tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-43169492042922728302024-03-24T23:09:19.079-07:00Mountain Creek Neighborhood AllianceWorking together to advocate for quality of lifemcnadallashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04564161478284603307noreply@blogger.comBlogger41125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4316949204292272830.post-53334367522208529342013-01-13T14:33:00.000-08:002013-01-13T14:35:16.807-08:00Parliamentary Trickery at City Plan Commission<br />
<a href="http://dfw.cbslocal.com/2013/01/10/protestors-oppose-new-life-for-dallas-fracking-project/"><span style="color: red;">http://dfw.cbslocal.com/2013/01/10/protestors-oppose-new-life-for-dallas-fracking-project/</span></a>mcnadallashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04564161478284603307noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4316949204292272830.post-47600930279842234922013-01-09T15:35:00.002-08:002013-01-10T07:04:27.656-08:00The Democratic Process and Gas Well Drilling in Dallas<h2>
<span style="color: red; font-size: x-large;">Speak up and tell the City Plan Commission and the Mayor what you think of Gas Drilling in Dallas.</span></h2>
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fight over gas drilling in Dallas <br />
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- Public meetings scheduled five days before Christmas<br />
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- Hiding a huge compressor station and gas processing plant in a <br />
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- And now they want to steal a vote that we won in December through
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<u>Th</u>mcnadallashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04564161478284603307noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4316949204292272830.post-40276333716870543512012-11-02T11:15:00.001-07:002012-11-02T11:18:33.382-07:00Gas Drilling Panel Discussion at Mountain View College<span style="font-size: large;"><em>Come and ask questions:</em></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><em><strong>Why are heavy toxic industrial operations proposed in the Mountain Creek area, where students and citizens live, work, play and worship?</strong></em></span></span><br />
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<strong><span style="font-size: large;">Residents Protest with Drilling Rig at Official Re-Opening of City Golf Course Already Leased For Fracking</span></strong></div>
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Spotlighting what they say is their city's rush to sacrifice park land to heavy industry, Dallas residents supporting a ban on gas drilling in public greenbelts crashed the official re-opening ceremonies on October 26, 2012 at the municipal golf course that City Hall has alaready leased for fracking.</div>
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Now being renamed "Luna Vista," the former LB Houston Golf Course hosted at least three separate leased drilling sites - including one immediately next to the driving range. <strong>To show golfers how close they'll be to hundreds of trucks, heavy machinery and toxic chemicals, members of the Dallas Residents at Risk alliance set-up a 15-foot tall mock drilling rig immediately next to the club house for the ribbon-cutting. </strong>The prop loomed over the proceedings, attended <strong>by City Council and Park and Recreation Board members</strong>, as a stark reminder of how the city has already compromised public safety and popular sentiment for the sake of gas leases.</div>
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Residents voiced concerns that the new Luna Vista Golf Course shows off our natural beauty here in the Trinity River bottomlands, and the proposal to allow a heavy industrial operation like gas drilling in between the river and the driving range is simply unacceptable. Our park lands are for recreation and relaxation, not fracking and gas extraction. The last thing this golf course needs is a toxic water hazard and hazardous fumes.</div>
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Afer two years and a list of task force recommendations, the Dallas City Council is still wrestling with the problems created in 2006 when they took over $30 million from gas operators for leases on city-owned propeerty. The decision was not publicized and there were no public hearings. Despite not drilling on those sites in the intervening period, gas operatos are continuing to seek permission to exploit them. Many of those leases are either in park land like the Luna Vista sites, or in the Trinity River floodplain. City Councilmember Sheffie Kadane and others have endorsed park drilling, saying the land is underutilized.</div>
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It's appalling that Councilmember Kadane and others on the Council are seriously considering fracking on thousands of acres of public park lands along the Trinity River with miles of hike and bike trails, a massive new socccer complex, and a municipal golf course in which we've just invested $5 million in renovations. Our park lands are a generational asset, and our choices today will leave a lasting legacy.</div>
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Neighborhood activists will be using a 15-foot model gas drilling rig during
this Saturday’s city-sponsored “It’s My Park Day” to spotlight a new city
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ridiculous that while the City is out celebrating our public spaces and trying
to recruit residents to help them maintain them, it’s also considering a policy
that would allow gas drilling to ruin them,”</span></i></b><span style="font-size: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"> said Claudia Meyer, of the
Mountain Creek Neighborhood Alliance, a member of the Dallas Residents at Risk
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Point at 9am on Saturday morning <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">with a
15-foot high model of a gas drilling rig that citizens built as a travelling
protest.</b> It will be the rig’s debut, and the red and black prop promises to
be an eye-catcher.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>As the rig attracts
attention, Meyer and her fellow activists will be handing out flyers warning
volunteers that their favorite urban refuges could be targets of development if
the city allows gas drilling in parks as part of its larger ordinance governing
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parkland is currently under lease for drilling</span></b><span style="font-size: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">. The city council’s gas
task force, including outgoing Park and Recreation Board President Joan Walne,
reversed a previous position at the last minute and endorsed drilling in
parkland. Although White Rock Lake isn’t a declared site, protesters picked the
park because it’s the gem of the City’s park system and it’s in the district of
Councilmember Sheffie Kadane, who’s been an unquestioning advocate of park drilling.
