Bluedaze tipped us off on some sesimic testing going on in Denton this week. Looks like they want to drill in a park now. Nobody seems terribly concerned about the gas drillers around here. Especially those getting royalties. But you should be!
Take a look at what county has the worst air pollution in the region. That's right North Texans...good ol' Denton County. The numbers are not just noticeable but substantial. Take a look at this report for yourself. This is not just carbon dioxide, the bane of global warming. This is some bad shit in the air-- benzene, ethane, butane, just to name a few. And according to the study, it just isn't because we are on the way of all the coal plants. It seems to point to a direct correlation in the increase in gas well drilling in western Denton and eastern Wise counties in the Barnett Shale. The high ozone levels also correlate with the drilling sites.
All of this crap causes smog and can even lead to acid rain if enough is in the air. It also leads to diseases that nobody likes. Do you enjoy cancer? We don't. So why does the state of Texas, TCEQ, and Railroad Commission continue to turn a blind eye? Why is it taking the local governments of places like DISH, TX to spend it's tax payer dollars and hope for charity to test its citizens for potential health effects? Is it going to take an environmental disaster for the locals to wake up? It certainly doesn't help when you have a stupid SOB like State Rep Jim Keffer going around blaming boogie men from Yankee land for starting a "culture clash" and for not agreeing that it's "just the way things are". Well Jimbo, things are gonna change around here, your ignorance be damned.
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