tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-326204342024-03-14T06:52:39.211-05:00Bluedaze: DRILLING REFORM FOR TEXASHow hydraulic fracturing and natural gas drilling pollutes our environment, fouls our air, contaminates our water and ruins our quality of life and personal property value. Videos, pictures, personal testimony, scientific studies and current news show that natural gas is another dirty fossil fuel not a clean energy.TXsharonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07438250322631393952noreply@blogger.comBlogger3650125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32620434.post-55195245933403993272011-07-18T09:14:00.003-05:002011-07-18T10:05:40.106-05:00TXsharon has a new websiteHey, Dear Readers, I have a brand-spanking-new website made just for me by Runner Susan who, when she is not running, buying shoes or drinking wine, is a professional web designer. (Actually, sometimes wine drinking is incorporated into the process of web design and shoe buying, but not the running part.) From now on, Dear Readers and all you gasholes, can find me at:http:texassharon.comPlease TXsharonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07438250322631393952noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32620434.post-39680324538750428132011-07-17T22:48:00.004-05:002011-07-17T23:18:12.314-05:00They're exporting gas in record amounts.Be sure to give this article to the next person who tells you that we have to contaminate our air and water and poison whole neighborhoods so we can be energy independent.Gas glut fuels record U.S. exports to MexicoBLOOMBERG NEWSJuly 16, 2011, 12:07AMThe Marcellus Effect has some additional information about exporting American gas.So much for made-in-America energy fueling American homes…. It TXsharonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07438250322631393952noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32620434.post-24653263887381874862011-07-17T22:36:00.003-05:002011-07-17T22:42:46.721-05:00Earthquake in Ellis County. Spill in Flower Mound.Just thought you should know in case you are keeping track of all the drilling induced earthquakes. Small earthquake rattles Ellis CountyAnd, Spilliams spilled again in Flower Mound. It happened last Friday but I forgot to let you know. It was about 8,000 gallons of flowback. If you're making notches on your belt for every Williams spill, pretty soon you will need a new belt.TXsharonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07438250322631393952noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32620434.post-3956240965708832382011-07-16T13:54:00.005-05:002011-07-16T14:19:11.149-05:00Before I got gasI had a different life. (I don't say, "I had a life" because that implies that this is not a life. This is my life now. And, it's okay, I accept it.) That different life started every day with a cup of coffee in the garden.In a garden, you can teach a kid everything they need to know.Some days I rode my horses. On the LBJ Ranch in LlanoSmokey, my mustang, was a very fun horse.Now watch, the Big TXsharonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07438250322631393952noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32620434.post-6364358002501393532011-07-15T23:20:00.003-05:002011-07-15T23:29:07.242-05:00See. I told you. It's the Big Gas MafiaChesapeake is going to drill you whether you like it or not.Regardless of what happens in this case, he told the commission, the well will be drilled. And, "our well will drain all the gas."TXsharonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07438250322631393952noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32620434.post-75579053967774459402011-07-15T18:15:00.004-05:002011-07-15T18:24:14.205-05:00Heh, I signed teh frack bill today in DentonToday I was in Denton to sign that frack disclosure bill--heh, heh--and I also shot up a couple of coyotes. I hope other states will follow the Texas disclosure bill because then the gas companies will give me lots of cash.I need cash because I want to secede lead the nation. Hope you will vote for me.How does my hair look?TXsharonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07438250322631393952noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32620434.post-35683307147910584122011-07-15T06:03:00.000-05:002011-07-15T06:03:01.614-05:00Carbon Dislufide found above safe levels in Fort WorthWe won't know what the report really says until we read the damn thing. As one friend put it: The executive summary is awfully "squishy" for there to be nothing. But apparently there were 5 sites with high emissions and...They keep trying to sweep the CS2 (Carbon Disulfide) under the rug. Andy Mechling gave the report a quick scan and found the following. (His comment is also posted on the Fort TXsharonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07438250322631393952noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32620434.post-65486694859932221232011-07-14T22:17:00.003-05:002011-07-15T10:19:47.833-05:00Ed, is that egg on your face?Oh, Dear Readers! You are going to love this.At the TCEQ public hearing on the new smog plan this