During an August council briefing, Kadane was recorded as saying, <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">“We’ve
got parklands there that aren’t being utilized for anything. What else are you
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wh</span><a href="http://www.blogger.com/null" name="_GoBack"></a><span style="font-family: Cambria;">at kind of park system Councilmember Kadane grew up
enjoying, but we believe that most Dallas residents like their parks without
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This is why residents in his district need to firmly say they don’t support
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mcnadallashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04564161478284603307noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4316949204292272830.post-19570502991591375282012-09-13T11:37:00.000-07:002012-09-13T11:37:26.827-07:00"The Moron's Guide to Fracking in Dallas"Check it out at <a href="http://blogs.dallasobserver.com/unfairpark/2012/09/a_morons_guide_to_the_fracking.php">http://blogs.dallasobserver.com/unfairpark/2012/09/a_morons_guide_to_the_fracking.php</a><br />
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A must read for folks who are tired of the games the gas industry plays.mcnadallashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04564161478284603307noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4316949204292272830.post-68123308468574181762012-09-10T14:36:00.002-07:002012-09-10T15:13:12.761-07:00Community Meeting<span style="background-color: magenta; font-size: x-large;">League of Women Voters and Sierra Club present:</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: #d5a6bd; font-size: x-large;">Much Ado About Fracking</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #6aa84f;">A community meeting on gas drilling this week that you won't want to miss!</span><br />
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Moderated by<strong> B.J. Austin of KERA Dallas</strong>, this panel discussion will feature <strong>Dr. Eduardo Olaguer</strong>, Director of Air Quality Research at the Houston Advanced Research Center, and author of a<span style="color: blue;"> new study showing that gas industry emissions are significantly increasing smog pollution levels in D/FW.</span><br />
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The Dallas City Council is considering several major changes to our local gas drilling ordinance. Come learn about the fracking process and how it will affect the region's air and water, the economy and health of people and the environment.</div>
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City Council Briefing:<br />
Gas Drilling Ordinance<br />
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Wednesday, August 1st, 1PM<br />
City Hall Briefing Room:<br />
1500 Marilla, Room 6ESmcnadallashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04564161478284603307noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4316949204292272830.post-12883085901875490912012-06-30T18:03:00.001-07:002012-06-30T18:04:46.696-07:00Shale Shocked: Drilling for Dollars<a href="http://www.dfwchild.com/Dallas/images/covers/large/DC_Cover_0612.jpg" imageanchor="1"><img border="0" height="640" src="http://www.dfwchild.com/Dallas/images/covers/large/DC_Cover_0612.jpg" width="489" /></a><br />
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Calvin Tillman grew up on an oil field in Oklahoma. So, when he moved to DISH in Denton County, he didn’t think much of the natural-gas drilling activity going on in this tiny residential hamlet. In fact, he went on to become the mayor.<br />
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That is, until his family began to smell the noxious odors, and his two young sons experienced frequent, severe nosebleeds. Their home sat approximately 1,000 feet from a drilling site. He started to dig into the issue of hydraulic fracturing, or “fracking” of natural or shale gas, and it “didn’t take a lot of research” to uncover copious claims of environmental and health issues, especially respiratory, resulting from living near production sites.<br />
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Like the Dallas Cowboys, Neiman Marcus or barbecued brisket, fracking has become synonymous with North Texas, a dense parcel perched on the largest onshore natural gas field in the United States – the Barnett Shale. <span style="background-color: cyan;">As of this spring, 15,731 total gas wells within 23 counties, including Dallas, Denton and Tarrant, were recorded by the Texas Railroad Commission, which regulates oil and gas operations.</span><br />
Much of the gas is buried a mile below urban and suburban communities, which means gas companies often set up drilling operations close to homes, schools and other public buildings, causing an outcry over whether it is safe – especially for children.<br />
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Probably nowhere is drilling more pronounced than in Fort Worth, which was the first large city to permit shale production. Despite an early and sustained pushback by environmental activists, Cowtown sprouts more than 2,000 gas wells.<br />
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Consequently, as production has risen, complaints to federal, state and local agencies have also increased, according to the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ), which oversees permitting of some drilling equipment and associated air emissions.<br />
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<strong>“Something is in the air”</strong><br />
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Many landowners, including Elizabeth Lane of Arlington, have leased their mineral rights to gas companies in exchange for signing bonuses and royalties. Lane (not her real name) says she had never heard of natural gas drilling before her suburban neighborhood was approached by a gas company. She and her neighbors were swayed by the heady promise of lottery-like income with minimal inconvenience. And, she says, the notion that drilling would happen whether they signed or not.<br />
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Soon after drilling started, however, the mother of a 12-year-old daughter describes her residential respite turning into an “industrial zone,” filled overnight with the clamor of equipment, chemical odors and a thick smog that “took my breath away.”<br />
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She says she has gained $2,000 in payments so far, along with puzzling ailments, such as extreme exhaustion (her neighbor relates it to not being capable of “lifting a toothbrush”), dizziness and headaches. “Something is in the air,” she recalls thinking, and she began to take a new interest in her city council meetings, where fracking is a heated topic. “I realized quickly that this is not a good thing to be near your home.”<br />
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Drilling, of which fracking is just a small part of a complex, lengthy process, is permitted around the clock on large pad sites two blocks from Lane’s home. She claims to being frequently jarred from sleep by a racket and vibration akin to “having an appliance on all night.” But what’s really keeping her up is the nagging fear of what her daughter might be breathing in and how it could affect her health later.<br />
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She recalls a pungent smell rushing into her home one evening – and she could do nothing to stop it. “Why are they allowed to drill 24/7?” demands Lane. <span style="background-color: cyan;">“Why are they allowed to drill in a residential neighborhood at all?”</span><br />
<strong>“Potential health and environmental impacts”</strong><br />
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Natural gas is a cleaner-burning fuel than coal or oil. It’s also considered essential to the energy security of the United States. Even a modest increase in natural gas supply from shale deposits could generate more than 400,000 new jobs in the United States and upwards of $132 billion in U.S. economic output, a study shows. But it wasn’t always economically feasible to retrieve natural gas from the deep, porous shale formations in the earth.<br />
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When gas prices soared in the late 1990s, the U.S. turned toward a new technology of horizontal drilling and well fracturing to crack open the vast reservoirs of natural gas in a cost-effective way. Fracking is a technique in which blasts of high-pressured water, chemicals and sand fracture rock and release natural gas.<br />
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The American Gas Association says natural gas pipeline and utility companies spend approximately $7 billion a year on programs to ensure the safety and reliability of natural gas infrastructure. Federal authorities, however, admit there are environmental concerns associated with the production of shale gas, including the possibility of groundwater contamination, risks to air quality, migration of gases and fracking chemicals to the surface, mishandling of waste and the subsequent health effects.<br />
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<span style="background-color: #a2c4c9;"><span style="background-color: cyan;">Fracking fluids – which are known to contain some hazardous chemicals – can be released by spills, leaks, faulty well construction or other exposure pathways, contaminating surrounding areas. Because of the massive volume of water used (4 to 6 million gallons per well), disposing of the wastewater post-fracturing leads to further challenges.</span></span><br />
The response from the gas industry to these issues has generally been denial – not only that any such problems exist but also that if they did exist they are not real risks. In the past year, concerns about the potential health and environmental impacts of shale gas drilling have led some jurisdictions, including Dallas and Denton, to issue a temporary moratorium on new wells in order to mull over the strengths and weaknesses of local ordinances. (There is no drilling in Collin County, which is not part of the Barnett Shale.)<br />
