FW CanDo!

While celebrating your freedom and independence this weekend please take a moment to recall that red-blooded, Greek philospher, Socrates, the famous war hero, revolutionary and defender of truth who proclaimed...

"The unexamined life is not worth living."

If Socrates were alive today and a Citizen of the Shale he might ask questions like:
"What matters most?
"Have we done enough to protect our children and families?"
"Why do we keep electing the same crooks to public office?" and most importantly,

"Why aren't we raising hell instead of eating hot dogs and watching baseball while the enemy is at the gate hiding in a red, white and blue Trojan horse?" read more of this posting »

FWCanDo supports Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) efforts to close the Halliburton Loophole with legislation (H.R. 2766) that would remove gas driller's exemption from the Clean Drinking Water Act.

This important legislation would force gas drillers to abide by the Clean Drinking Water Act like every other industry.

Read more about the Halliburton Loophole here:

http://txsharon.blogspot.com/2009/05/close-halliburton-loophole.html

Read the NRDC draft letter to congress:

Dear Representatives DeGette, Hinchey and Polis: read more of this posting »

That's how long it takes to watch the new preview video of the upcoming documentary film by Josh Fox, Water Under Attack. It might change your life.

Watch it here:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U01EK76Sy4A

>>> For a native of Cowtown, Texas, I'm not a big fan of cows and stock-shows. The environmental impact of livestock on planet Earth is a dirty little secret. But, I do like my organic blueberry yogurt in the morning. Recently, I read a report in the New York Times that made me feel less guilty about breakfast but more fed up with gas drillers. The bottom line is this:

Cows are doing more to clean up their "emissions" than is the gas drilling industry.

A True Story-

Cows are notorious producers of methane "eruptions". But did you know that the average cow adds 200 - 400 pounds of methane a year to the atmosphere? read more of this posting »

Question:

What has the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality done now?

(Hint: It's also the height of irresponsibility.)

Conclusion: The "Don't mess with Texas" campaign is now officially kaput. It's OK to start throwing your beer cans and fast food trash out the window again.

Read the story here:

http://www.star-telegram.com/804/story/1413456.html

The "clean natural gas" myth has been debunked by none other than the State of Texas.

Mike Moncrief, Ed Ireland, Chesapeake, XTO and other environmental criminals were wrong.

Barnett Shale gas is now, officially, just another dirty fossil fuel and a major contributor to DFW smog.

How much?

200 TONS per day !!!!!

Dr. Al Armendariz of SMU, the Environmental Defense Fund and the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ) all agree that oil and gas development in the Barnett Shale is about equal to all the vehicles in the 9 county DFW Metroplex.

This particular study is ONLY about air quality. read more of this posting »

There was an earthquake today in the heavily drilled Barnett Shale near Fort Worth.

http://www.star-telegram.com/804/story/1381473.html

After today's (5/16/09) 3rd earthquake in the Barnett Shale region in less than eight months, I think my attached messages from August, 2007 and again in October, 2008 bear repeating.

DY

In light of today's earthquakes in the Fort Worth area, I'm re-sending an email from 8/22/07 for you consideration. See also below two reports and video on the recent earthquake and some additional info.

DY

http://www.nbcdfw.com/news/local/30_Earthquake_Rattles_North_Texas.html

http://www.star-telegram.com/804/story/1010221.html

http://bssa.geoscienceworld.org/cgi/content/abstract/95/2/664

http://www.nyx.net/~dcypser/induceq/iis.html read more of this posting »

Only a fool would keep flushing a stopped up toilet, right? Disgusting? Yes. Irresponsible? Definitely. But that's essentially what's happening in Fort Worth, Texas under the watch of the current elected officials.

Fort Worth Mayor, Mike Moncrief, and his city council brown-nosers keep flushing and we keep paying to clean up their mess. Case in point:

Irresponsible Gas Drilling.

The reason that irresponsible gas drilling is allowed in Fort Worth and other north Texas urban centers can be traced directly to Mike Moncrief's and former mayor Ken Barr's dishonorable association with the gas drilling industry. The buck stops with them. Consider the following: read more of this posting »

>>> Range Resources is a shining example of the callous behavior inherent in this industry. The CEO, John. H. Pinkerton, received compensation of $7.4 MILLION in 2008, a 23% increase from previous year:

http://news.moneycentral.msn.com/ticker/article.aspx?symbol=US:COG&feed=...

>>> But in another dubious distinction for Dirty Ol' Town, the company pays only 0.4% in federal tax.

http://www.star-telegram.com/business/story/1348494.html

>>> The well paid CEO gloats about how his company got its tentacles in the Marcellus where they have poisoned the air and water:

http://shaleblog.com/2009/range-resources-ceo-gloats-about-marcellus-sha...

http://www.pittsburghcitypaper.ws/gyrobase/Content?oid=oid%3A62213 read more of this posting »

Gas drillers are abusing planet Earth as if it's a disposable piece of trash. Property owners who irresponsibly lease their "minerals" to theses criminals are complicit in the destruction.

In the latest wake-up call, the NBC Today Show (4/2/09) highlights the impacts of gas drilling in the Marcellus Shale through the eyes of a fashion photographer:

DY

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/21134540/vp/30432747#30432747