We have long worked on fracking issues in Texas, organizing town halls in the Eagle Ford Shale, helped stop fracked gas plants in Austin working as part of the Solar Si-Gas No coalition and are presently working to do the same in Waco, plus speaking out against LNG and fracked gas pipelines. Fracking destroys our precious water supplies, increases methane emissions, and seriously impacts the health of those who reside in or near the shale.
Texas Legislation bars towns from banning fracking
www.democracynow.org/2015/6/3/fracking_protests_continue_in_texas_as
NYC Study on fracking chemicals—140 to 570 tons of chemicals on average
www.nyc.gov/html/dep/pdf/natural_gas_drilling/12_23_2009_final_assessment_report.pdf
Fracking Fluids Found In Eight California Aquifers—How Many Texas Aquifers?
www.latimes.com/opinion/editorials/la-ed-fracking-wastewater-tainted-aquifers-california-20150213-story.html
U. of Missouri Medical School Study on 700 Toxic Chemicals Used in Fracking
medicine.missouri.edu/news/0214.php
Why did New York ban fracking? Because “health, safety and environmental uncertainties over the dangers of fracking have gotten worse over time.”
insideclimatenews.org/news/15052015/why-did-ny-ban-fracking-official-report-now-public
Living and Dying in the Eagle Ford Shale: Texas Drought Project E.D. Alyssa Burgin gave a presentation about the expansion of hydraulic fracturing into Bastrop and Lee Counties. Important information for every Texan!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=w-gF14yvCOw&list=PLTwebdx3eC8e7rPfjhx20ri_fr1DaYG56&index=17
Fracking the Eagle Ford Shale–Big Oil & Bad Air on the Texas Prairie: An eight-month investigation into the public health consequences of unmitigated oil and gas industry sprawl in Texas
insideclimatenews.org/fracking-eagle-ford-shale-big-oil-bad-air-texas-prairie
The fracking boom is sucking away precious water from beneath the ground, leaving cattle dead, farms bone-dry and people thirsty.
www.theguardian.com/environment/2013/aug/11/texas-tragedy-ample-oil-no-water
Up to 1,000 times more methane released at wells than previously thought: An analysis of a number of hydraulic fracturing sites in southwestern Pennsylvania has found that methane was being released into the atmosphere at 100-1,000 times the rate estimated by the EPA
thinkprogress.org/climate/2014/04/15/3426697/methane-vastly-underestimated