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But it’s not an issue that’s going away anytime soon. In fact, drilling is spreading to other areas of Texas and the United States. “The challenge for Texas is not whether to allow shale gas and oil production, but how to protect the communities whose lives and landscapes are being transformed by the boom,” according to the organization Earthworks in its recent report, “Flowback: How the Texas Natural Gas Boom Affects Health and Safety.”<br />
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<strong>“Disturbing chemicals in our area”</strong><br />
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By 2009, residents of DISH living near 11 natural gas compression stations began to worry about the noise, unpleasant sulfur-like odors, and, most alarmingly, health problems they were experiencing, including headaches and blackouts. Tillman reported their concerns to Texas regulators and hired a private environmental consultant who discovered “disturbing chemicals in our area” associated with gas wells and gas compressor stations, he says.<br />
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Wolf Eagle Environmental sampled the ambient air at seven locations and “confirmed the presence in high concentrations of carcinogenic and neurotoxin compounds in ambient air near and/or on residential properties,” according to the report. Of particular concern was the detection of benzene, a known human carcinogen. The chemical concentration in the air exceeded safety standards – by a large amount, says Wilma Subra, a renowned chemist and microbiologist who reviewed the consultant’s study. “Acute impacts to health will occur with these concentrations of chemicals in the air,” she says.<br />
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The TCEQ Toxicology Division also examined the data and concluded that if the results were representative of normal and prolonged ambient conditions, the reported levels of benzene could result in long-term health risks to residents. “The DISH study can be compared to any area in the Barnett Shale with drilling activity. The same toxic chemicals will be present,” Subra says.<br />
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That study prompted the TCEQ to do its own investigation of air emissions in the Barnett Shale. Of 94 sites tested, two – near DISH – revealed extremely high levels of benzene, and there were 19 more with elevated levels of the chemical. At Tillman’s request, the Texas Department of State Health Services also performed blood tests on 28 DISH residents; results, however, showed that the exposure of DISH residents to volatile organic compounds was similar to that of the general U.S. population.<br />
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Tillman, who participated in the study, still has questions about the results. For instance, his blood test revealed the presence of dichlorobenzenes, potentially cancer-causing chemical compounds used in pesticides and, most commonly, mothballs, as well as in natural gas drilling operations. “I have never had mothballs in my home, nor would I have been using pesticides that time of year,” Tillman says. “I did, however, live next to one of the largest natural gas compression and processing facilities in the area.”<br />
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Tillman admits that independent blood tests he had run on his children didn’t find anything worrisome, but, adds, “nobody knows how much benzene a child can be safely exposed to.”<br />
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For Tillman and his wife, the threat of health problems from the drilling juggernaut overtaking their community (a dozen major pipelines converge here with more than 50 wells in a town of only 200 people), were not worth the risk. Tillman made the agonizing decision to resign from his mayoral post and sell their home at a loss. They now live in Aubrey, far from a drilling site, and report that their symptoms have “disappeared.”<br />
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Subra, recipient of a MacArthur “genius” award for her work documenting harmful toxins related to industrial operations, says 10–70 percent of the waste used in gas drilling can be considered hazardous. “People who live in these communities continue to report having their quality of life degraded substantially,” Subra says.<br />
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To make matters worse, “The burden is falling on everyday people to come up with the money to prove they are getting sick from these emissions,” says Jenny Land, a local activist who is affiliated with FracDallas, an umbrella group of concerned citizens.<br />
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<span style="background-color: cyan; color: black;">Subra says acute health impacts from living in close proximity to natural gas drilling, of which children and the elderly are more susceptible, can range from irritated skin, nose, eyes, throat and lungs to headaches and dizziness, while chronic effects could include damage to the liver, kidneys, lungs and the nervous system, as well as leukemia and other cancers.</span><br />
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But it’s difficult to link the symptoms definitively to fracking. “Most doctors are not equipped to deal with chemical exposure. They just treat the symptoms,” Subra says.<br />
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In response to the myriad of health concerns, the TCEQ says it has devoted a “tremendous amount of time and resources to the issue of Barnett Shale air quality.”<br />
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“And we will continue to do so,” says Chairman Bryan Shaw, Ph.D. After several months of operation, 24-hour air monitors in the Barnett Shale area (in Dallas, Fort Worth, DISH, Eagle Mountain, Flower Mound, Decatur and Everman) have not detected levels of concern for any chemicals.<br />
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<strong>“Children more vulnerable”</strong><br />
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The Endocrine Disruption Exchange (TEDX), an independent research organization focused on health problems caused by low-dose exposure to chemicals, analyzed health effects data for 61 chemicals found in products known to be used during oil and gas drilling or hydraulic fracturing in Texas. More than 90 percent of the chemicals are harmful to the brain, nerves, lungs and digestive system; 80 percent or more can affect the heart, blood and kidneys; and 67 percent can affect the immune system.<br />
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Though industry representatives have said there is little cause for concern because of the low concentrations of chemicals used in their operations, the report states that, “Numerous systems, most notably the endocrine system, are extremely sensitive to very low levels of chemicals.” The damage might not be perceptible at the time of exposure, but “we have no idea what the long-term effects could be,” reports Dr. Theo Colborn, founder of TEDX. “Our major concern is that this exposure is insidious.”<br />
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So, what are the additional risks to children who are exposed to shale production chemicals? “No one can answer that question,” says Sharon Wilson, who is the lead Texas organizer for Earthworks, a nonprofit dedicated to protecting communities and the environment from the impacts of irresponsible mineral and energy development. “We don’t have the science yet to determine how this can be done safely. Everyone is a guinea pig. The test case is here and now. We will find out the science from how this harms us.”<br />
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What we do know is that children are more vulnerable to environmental hazards. “They eat, drink and breathe more than adults on a pound for pound basis,” according to the Pediatric Environmental Health Specialty Unit. “Research has also shown that children are not able to metabolize some toxicants as well as adults due to immature detoxification processes.”<br />
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Adds the organization, “The fetus and young child are in a critical period of development when toxic exposures can have profound negative effects.”<br />
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<strong>Local communities fight back</strong><br />
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Recently, the EPA took the first step toward setting national air pollution standards for emissions related to hydraulic fracturing. Drillers will be required to use cost-effective “green completions” that capture 90 percent of natural gas and other compounds for use or eventual sale rather than vent them into the atmosphere.<br />
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<span style="background-color: cyan;">“We are thrilled that the EPA has stepped up and put out stronger rules, but it’s not enough. We need more,” says Wilson, who maintains the shale gas watchdog blog Bluedaze.</span><br />
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Some area towns have been successful at lobbying for tighter regulations – and, in the process, have discouraged drilling altogether. Driven by vocal community activists, Southlake approved one of the most comprehensive ordinances in North Texas, requiring a 1,000-foot setback between drilling rigs and homes and a halt to fracking during summer months because of the drought’s impact on the water supply. As a result, gas companies responded by backing away to produce minerals in areas with less restrictive conditions.<br />
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Others have logged a bitter fight. In 2006, Flower Mound residents voted out the mayor and entire city council because of concern over fracking. The new city council enacted controls so strong that drilling options are severely limited. <span style="color: cyan;">“In the long run, how good the regulations are depends on how much the community fights for,” Subra says.</span> “Even with the best set of ordinances in place, however, variances [which are frequently granted to drillers throughout North Texas] can drive the ordinance into the ground.”<br />
