FW CanDo!

Back on January 11, I posed the question, "What's that you're smokin'?", in reference to the plume of smoke/vapor/fumes/??? that escapes from a drill-site during the fracking phase. What is in that, "cloud of stuff", that we all breathe every day?

I put the question to SMU Professor, Dr. Al Aremendariz, whose research of air quality in the Barnett Shale has, in my view, cast a dark shadow over the "clean burning" myth.

His response follows:

-Sorry for the long delay in reply. I’d been working furiously to try and get the final revised version of the emissions inventory I was working on completing for EDF. In case you haven’t yet received a copy, I’ve attached one to this email. (see link to press release and 45 page report, below) read more of this posting »

Who do you trust to tell you the truth about gas drilling impacts on human health?

The Big Gas & Oil propaganda machine or a well respected doctor who did her homework?

An elected official "on the take" or an expert on human health?

Dr. Theo Colborn's research into fracking chemicals and their impact on human health are in direct conflict with the gas drilling industry lies. Her updated website is a must-read.

http://www.endocrinedisruption.com/home.php

Be sure and check out the, "What's New" section. If you are an expectant parent or the parent of young children, this info is very important, especially, if you live in the Barnett Shale or other oil/gas production areas:

http://www.endocrinedisruption.com/prenatal.criticalwindows.overview.php read more of this posting »

The Barnett Shale Mafia have a new billboard on University Drive in Fort Worth. The gas drilling industry is aggressively ramping up their advertising and cheerleading, despite the down economy and news that - surprise - gas drilling is a MAJOR air pollutant. see here:

http://www.star-telegram.com/metro_news/story/1199820.html

http://www.edf.org/documents/9235_Barnett_Shale_Report.pdf

Increased scrutiny is drawing back the veils on a dirty industry that wants you to believe their "clean burning" myth. They dare not say that natural gas is just another dirty fossil fuel that threatens public health and safety and the environment. The message on this billboard continues their belief in a gullible public who cares only about money.

It's up to you to see through the BS. read more of this posting »

Don't let oil & gas drillers mess with Texas

Fight back: help us start the Texas Oil & Gas Accountability Project

Dear FWCanDo supporters --

I know you love Texas. And we are writing today because the oil & gas industry is "Messing with Texas" and we need your support to reform oil and gas practices in the Lone Star State, before it is too late.

A destructive new drilling boom threatens communities read more of this posting »

We now live in Age of Reason. (Don't laugh.)

Ah, but I see you are skeptical? "Reason", like many other words, now have "new meanings" in Dirty Ol' Town. In this case, "Reason" means, whatever reason the gas drillers have is good enough for elected officials. Get it?

Call it, the "Pretend-Game"! It's fun for the whole family!

For example:

1) "Protected Use", doesn't REALLY mean protection, it just means that gas drillers will have to pay for waivers or bribe city council to threaten public health and safety. No prob!

2) "Free Money", REALLY means that hidden costs for health care, insurance, taxes, property marketability, etc. are shielded from you by the gas drillers and city. Until the bill comes due. It's kind of a, Don't ask. Don't tell, policy. read more of this posting »

At the kids request, the following message is delivered by FWCanDo.

Are you kidding?

16" gas pipelines?

Under our front yards where we live and play?

Please help us have a safe place to live and play.

PLEASE don't let Chesapeake pass gas under Carter Avenue!

"Gas drilling is unhealthy for children and other living things."

What would you do if Chesapeake Energy tried to force you to sign a document that would allow a 16" (or larger) natural gas pipeline to be bored under your home or front yard?

A Tony Soprano kind of offer that you better not refuse?

Your property marketability would instantly disappear. The safety of your family would be greatly diminished. Your homeowners insurance might go way up or be canceled.

What if they sent heavy-handed reps to your workplace to get you to sign? Pretend, for a moment, that you are a low income person who may not have a firm grip on the English language. Is your job in jeopardy if you don't sign? This has happened to at least one Carter Ave, resident. read more of this posting »

In case anyone needs a reminder, this is what a "frack job" looks like. These pics were taken in east Fort Worth in early January, 2009, near Riverside Drive and I-30. The smoke was so dense that, at times, it obscured driving on the interstate highway.

Tomorrow, January 12, Chesapeake Energy will frack the so-called Thomas well about 1/2 mile east of this location which is in the West Meadowbrook neighborhood.

Did the City of Fort Worth warn us that fracking might be dangerous to human and animal health? No.

Did the neighborhood association send out an alert? No.

Did the state highway department issue a warning or close the highway? No.

Did the Star-Telegram send out a notice or a reporter? No. read more of this posting »

Neighborhood Metamorphosis-

Chapter 5: Industry insiders sometimes marginalize gas drilling opponents, but the conversation about where to draw the line in urban drilling persists. The Britt Drive neighbors’ quest to keep drillers away grows increasingly desperate.

> > > It's not necessarily a "beautiful day in the neighborhood" for activists and homeowners caught in the Kafkaesque world of Barnett Shale drilling.

This is the final chapter in this revealing series from the Denton Record Chronicle.

http://www.dentonrc.com/sharedcontent/dws/drc/localnews/stories/DRC_Behi...

Voicing the Silence-

Chapter 4: A doctrine of exemption allows the industry to develop oil and gas resources without having to study the environmental or health impacts of their work. Britt Drive neighbors worry about how drilling would affect their environment.

> > > Don't miss the online videos associated with this 5-part report. Just click on the link below.

http://www.dentonrc.com/sharedcontent/dws/drc/localnews/stories/DRC_Shal...