Posts Tagged ‘gas drilling’
Smart Career Move
Fort Worth WeeklyStatic peered into its crystal ball and saw a promotion and more money in Collin Gregory’s future. Arlington’s gas well coordinator spoke about the safety and production of natural gas at a panel discussion held April 9 at ...
League Of Women Voters Taking Fools Gold?
Jeff PrinceAccepting money from Fort Worth-based natural gas driller Quicksilver Resources earned the local League of Women Voters a raspberry from a local environmentalist. On April 5, the League is hosting Fools Rule, an event to raise ...
How Green?
A south Arlington well site might represent an environmental first for the gas drilling industry.RITA COOK
When Edge Resources recently announced that it had partnered with an international nonprofit group to create a sustainably developed gas drilling property in south Arlington, local environmentalists and drilling critics probabl...
“GasLand” Director Arrested!
Kristian LinQuasi-local film news: Josh Fox, the director of GasLand and a former Weekly profilee, was arrested this morning for trying to film a Congressional committee meeting on fracking and drinking water contamination. Apparently, the...
Calvin Tillman After The Storm
Jeff PrinceRemember the former mayor of DISH who fled the city after gas drillers turned it into an industrial site? Tillman and some of his townsfolk fought a long time against state laws and regulatory agencies that are geared toward pr...
An Activist’s Look At Gas Drilling 2004-11
Jeff PrinceFort Worth resident Don Young has been entrenched on the battlefront ever since urban gas drilling came to Fort Worth, and he has compiled a comprehensive and organized look at the local industry from his personal perspective. ...
Gas Fracking Inspires NYU Students
Jeff PrinceTarrant County, being in the epicenter of the Barnett Shale natural gas boom, served as the national guinea pig for urban drilling. Most everyone around here was clueless about the industry and its methods of operation when the...
Outsiders See Fort Worth As Cautionary Tale
Jeff PrinceThe good folks in Pennsylvania are trying to slow down the natural gas drilling while they study the repercussions, and they’re using Fort Worth as an example — of a horror story.
NY Times Takes Aim At Gas Drilling
Jeff PrinceDirector Josh Fox’s documentary on natural gas drilling, “Gasland,” didn’t win an Oscar at last night’s Academy Awards program, but gas drilling critics today are still pumped: The New York Times k...
Steelers Steal ‘America’s Team’ Tag From Cowboys?
Jeff PrinceGas drilling activist Don Young has been named a Citizen of Steelers Nation because of his newfound love for a team that any card-carrying Cowboys fan should despise. So what is it about the Pittsburgh Steelers that stole You...