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For those living in the midst of drilling, there is a mix of determination (to fight) and despair (to flee). Like Tillman, Lane is considering uprooting her family. Her preteen daughter hasn’t exhibited any symptoms related to the gas drilling, but “I worry about the long-term effects,” she says. “I feel like what choice do I have but to move?”<br />
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“When so many citizens across almost two dozen counties report similar complaints and symptoms associated with gas drilling, something is wrong,” reports Earthworks. “More thorough research is needed.”<br />
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Dr. Christopher Portier, director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s National Center for Environmental Health, makes clear that the science on the issue isn’t settled yet. “Studies should include all the ways people can be exposed, such as through air, water, soil, plants and animals,” Portier writes.<br />
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The EPA is in the middle of a large study to determine any potential impacts of hydraulic fracturing on drinking water and groundwater.<br />
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Though residents such as Lane contend the quality of their water has changed since drilling ensued, so far there hasn’t been one water contamination case associated with the process of hydraulic fracturing in Texas, according to the state. Texas recently adopted one of the nation’s most comprehensive chemical disclosure rules for fracking chemicals – a start at creating transparency, Subra says. The law, which went into effect earlier this year, requires Texas oil and gas operators to disclose (at <a href="http://www.fracfocus.org/">FracFocus.org</a>) all of the ingredients and water volumes used to frac wells in Texas. Companies, however, will still be given leeway for proprietary chemicals, which are protected by trade secret agreements, Subra says.<br />
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State Representative Lon Burnam of District 90 (Democrat–Fort Worth) filed a bill last year to prevent drilling within 1,200 feet of public schools statewide. The measure was one of many proposals that died after facing industry opposition. Burnam says he will continue pushing the measure next year when the Texas Legislature is back in session but is concerned that industry-friendly lawmakers will foil all but “watered-down” regulations.<br />
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“We’re fortunate to have shale gas in North Texas, but we need to extract it in a way that doesn’t threaten public health and safety,” Burnam says. “Current law favors private profits over public health, particularly for vulnerable populations like children. We can and must change that.” <br />
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<span class="sidebar">So. What’s it like to live next to a gas drilling rig? Elly Khoei, an Arlington resident, is all too happy to let you in on the soundtrack. Khoei, a biology student at UTA, lives next to a horse farm that housed a drilling operation, and she could lie in bed and watch the activity just 600 feet away, only partly concealed by a noise barrier that she likens to a “green used diaper that flaps in the wind.”<br /><br />There is loud, aryhthmic clinking – from pipes, poles, whatever. You can’t see exactly what’s going on, so it’s hard to pinpoint the source. Heavy trucks grinding in and out. And, as late as 3am, hard clinking sounds, wires shaking, loud rumbling, a guy’s voice on a loudspeaker.<br /><br />Drilling, she says, took months, disrupting her attempts to study. “I would go outside and flip them off and go back inside,” she says. “It drove me crazy. It is so loud it’s ridiculous.”<br /><br />Arlington resident Elizabeth Lane likened the noise of fracking to “helicopters hovering over our house.” Depending on how close you are to the site, you could also have powerful spotlights beaming in your windows at night. “This is heavy industrial mining,” Lane says. “This is what it is.” <br />—Julie Lyons</span></h2>mcnadallashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04564161478284603307noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4316949204292272830.post-39091001630641918752012-06-22T12:30:00.001-07:002012-06-22T12:35:39.464-07:00A Recent Report from ProPublica<span style="font-size: x-large;">Injection Wells: The Poison Beneath Us</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A class 2 brine disposal well in western Louisiana near the Texas border. The
well sat by the side of the road, without restricted access. (Abrahm
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Over the past several decades,<span style="background-color: yellow;"> U.S. industries have injected more than 30
trillion gallons of toxic liquid deep into the earth</span>, using broad expanses of
the nation's geology as an invisible dumping ground.</div>
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No company would be allowed to pour such dangerous chemicals into the rivers
or onto the soil. But until recently, scientists and environmental officials
have assumed that deep layers of rock beneath the earth would safely entomb the
waste for millennia. </div>
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There are growing signs they were mistaken. </div>
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Records from disparate corners of the United States show that wells drilled
to bury this waste deep beneath the ground have repeatedly leaked, sending
dangerous chemicals and waste gurgling to the surface or, on occasion, seeping
into shallow aquifers that store a significant portion of the nation's drinking
water. </div>
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In 2010, contaminants from such a well bubbled up in a west Los Angeles dog
park. Within the past three years, similar fountains of oil and gas drilling
waste have appeared in Oklahoma and Louisiana. In South Florida, 20 of the
nation's most stringently regulated disposal wells failed in the early 1990s,
releasing partly treated sewage into aquifers that may one day be needed to
supply Miami's drinking water. </div>
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There are more than <a href="http://www.propublica.org/documents/item/371154-uic-well-inventory-2010-2" jquery17107202694349987493="203"><span style="background-color: yellow;">680,000 underground waste and
injection</span></a><span class="print-only"> [1]</span> wells nationwide, more than
150,000 of which shoot industrial fluids thousands of feet below the surface.
Scientists and federal regulators acknowledge they do not know how many of the
sites are leaking.</div>
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Federal officials and many geologists insist that the risks posed by all this
dumping are minimal. Accidents are uncommon, they say, and groundwater reserves
— from which most Americans get their drinking water — remain safe and far
exceed any plausible threat posed by injecting toxic chemicals into the
ground.</div>
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But in interviews, <span style="background-color: yellow; color: black;">several key experts acknowledged that the idea that
injection is safe rests on science that has not kept pace with reality, and on
oversight that doesn't always work.</span></div>
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"In 10 to 100 years we are going to find out that most of our groundwater is
polluted," said Mario Salazar, an engineer who worked for 25 years as a
technical expert with the EPA's underground injection program in Washington. "A
lot of people are going to get sick, and a lot of people may die."</div>
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The boom in oil and natural gas drilling is deepening the uncertainties,
geologists acknowledge. Drilling produces copious amounts of waste, burdening
regulators and demanding hundreds of additional disposal wells. Those wells —
more holes punched in the ground — are changing the earth's geology, adding
man-made fractures that allow water and waste to flow more freely. </div>
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"There is no certainty at all in any of this, and whoever tells you the
opposite is not telling you the truth," said Stefan Finsterle, a leading
hydrogeologist at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory who specializes in
understanding the properties of rock layers and modeling how fluid flows through
them. "You have changed the system with pressure and temperature and fracturing,
so you don't know how it will behave."</div>
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A ProPublica review of well records, case histories and government summaries
of more than 220,000 well inspections found that structural failures inside
injection wells are routine. From late 2007 to late 2010, one well integrity
violation was issued for every six deep injection wells examined — more than
17,000 violations nationally. More than 7,000 wells showed signs that their
walls were leaking. Records also show wells are frequently operated in violation
of safety regulations and under conditions that greatly increase the risk of
fluid leakage and the threat of water contamination. </div>
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well.</a><span class="print-only"> [2]</span> Tubes of concrete and steel extend
anywhere from a few hundred feet to two miles into the earth. At the bottom, the
well opens into a natural rock formation. There is no container. Waste simply
seeps out, filling tiny spaces left between the grains in the rock like the gaps
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economy, relied on by the pharmaceutical, agricultural and chemical industries.