morning, Ed Ireland, the main spokesperson for industry in the Barnett Shale, was irate with the TCEQ because he said they "wildly" overstated the amount of VOCs industry is pumping into our air. According to Ed, industry only emits 21 tons per day of VOCs in the entire 9 county non-attainment TXsharonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07438250322631393952noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32620434.post-82927479061017950692011-07-14T13:31:00.002-05:002011-07-14T13:33:28.304-05:00Fort Worth air studyJust remember, the report will come with a big dose of spin, like always. We won't know the real answers until the raw data is digested which will take several weeks.TXsharonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07438250322631393952noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32620434.post-85826948862279806202011-07-14T12:37:00.002-05:002011-07-14T13:02:01.198-05:00Global Corporations and Politicians Manipulate DemocracyALEC ExposedThrough the corporate-funded American Legislative Exchange Council, global corporations and state politicians vote behind closed doors to try to rewrite state laws that govern your rights. These so-called "model bills" reach into almost every area of American life and often directly benefit huge corporations. Through ALEC, corporations have "a VOICE and a VOTE" on specific changes to TXsharonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07438250322631393952noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32620434.post-80926249748279996832011-07-14T09:27:00.003-05:002011-07-14T09:36:36.350-05:00U.S. House votes to end EPA water pollution oversightU.S. House votes to end EPA water pollution oversightBy Ken Ward Jr.CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- Fueled by coal industry complaints about the Obama administration's crackdown on mountaintop removal, legislation passed the U.S. House of Representatives on Wednesday that would strip federal regulators of their authority to make state agencies properly police water pollution.Does anybody remember this:Big TXsharonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07438250322631393952noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32620434.post-7701954372960275522011-07-14T08:43:00.006-05:002011-07-14T08:53:50.877-05:00Help Texas get relief from our case of bad gas!Help Texas get relief from our case of bad gas!On July 14, the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ) will have a public hearing on its new smog plan. The main focus of TCEQ's new plan is, once again, our cars, while allowing the Barnett Shale elephant in the room to continue passing gas.TCEQ could cut 114 tons per day of Volatile Organic Compounds (VOCs) from the gas industry. That TXsharonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07438250322631393952noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32620434.post-6040580642325946772011-07-13T18:20:00.002-05:002011-07-13T18:41:07.808-05:00The climate has already changed. Now what?This is beautifully written by my dear friend, Laura. But, it is terrible to read.The New NormalThe world’s climate has already changed. Now what?Laura PaskusThis is the new normal, and I must re-evaluate what I thought I knew as fact before explaining the world to my 5-year-old. TXsharonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07438250322631393952noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32620434.post-52154839918536814042011-07-13T18:17:00.002-05:002011-07-13T20:12:56.205-05:00Fort Worth air study delayed again.Seriously, WTF?LinkGet ready.TXsharonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07438250322631393952noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32620434.post-32354157706824301262011-07-13T13:01:00.002-05:002011-07-13T13:05:44.381-05:00Gas drilling makes people sick in Co and NMCount to three and pretend to be surprised. All together now: 1, 2, 3...New Report Reveals Toxic Air Near Natural Gas OperationsThe lab detected a total of 22 toxic chemicals in the air samples, including four known carcinogens, as well as toxins known to damage the nervous system and respiratory irritants. The chemicals detected ranged from 3 to 3,000 times higher than what is considered safe byTXsharonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07438250322631393952noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32620434.post-40585667133061882012011-07-13T08:56:00.005-05:002011-07-13T09:15:05.029-05:00Want jobs? Go with clean energyDon't fall for the Big Gas Mafia's propaganda about all the jobs they will provide. The way to put Americans to work is converting to truly clean energy.The clean economy employs more workers than fossil fuelsBy Katie Fehrenbacher at GigaOmWed Jul 13, 2011 12:22am EDTThe green technology and clean power industries are currently employing more workers than their dirty fossil fuel peers. That’s TXsharonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07438250322631393952noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32620434.post-90742789007018924132011-07-12T08:59:00.003-05:002011-07-12T09:18:03.233-05:00CHK to