Weekend Green - An Oak Cliff Mardi Gras,a Sustainable Fashion Meetup, & More
By Brandolon Barnett
February 06, 2013
Gas Drilling
Environmentalists Outraged! Dallas City Planning Commission to reconsider three drilling permits that were denied in December
By Phillip Shinoda
Even before the Dallas Planning Commission meeting on reconsideration of three permits for gas drilling in Dallas parks that were denied in December, there were complaints that there would be no citizen input in the process. Speakers spoke in the Flag room before the start of the meeting.
Promised Land - the fracking controversy on the big screen
Jan. 2, 2013
Promised Land is a must see film.
The story revolves around a global gas company getting leases to drill for natural gas and the subsequent fracking in a small farming community.
From Rotten Tomatoes:
Kim Feil is Arlington’s loudest voice against gas drilling
Nov. 29, 2012
Kim Feil doesn’t mind making a scene when it comes to gas drilling.
In one appearance before the Arlington City Council, the Arlington-based activist “rapped” her complaints about gas drilling a cappella two years ago.
She followed that by demonstrating how to put on a gas mask in case of a fallout.