It's also critical to a future less dependent on foreign oil: Hydraulic
fracturing, "clean coal" technologies, nuclear fuel production and carbon
storage (the keystone of the strategy to address climate change) all count on
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Has the city of Dallas budgeted the cost of training for its first responders to gas well accidents?</h3>
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The Fire Chief of Arlington, Texas has submitted a Plan for over 40 of its first responders to receive training and new equipment to protect citizens from gas well accidents. The Plan will cost $800,000.00. Is Dallas considering these costs, when they consider all the costs for allowing drilling in Dallas? Read:</h3>
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Fire Chief Presents Gas Well Preparedness Plan</h2>
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<span class="postdate">February 8, 2012 | </span><span class="postcategory">Filed under: <a href="http://myarlingtontx.com/category/community/" rel="category tag" title="View all posts in Community">Community</a>,<a href="http://myarlingtontx.com/category/government/fire/" rel="category tag" title="View all posts in Fire">Fire</a>,<a href="http://myarlingtontx.com/category/government/" rel="category tag" title="View all posts in Government">Government</a>,<a href="http://myarlingtontx.com/category/headlines/" rel="category tag" title="View all posts in Headlines">Headlines</a>,<a href="http://myarlingtontx.com/category/mayor-council/" rel="category tag" title="View all posts in Mayor & Council">Mayor & Council</a>,<a href="http://myarlingtontx.com/category/news/" rel="category tag" title="View all posts in News">News</a>,<a href="http://myarlingtontx.com/category/community/public-safety/" rel="category tag" title="View all posts in Public Safety">Public Safety</a> | </span><span class="postauthor">Posted by: <a href="http://myarlingtontx.com/author/cityofarlington/" rel="author" title="Posts by City of Arlington, TX">City of Arlington, TX</a></span></h2>
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Fire Chief Don Crowson presented a Natural Gas Well Preparedness and Response Plan to the City Council on Tuesday during their afternoon work session.<br />
The chief told the council a gas well plan is needed due to the unique challenges for public safety, the rapid growth of drill sites, and the fact that they are located in urban settings near neighborhoods, schools, and businesses. The chief expressed the need for additional well oversight, and expertise and emergency response capacity.<br />
The chief’s plan calls for a system approach of three elements to be addressed: oversight, inspection, and response capacity. It also calls for a unified partnership between the departments of Fire, Community Development and Planning, Water, and Public Works and Transportation.<br />
“We see it as a system approach issue,” said Crowson. “An active and continuous partnership with other City partners as we approach this issue from a preparedness and safety perspective, which is key to the Fire Department’s mission.”<br />
The plan is expected to cost $800 thousand per year and be funded by a Natural Gas Well Operational Permit Fee, which is expected to be around $2,400 per well. The plan costs will include hiring a natural gas well program manager, a natural gas well site safety and security fire inspector, and six fire fighters assigned and specially trained to handle natural gas well incidents.<br />
Under the councils direction, Chief Crowson will report back at the next council afternoon work session on February 21 with information on the number of calls or incidents the Fire Department has responded to regarding natural gas wells, as well as feedback collected from gas well drillers.<br />
<a href="http://myarlingtontx.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/Natural-Gas-Well-Preparedness-City-Council.pdf" target="_blank">For more details, click here to view the Chief’s presentation.</a><br />
By Michelle Rice<br />
<br /></div>mcnadallashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04564161478284603307noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4316949204292272830.post-62999904420717611882012-06-12T12:47:00.001-07:002012-06-12T12:50:40.424-07:00Councilmember Scott Griggs Hosts Gas Drilling Meeting<h2>
<span style="background-color: red;">Our Neighborhood and the City of Dallas is at stake!</span></h2>
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<span style="background-color: yellow;">Protecting Our Community from Gas Drilling -</span></h2>
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<span style="background-color: yellow;">An Update on the New Ordinance</span></h2>
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Hosted by Councilmember Scott Griggs</h2>
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Thursday, June 14 @ 6:30 pm</h2>
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Hampton-Illinois Library (2951South Hampton Rd)</h2>
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<b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14pt; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;">8120 W. Camp Wisdom Road, Dallas<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="color: red; font-family: "MV Boli"; font-size: 16pt; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;">Don’t let the Dallas City Council Roll Back
Protection for Mountain Creek Residents <o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14pt; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;">For more information: Zac Trahan 214-599-7840<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>mcnadallashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04564161478284603307noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4316949204292272830.post-84971922027853836472012-04-27T11:15:00.002-07:002012-04-27T11:15:31.851-07:00Natural Gas Fracturing and Childrens' Health<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Natural Gas Extraction and Hydraulic Fracturing Information</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;">for</span> <span style="color: red;">Parents and
Community Members</span></span></div>
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<u><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Special Susceptibility of Children<o:p></o:p></span></u></div>
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<span style="background: yellow; mso-highlight: yellow;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Children
are more vulnerable to environmental hazards.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>They eat, drink, and breathe more than adults on a pound for pound
basis.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Research has also shown that
children are not able to metabolize some toxicants as well as adults due to
immature detoxification processes.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Also,
the fetus and young child are in a critical period of development when toxic
exposures can have profound negative effects.</span></span></div>
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<u><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Background<o:p></o:p></span></u></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Natural gas extraction from shale is a complex process which
includes:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>1) building access roads, holding
ponds, and the drill site; 2) Construction of pipe lines and compressor
stations; 3) drilling and hydraulic fracturing to capture the natural gas; and
4) disposal of flowback water and drilling waste.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Hydraulic fracturing, also known as hydrofracking or
fracking, uses a combination of water, sand, and chemicals injected into the
ground under high pressure to release natural gas or oil.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This process has become much more common in
the US over the last decade.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It was
first used for natural gas in Colorado, Wyoming, and Texas but has recently
spread into other states including West Virginia, Pennsylvania, and New York.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Questions have been raised about the possible health effects
of air and water pollution caused by Natural gas extraction/Hydraulic
fracturing.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The Pediatric Environmental
Health Specialty Unit (PEHSU) network, which consists of experts throughout the
country dedicated to preventing poor health outcomes in children from
environmental causes, developed this fact sheet<span style="background: yellow; mso-highlight: yellow;">.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There is little
research on the health effects to children from fracking.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Because many questions remain unanswered, the
PEHSU network recommends a <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>cautious
approach to toxicants in general and to hydraulic fracturing specifically.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span style="background: yellow; mso-highlight: yellow;">One of
the potential routes of exposure to toxins from the fracturing <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>process is the contamination of drinking
water, including public water supplies and private wells.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This can occur when geologic fractures extend
into groundwater or from leaks from the natural gas well if it passes through
the water table.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In addition, drilling
fluid, chemical spills, ad disposal pit leaks may contaminate surface water
supplies.</span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>A study conducted in
New York and Pennsylvania found that methane contamination of private drinking
water wells was seen in areas close to active natural gas drilling. (Osborne
SGG, et al. 2011<span style="background: yellow; mso-highlight: yellow;">).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>While many of the chemicals used in the
drilling and fracking process are not disclosed, the list includes benzene,
toluene, ethyl benzene, xylene, ethylene glucol, glutaraldehyde, hydrochloric
acid, and hydrogen treated light petroleum distillates.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>These substances have a wide spectrum of
potential toxic effects of humans ranging from cancer to adverse effects on the
reproductive, neurological, and endocrine systems</span> (ATSDR, Colborn T, et
al, U>S> EPA 2009).</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Sources of air pollution around a drilling facility include
diesel exhaust from the use of machinery and heavy trucks, and emissions from
the drilling and NGE/HF processes.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>These
air pollutants are associated with a spectrum of health effects in humans.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> <span style="background-color: yellow; color: black;"> </span></span><span style="background-color: yellow; color: black;">Particulate matter air pollution (dust), for
example, has been linked to lung illnesses, wheezing in infants, cardiovascular
events, and premature death</span> (Laden F et al, Lewtas J, Ryan PH, et al, Sacks JD,
et al).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Since each fracturing event at
each well requires up to 2,400 industrial truck trips, residents near the site
and along the truck routes may be exposed to increased levels of these air
pollutants (New York State DECDMR, 2009).</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Volatile organic compounds can escape from the wells and
combine with nitrogen oxides to produce ozone (CDPHE 2008, CDPHE 2010).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="background: yellow; mso-highlight: yellow;">Due to its inflammatory effects on the lung system, ozone has been
linked to asthma attacks.</span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Elevated ozone levels have been found in rural areas of Wyoming,
partially due to natural gas drilling in these locations.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>(Wyoming Department of Environmental Quality,
2010).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In an air sampling study form
2005 to 2007 conducted in Colorado, researchers found that air benzene
concentration approached or exceeded standards at sites with oil or gas
drilling (Garfield County PHD, 2007). Benzene exposure during pregnancy has
been associated with neural tube defects (Lupo PJ, et al) and childhood