spend $1 billion on new tech while refusing to use existing techChesapeake Energy to spend $1 billion on natural gas technologyPosted on July 11, 2011 at 3:25 pm by Associated PressNEW YORK (AP) — Chesapeake Energy, the nation’s second largest producer of natural gas, plans to invest $1 billion over 10 years in technologies designed to spur demand for the fuel.Yet, they won't spend a dime on employing the existing technologies that would prevent some of the TXsharonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07438250322631393952noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32620434.post-21310756005853493712011-07-12T08:35:00.001-05:002011-07-12T08:38:54.958-05:00Colbert creates bonus pages for Talisman coloring book The Colbert ReportMon - Thurs 11:30pm / 10:30cAnti-frack-attackwww.colbertnation.comColbert Report Full EpisodesPolitical Humor & Satire BlogVideo ArchiveTXsharonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07438250322631393952noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32620434.post-73364048719422928082011-07-11T14:23:00.004-05:002011-07-11T14:33:00.294-05:00Natural gas leaks exposed with new technologyIf this looks familiar, it's because we used the same technology to do the methane mapping in the Barnett Shale.So, all that leaking methane is the most powerful GHG. Industry's claim that naturals gas will help prevent global warming, clean our air and make us all rich is looking more and more like a fairy tale everyday.Here's a graphic of the methane mapping we did in Flower Mound.TXsharonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07438250322631393952noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32620434.post-90726595374798642392011-07-11T11:49:00.003-05:002011-07-11T11:58:45.123-05:00Big Gas Mafia puts squeeze on New York TimesThis industry is desperate to keep their dark secrets. They're going after the Times and particularly Ian Urbina for exposing their ponzi scheme. Ira Glass and NPR will likely be next for exposing their mafia style tactics. Times Newsroom Mounts Defense of Fracking Coverage: MemoThe latest round in the fight between the paper and the gas industry played out June 26, when the paper published a TXsharonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07438250322631393952noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32620434.post-2114318657154967142011-07-11T10:46:00.009-05:002011-07-11T23:06:57.507-05:00The home of our future and my dreamsThis is the home of my dreams. It's green, efficient, off the grid, uses a rain collection system for water and it's in the middle of nowhere.The day I visited this home it was hotter than the hinges of hell, like most summer days in Texas. But, when we went inside the home, it was quite pleasant. The straw bales provide excellent insulation. It's a good thing they have the rainwater collection TXsharonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07438250322631393952noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32620434.post-81937514367455881302011-07-11T06:22:00.004-05:002011-07-11T06:22:00.148-05:00We all work for the TCEQ.This is the Bucci Lease, another Aruba Petroleum well. ...different well, same thing day after day, time after time.TCEQ has a find and fix plan where they want industry to find leaks and fix them instead of the TCEQ regulating. It doesn't work, as you can see above, because industry has no real motivation to find or fix leaks. That means we have a new full-time job for as long as we live in the TXsharonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07438250322631393952noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32620434.post-91689197536977479702011-07-10T21:08:00.001-05:002011-07-10T21:11:26.166-05:00Bite Me!TXsharonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07438250322631393952noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32620434.post-246373192125207992011-07-10T12:04:00.004-05:002011-07-10T12:19:23.896-05:00Karma kicks Texas' assIt is only fitting that the biggest emitter of GHGs and the biggest denier of Global Warming experience the most Karma. But it's not exactly fair to those of us who have tried so hard. It's certainly not fair to the children and animals who will get caught up in this Karma.Please note that this article is in the Houston Chronicle and is written by a scientist at Texas A&M. So, you really TXsharonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07438250322631393952noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32620434.post-47379432774347062932011-07-10T10:08:00.008-05:002011-07-10T11:51:13.382-05:00TCEQ: Enabler of the drunken Big Gas MafiaUndoubtedly, Aruba Petroleum is the best example of the worst Big Gas Mafia operator. But, Aruba is like the raging alcoholic who can't or won't stop destructive behaviors because they have an enabler. TCEQ is their enabler.Intervention needed!Here's a video taken by TCEQ of the Envirotherm Flare on the Ruggiero property:I would provide the results of the air testing but TCEQ decided it was not TXsharonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07438250322631393952noreply@blogger.com1