]: Dallas Council Passes Gas Drilling Ordinance With Restrictions: http://dfw.cbslocal.com/2013/12/11/dallas-council-passes-gas-drilling-ordinance-with-restrictions/
12/5/13: E&E Publishing: Shaking in Texas Makes Officials Worry About Injection From Drilling: http://www.eenews.net/stories/1059991334
8/11/13: The Guardian: A Texan Tragedy: Ample Oil, No Water, Fracking boom sucks away precious water from beneath the ground, leaving cattle dead, farms bone-dry and people thirsty: http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2013/aug/11/texas-tragedy-ample-oil-no-water
8/9/13: AlterNet: New Study Finds High Levels of Arsenic in Groundwater Near Fracking Sites: While the findings are far from conclusive, the study provides further evidence tying fracking to arsenic contamination: http://www.alternet.org/environment/new-study-finds-high-levels-arsenic-groundwater-near-fracking-sites?paging=off
About EPA's withdrawal of water contamination study in Weatherford, near Ft. Worth:
1/10/14: Bloomberg Businessweek: Duke Fracking Tests Reveal Dangers Driller's Data Missed
http://www.businessweek.com/news/2014-01-10/water-worries-lead-homeowners-to-fault-epa-use-of-driller-data#p1
2/19/13: Bloomberg: Taxas Fracker Accused of Bully Tactics Against Foes: http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2013-02-19/texas-fracker-accused-of-bully-tactics-against-foes.html
2/13/13: Range Resources response to EWG's letter sent to all signatories: /uploads/8/0/2/5/8025484/range_resources_to_epa_.pdf
2/11/13: Associated Press: Groups Want Broad EPA Probe of Tainted Texas Water: http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/T/TX_GAS_DRILLING_WATER_CONTAMINATION_TXOL-?SITE=AP&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT
2/11/13: Environmental Working Group submits Press Release: Groups Urge Investigation of EPA Actions in Texas Water Contamination Case: http://www.ewg.org/release/groups-urge-investigation-epa-actions-texas-water-contamination-case
2/11/13: Environmental Working Group submits letter to EPA requesting U.S. EPA Inspector General Arthur Elkins Jr. to look into whether the agency improperly dropped its investigation into Range Resources Corp.'s involvement in a Texas methane migration case:
1/16/13: AP: Ramit Plushnick-Masti: EPA Changed Course After Gas Company Protested: http://bigstory.ap.org/article/epa-changed-course-after-oil-company-protested