leukemia (Whitworth KW, et al., 2008).</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Noise pollution from the drilling process and resulting
truck traffic has not been adequately evaluated, but since drilling sites have
been located close to housing in many locations, <span style="background: yellow; mso-highlight: yellow;">noise from these industrial sources might impact sleep,
and that has been associated with negative effects on learning and other
aspects of daily living</span> (Stansfeld SA, et al, 2003, WHO 2011).</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">In light of the lack of research on the possible health
effects from gas and oil well operations located near human habitation, as well
as considering the unique vulnerability of children, the PEHSU network
recommends the following:</span></div>
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<span style="background: yellow; mso-highlight: yellow;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Continuing
to monitor water quality, noise levels, and air pollution in areas were fracturing
sites are located near communities.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Monitoring the health
impacts of persons living in the area with research studies.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Increasing the awareness of community healthcare providers
about the possible health consequences of exposures from the fracturing processes,
including occupational exposures to workers and the issue of take-home toxics
(e.g., clothing and boots contaminated with drilling muds).</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Disclosure of all chemicals used in the drilling and
fracking to ensure that exposures are handled appropriately and to ensure that
monitoring programs are adequate given the short half-lives of volatile organic
compounds and the fact that many of the fracking chemicals have not been
disclosed, blood testing should not be performed unless there has been a known
direct exposure.</span></div>
<span style="font-size: 8pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Reprinted, in part, from Pediatric Environmental Health Specialty<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Units.</span></span><br />
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<a href="http://aoec.org/PEHSU/documents/hydraulic_fracturing_and_children_2011_health_prof.pdf" target="_blank">http://aoec.org/PEHSU/documents/hydraulic_fracturing_and_children_2011_health_prof.pdf</a>mcnadallashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04564161478284603307noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4316949204292272830.post-5217971448891604642012-03-24T15:01:00.000-07:002012-03-24T15:05:58.950-07:00Dallas Homeowners League Helps Announce Meeting<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><em><span style="background-color: #b6d7a8; font-size: large;">The Dallas Homeowners League is a citywide alliance
of neighborhoods working for neighborhood self-determination and empowerment.</span></em></span><br />
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<span style="color: #285685; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 8pt;">The City Council task force appointed to study the issue of
gas well drilling within the Dallas city limits has completed its study and
made its <a href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?et=1109606848368&s=395&e=001MtJY88iril0dzrJ3bhr5k614KEnJBQd8Z7JoBf1swUCSbAA12ycxuxzvC3jxbeQ_1245AJi2YEGT2noUvzW-1e7I7ySzrvwytRSEkp1KlxVd2p4rCAK6B_D76WP6k6Xgb60v6Xp-O7-C3jShowhJiuvLXtObSXr6OvRq-8GrQnJ0dV2TBAimwwwv-mZ47HrdjeBU_QsFL_U=" linktype="1" shape="rect" target="_blank" track="on"><span style="color: #285685;">recommendations</span></a>
to the council. Several neighborhoods and organizations (listed below) will
be hosting a public meeting to discuss changes that they would like to see
made to the task force's recommendations, and to mobilize public support
for their changes. For more information, see this <a href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?et=1109606848368&s=395&e=001MtJY88iril0btrgFgdFt8LEjhjIqJvaOaBEcUChdHu9w7x6Ektu7JQeqCoddtkPxF4elFEp1LjNhLOx6Koe0wqbFLE117Nls689xlMWSDxHkOIDwJSauG8QDYwRZls6ggMM9UZ_B0SW32KxyCVygmEIPj4DoqxAchhn_e97J3MVW-g7BvWLehFVp9E5BofHa" linktype="document" ref="ACCOUNT.DOCUMENT.7" shape="rect" target="_blank" track="on"><span style="color: #285685;">meeting flyer</span></a>.<br />
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<strong><span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif";">Meeting Information:</span></strong><b><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif";">Tuesday, March
27th</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif";">7pm - 8:30pm</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif";">Center for
Community Cooperation</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif";">2900 Live Oak</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif";">Dallas, TX</span></strong><br />
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</b>The meeting is being hosted by the following groups:<br />
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Mountain Creek Neighborhood Alliance<br />
Texas Campaign for the Environment<br />
Dallas Area Residents for Responsible Drilling<br />
Earthworks Oil and Gas Accountability Project<br />
Downwinders at Risk<br />
Dallas Sierra Club<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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We hope you find this information useful. Thank you for your support of the
Dallas Homeowners League!<o:p></o:p></span>
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<b><span style="color: #285685; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 8pt;">Sincerely,</span></b><span style="color: #285685; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 8pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #285685; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 8pt;"><br />
Crispin Lawson<br />
Dallas Homeowners League President<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<br />mcnadallashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04564161478284603307noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4316949204292272830.post-45237156728207755672012-03-21T12:04:00.000-07:002012-03-21T12:10:07.215-07:00GAS WELLS IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD ....<span style="font-size: large;">.... only if you let it happen.</span><br />
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Mountain Creek Neighborhood Alliance residents have been attending the Dallas Gas Drilling Task Force's meetings at City Hall from July, 2011 to February, 2012. All 22 meetings and 2 Public Hearings. The Task Force has made their recommendations. And we're not happy with them and you're not going to be happy with them either.<br />
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Here is a chart we made for you of the key areas we're not happy with and they MUST be changed.<br />
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<span style="font-size: 16pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-family: Cambria;"><strong><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">Task Force
Recommendations that Must be Strengthened:</span></span>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 22pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-family: Cambria;">ISSUE<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 22pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-family: Cambria;">TASK FORCE<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 20pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-family: Cambria;">SOLUTION<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 20pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 14.0pt;"><span style="font-family: Cambria;">Too close for comfort<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 11pt;">Separate
and unequal protections: <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">1000 feet</b>
from homes, schools, hospitals and places of worship, but less for offices,
shopping centers and restaurants—and gas companies can ask for a “variance”
of just <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">500 feet</b> for any of these!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span class="st"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Dallas should proceed with
caution. The Army Corps of Engineers recommends a setback of <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">3000 feet</b> for the protection of a
dam. Dallas should use this as a guideline to uniformly protect its residents
where we <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">live, work, worship and play</b>.</span></span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 16pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 20pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 14.0pt;"><span style="font-family: Cambria;">Secret toxic chemicals<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></div>
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<span class="st"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Gas companies can keep the full
list of <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">toxic chemicals</b> they use
to frack permanently hidden, calling it their “<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">trade secret</b>.” Not even Dallas police, firefighters and medical
professionals would be given this information.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 16pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<span class="st"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 11pt;">Dallas’ <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">first
responders</b> </span></span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 11pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri;">are on the front lines every day
and will be put at high risk of exposure to these toxic chemicals. </span><span class="st"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 11pt;">Dallas
should demand <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">full disclosure</b> of
all chemicals with no “trade secret” exemptions. </span></span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 11pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 20pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 14.0pt;"><span style="font-family: Cambria;">Water for drinking, not
for fracking<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></div>
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<span class="st"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Fracking
uses <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">1-8 million gallons</b> of water
for each new gas well—and this water is <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">permanently
contaminated</b> with toxic chemicals. Gas companies would be allowed to do
this even during severe droughts, and even use drinking water from Dallas to
drill in other cities. </span></span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 16pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<span class="st"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Dallas
should </span></span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">charge
gas companies twice as much</span></b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;"> for using
our water since it will be contaminated and lost forever,</span><span class="st"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"> <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">ban the
exporting</b> of our drinking water to other cities for the purpose of
fracking and </span></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">ban water for fracking as a
part of Dallas’ Stage III drought restrictions. </span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 16pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 20pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 14.0pt;"><span style="font-family: Cambria;">Save our parklands &
floodplains<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">Reverse the current gas drilling
ordinance in order to<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"> allow fracking
inside Dallas parklands and floodplains</b></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">—</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">as
well as all compressor stations, storage tanks and other industrial
equipment.</span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 16pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Allowing
industrial development inside our parklands and floodplains is <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">dangerous, risky and costly</b></span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 11pt;">.
