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Enviros Want to Defend Denton, TX, Fracking Ban
2014-12-08 22:34:12| Waste Management - Topix.net
Fracking opponents and an environmentalist group want to help a Texas city defend its fracking ban against a powerful state energy lobby. The grassroots Denton Drilling Awareness Group and Earthworks filed a petition in intervention on Dec. 4 in Denton County District Court.
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Industry Responds to Denton, Texas Fracking Ban
2014-11-12 20:14:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
EcoWatch: This may be the shortest blog Ive ever written. On Election Day, voters in a number of cities and counties voted on whether to severely restrict or ban oil and gas developmentthe oil industry poured millions of dollars in an effort to avoid these restrictions. In Richmond, California Chevron spent $3 million to gain control of the city council; this overreach backfired and Chevrons slate was trounced. In San Benito County, $2 million wasnt enough to stop a ban on fracking and other intensive...
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Uncommon tactics worked for Denton activists
2014-11-08 15:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Denton Record-Chronicle: In the emotionally charged run-up to their lopsided victory on Tuesday, political organizers for Frack Free Denton and their allies employed some weird weaponry against their well-financed oil and gas industry adversaries. A behind-the-scenes look at the anti-fracking campaign reveals how a relatively tiny group of combatants relied on creative tactics and political gimmickry to outmaneuver pro-fracking forces that outspent them 10-to-1. Their arsenal included puppet shows, flash mob-style improvisational...
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Fracking Bans Pass Denton, Texas, Two Calif Counties & One Ohio Town
2014-11-05 15:33:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
EcoWatch: With a record number of fracking issues on local ballots in California, Texas and Ohio, the outcome was decidedly mixed. Of the eight measures--three in California, four in Ohio and one in Texas--four passed and four failed. The biggest victory came in Denton in north Texas, located atop the lucrative Barnett shale play. After citizens demanded action from city council on a fracking ban and council punted last July, the issue went to the ballot where it passed last night. "As I have stated...
If adopted, Denton fracking ban would face legal tests
2014-11-02 02:17:04| Oil & Gas - Topix.net
Denton Mayor Chris Watts says that if his city adopts a fracking ban Tuesday, it won't be the end of the story, but the beginning. The oil and gas industry, the state and landowners are already threatening to try to block enactment of the anti-hydraulic-fracturing measure - the first proposed in Texas - if voters approve it Tuesday.
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