Dallas should <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">keep the existing
prohibition</b> on fracking inside parklands and floodplains, and protect
these with 3000 foot setbacks.</span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 16pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 20pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 14.0pt;"><span style="font-family: Cambria;">Protect the<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> air we breathe</span></span></span></b></div>
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contributing<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"> as much CO<sub>2</sub> as
all the cars on D/FW roads</b>, which would all but eliminate the recently
adopted Dallas climate action plan.</span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 16pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 11pt;">Dallas
should require the gas industry to use their own Best Practises so as to not add to the smog producing and poisonous gases in Dallas' air.</span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 20pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 14.0pt;"><span style="font-family: Cambria;">Effective oversight<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Continue relying on failed <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">state and federal efforts</b> to police
fracking operations in the D/FW Metroplex, and these outside agencies to
handle problems when they arise.</span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 16pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Myriad Pro"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Dallas
should establish its own <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">industry-funded</b>
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">office of gas drilling oversight</b>.
This office must have enough trained personnel, equipped with the latest
technology, to be able to <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">provide help
to residents</b> 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. </span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 16pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">Mountain Creek Neighborhood Alliance Leaders Stand Up </span><span style="font-size: x-large;">by Attending:</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><strong>Citywide Organizing Meeting on Gas Drilling in Dallas</strong></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><strong>Tuesday, March 27th</strong></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><strong>7 to 8:30 pm</strong></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><strong>Center for Community Cooperation</strong></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><strong>2900 Live Oak</strong></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><strong>Dallas, TX 75204</strong></span><br />
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Email <a href="mailto:mcnadallas@yahoo.com">mcnadallas@yahoo.com</a> with any questions.mcnadallashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04564161478284603307noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4316949204292272830.post-28240484287013470422012-03-06T13:03:00.000-08:002012-03-06T13:21:16.112-08:00Dallas Gas Drilling Task Force Makes Recommendations<div align="center">
<span style="color: red; font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace; font-size: x-large;"><strong><em>CONFUSING CONFUSING</em></strong></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;">After 8 months of studying ordinances from Ft Worth, Arlington, Grand Prairie, Flower Mound, and Hurst, the Dallas Gas Drilling Task Force has made its confusing and hard to understand recommendations.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;">The upshot is Dallas has a weaker proposed ordinance of protection for their citizens than most of the other cities they studied. </span><br />
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<a href="http://www.dallascityhall.com/pdf/GasDrilling/GasDrillingandProductionOrdinance_030112.pdf"><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">http://www.dallascityhall.com/pdf/GasDrilling/GasDrillingandProductionOrdinance_030112.pdf</span></a><br />
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<span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;">Of major importance is the "setback" or distance required from a gas drilling and production use to a <strong>protected use </strong>is as follows: <strong>1,000 ft</strong> minimum spacing measured from the property line of the operation/pad site to ....</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;">residential, institutional and community service uses *</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;">.... but the City Council may grant a setback distance of not less than <strong>500 ft</strong> for protected use with 2/3 vote in favor.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;">The distance for <strong>Habitable Structures </strong>(is any use that is not a protected use) is<strong> 300' </strong>from the property line of the operation/pad site. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;">.... So our <strong>homes*</strong> could be between <strong>500 ft to 1000 ft</strong> from a pad site </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;">.... and anything else can be <strong>300 ft</strong>?</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;">Got that? You need to be a lobbyist to keep track of this! </span><br />
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<span style="color: magenta; font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;">Citywide Organizing Meeting on Gas Drilling in Dallas</span></div>
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<span style="color: magenta; font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;">Tuesday, March 27th 7 to 8:30 pm</span></div>
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<span style="color: magenta; font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;">Center for Comunity Cooperation</span></div>
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<span style="color: magenta; font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;">2900 Live Oak, Dallas</span></div>
<span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">* See exceptions on link.</span><br />
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<br />mcnadallashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04564161478284603307noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4316949204292272830.post-76141355216972655302012-02-24T18:51:00.001-08:002012-02-24T19:10:04.916-08:00Gas Task Force Actions Will Affect Mountain Creek<br />
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<b><span style="color: black;">Help us defend the protections for schools and parks in
Dallas from gas drilling we've already won against an industry assault this
pastTuesday. </span></b><span style="color: black;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="color: black;">Please send one e-mail to the 11 member Dallas Gas Drilling
Task Force TODAY that simply says: </span></b><span style="color: black;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="color: black;">"Don't roll back buffer zones for parks or
schools."</span></b><b><span style="color: black;"> </span></b><span style="color: black;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;">(Dallas )
- If gas industry representatives get their way during the final Gas Drilling
Task Force meeting next Tuesday, fracking will be allowed much closer to homes
and schools, and even inside Dallas parks, a reversal of previous positions.
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<span style="color: black;">What's
ironic is that the President of the Dallas Parks and Recreation, Joan Walne,
may facilitate these efforts.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;">Walne has
been voting with industry throughout the course of the Task Force meetings,
participating in votes this week that removed protections already agreed to for
flood plain drilling. In the past, she's had no problem with the idea of
sacrificing city parks to drilling rigs. She's expected to be a key vote next
Tuesday. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<em><b><span style="color: black;">"As
it turns out, putting Joan Walne in charge of protecting Dallas public parks
from the gas industry on this Task Force was like putting John Dillinger in
charge of protecting the city's bank account,"</span></b></em><span style="color: black;"> said Downwinders at Risk Director Jim Schermbeck.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;">Besides
allowing rigs and giant compressors in parks, t<strong>he Task Force is also
expected to be asked by industry representatives to " revisit" the
current recommendation requiring a 1000 foot setback from all homes, schools
and churches and hospitals. They want it rolled back to between 500 and 700
feet, similar to restrictions in Fort Worth. </strong><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;">"After
already agreeing to inadequate 1000-foot buffer zones weeks ago for these
"protected uses," industry now wants to go back and have another try
at significantly cutting those distances," warned Zac Trahan of the Texas
Campaign for the Environment. "<strong><i>They want to put a well pad as
close as 500 feet from a school or hospital or home. A well pad could mean as
many as 24 wells, a battery of storage tanks, and a large compressor that
generates thousands of tons of air pollution a year. That's unacceptable to us,
and we think, most Dallas residents."</i></strong><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;">Walne, as
well as Texas Business for Clean Air Director Margaret Keliher, and Dallas
attorney John McCall are expected to be key votes on the setbacks issue.
Keliher had led the effort to disregard the current ordinance and allow
drilling in Dallas floodplains, while McCall is supporting rigs as
close as 300 feet to commercial pieces of property like office building,
restaurant or other place of business. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<strong><span style="color: black;">Both
Schermbeck and Trahan urged Dallas residents to e-mail the Task Force member
and express their concern at the upcoming votes. "</span></strong><span style="color: black;">With only 11 members, and previous protections hanging on
lots of 6-5 votes, an absence or change of heart has large ramifications,"
said Schermbeck. <strong>"We need Dallas residents to wake up and realize
their fate is hanging on only a couple of votes from people they didn't
elect."</strong><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<strong><u><span style="color: black;">E-mail
Addresses of Dallas Gas Drilling Task Force Members:</span></u></strong><span style="color: black;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><a href="mailto:joniwalne@aol.com" shape="rect" style="cursor: pointer; orphans: 2; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;" target="_blank"><span style="color: black;">joniwalne@aol.com</span></a>
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<span style="color: black;"><a href="mailto:loisgfinkelman@sbcglobal.net" shape="rect" style="cursor: pointer; orphans: 2; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;" target="_blank"><span style="color: black;">loisgfinkelman@sbcglobal.net</span></a><span style="float: none; orphans: 2; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span style="background: white;"> </span></span><br />
<a href="mailto:john@attorneymccall.com" shape="rect" style="cursor: pointer; orphans: 2; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;" target="_blank"><span style="color: black;">john@attorneymccall.com</span></a><span style="float: none; orphans: 2; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span style="background: white;"> </span></span><br />
<a href="mailto:RAlvarez@edf.org" shape="rect" style="cursor: pointer; orphans: 2; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;" target="_blank"><span style="color: black;">RAlvarez@edf.org</span></a><br />
<a href="mailto:biegler@southcrossenergy.com" shape="rect" style="cursor: pointer; orphans: 2; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;" target="_blank"><span style="color: black;">biegler@southcrossenergy.com</span></a><span style="float: none; orphans: 2; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span style="background: white;"> </span></span><br />
<a href="mailto:cherelle.blazer@gmail.com" shape="rect" style="cursor: pointer; orphans: 2; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;" target="_blank"><span style="color: black;">cherelle.blazer@gmail.com</span></a><br />
<a href="mailto:bbullock@mail.cox.smu.edu" shape="rect" style="cursor: pointer; orphans: 2; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;" target="_blank"><span style="color: black;">bbullock@mail.cox.smu.edu</span></a><span style="float: none; orphans: 2; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span style="background: white;"> </span></span><br />
<a href="mailto:margaret@margaretkeliher.com" shape="rect" style="cursor: pointer; orphans: 2; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;" target="_blank"><span style="color: black;">margaret@margaretkeliher.com</span></a><span style="float: none; orphans: 2; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span style="background: white;"> </span></span><br />
<a href="mailto:pshaw@woodshawlaw.com" shape="rect" style="cursor: pointer; orphans: 2; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;" target="_blank"><span style="color: black;">pshaw@woodshawlaw.com</span></a><span style="float: none; orphans: 2; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span style="background: white;"> </span></span><br />
<a href="mailto:David.Sterling@unthsc.edu" shape="rect" style="cursor: pointer; orphans: 2; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;" target="_blank"><span style="color: black;">David.Sterling@unthsc.edu</span></a><span style="float: none; orphans: 2; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><span style="background: white;"> </span></span><br />
<a href="mailto:twelch@bhlaw.net" shape="rect" style="cursor: pointer; orphans: 2; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;" target="_blank"><span style="color: black;">twelch@bhlaw.net</span></a>
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<span style="font-size: 14pt;"><strong><span style="color: navy;">Audubon Dallas, In Partnership with Harmony Nature
School, Cedar Ridge Preserve and Park in the Woods Recreation Center<o:p></o:p></span></strong></span></div>
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<strong><span style="color: navy;">A Get Outside
Campaign to promote activities at these great Outdoor Locations. Recreation opportunities
include Hiking Trails, Native Wildlife and Habitat Viewing, Picnic Areas and
Guided Tours.</span></strong></div>
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<strong><span style="color: navy;">Pack Up and Move Out this Spring 2012! The following
schedule is available:</span></strong></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14pt;"><strong><span style="color: navy;">Opportunity: Volunteer, 3-6
people needed<o:p></o:p></span></strong></span></div>
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<strong><span style="color: navy;">Spring Break: March 12-16, 2012</span></strong></div>
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<span style="color: navy;"><strong>Park in the Woods Recreation Center, </strong></span><a href="http://www.pitw.org/"><strong><span style="color: blue;">http://www.pitw.org/</span></strong></a></div>
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<strong><span style="color: navy;">Come and visit with students in the outdoors. A new
perennial garden at the Recreation Center will need some spring tending and
long walks at the Cedar Ridge Trails are just next door. Plan to lead a group
of young people into the wilderness. Little experience is needed as the CRP
trails are circular. You can only get lost if you want to. Also, plan to picnic
in the butterfly garden. Access to the CRP natural history collection will be
provided.</span></strong></div>
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<strong><span style="color: navy;">7171 Mountain Creek Parkway, Dallas, Texas 75249</span></strong></div>
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<strong><span style="color: navy;">Come with your family and friends to enjoy a workday at the Preserve.
Early birds might experience a Bobcat on the trail and maybe a donut and
coffee. Audubon Dallas and the Cedar Ridge Preserve Management team hope you
can take part in general upkeep activities. Also, come and check out our trail
improvements funded with a grant from Texas Parks and Wildlife. Work supplies
are provided and you can donate by purchasing T-shirts, bandanas and membership
to the Friends of Cedar Ridge Preserve.</span></strong></div>
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School of Nature & Athletics</strong></span></a><span style="color: navy;"><strong> , </strong></span><a href="http://hsnature.org/"><strong><span style="color: blue;">http://hsnature.org/</span></strong></a></div>
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<strong><span style="color: navy;">Harmony Nature School has terraced their garden to maximize
land that might not otherwise be available for growing food. Come and visit the
Garden Club and work on the Spring Garden. You will likely get plenty of
exercise in this activity but you will feel great to eat the fruits of your
labor! Harmony also is in the process of building up their trail and natural
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214-215-5627.</span></strong></div>
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The following pictures were taken recently by Mr. Fred Allen at a lagoon of Mountain Creek Lake near Hensley Field. Mr. Allen's home borders the proposed gas drilling pad site.<br />
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So the City of Dallas should tell Exxon/XTO, to move on! You're industry is not good for plant, animal or man. What do you think?<br />
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Children Enjoy Balloon Artistry and Story Telling</div>
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Friends of the Library, President J'Ann Alvarado sings Christmas Carols</div>mcnadallashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04564161478284603307noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4316949204292272830.post-11157951776108458932011-11-28T14:26:00.001-08:002011-11-28T15:30:35.502-08:00Park in the Woods: New Perennial GardenAudubon volunteer and educator, Mariana Griggs from near by Cedar Ridge Preserve installs a garden of herbs and native flowers in the fenced courtyard of the Park in the Woods Recreation Center. Beds were turned by Mariana and volunteers Ed Noise from the Cedar Ridge Preserve, and Ed and Claudia Meyer from Fox Hollow Homeowneres Association.<br />
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Lemon grass, sweet marjoram, oregano, mint, wooly thyme, dill, coneflowers, calendula, sage, turk's cap, iris and many other herbs and flowers were purchased from a grant from the Audubon Society of Cedar Ridge Preserve. Mariana hopes the garden will inspire young children, teens and adults visiting the Rec Center to spend time out-of-doors learning about plants, insects, and the birds and animals that the garden will attract. Mariana is a teacher, naturalist, community gardener, and forensic scientist. She sees the garden as step to understanding nature and its potential in our society.<br />
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In February, fruit trees will be planted and volunteers will be needed. This will be a great opportunity for teens needing Community Service hours. Email <a href="mailto:mcnadallas@gmail.com">mcnadallas@gmail.com</a> for more information. <br />
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Mariana Griggs Ready to Work</div>
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Ed Meyer Hauling Plants and Top Soil</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">A skeptical citizen shows his response to Gas Drillers claims.</span></td></tr>
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