Denton could become 1st Texas city to ban fracking (update Denton voters will decide on fracking ban
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Source: AP-Excite
By EMILY SCHMALL
DENTON, Texas (AP) A North Texas community that sits on a large natural gas reserve could become the first city in the state to ban hydraulic fracturing, with city leaders in Denton set to vote Tuesday night on a citizen-led petition.
Industry groups and state regulators warn that such a ban could be followed by litigation and a severe hit to the city economy. The Denton City Council is holding a public hearing Tuesday night, with a vote to follow.
If the council rejections the petition, it would likely still go to Denton's voters in November.
Under the proposed ban, operators would be allowed to continue extracting energy from the 275 wells in Denton that have already undergone hydraulic fracturing, or fracking, but not reinitiate the process on old wells.
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Posted: Jul 15, 2014 7:15 AM CDT
Updated: Jul 16, 2014 5:09 AM CDT
DENTON, Texas - Voters will decide if Denton will become the first city in Texas to ban the controversial practice of fracking for oil and natural gas.
Just before 3 o'clock Wednesday morning, the Denton City Council voted 5-2 against a bid to ban future of fracking in the city. The proposal will now go before voters in November.
Fracking involves injecting water and chemicals into the ground to force out the natural gas. There are currently close to 300 drilling sites in the city of Denton, and many of them use fracking as part of the drilling process.
But, those who oppose it are concerned about what they say is the environmental damage it causes, especially air pollution. Some people who live near drilling sites also blame fracking for health problems.
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First city in Texas to kill the fracking sacred cow???
freshwest
(53,661 posts)blkmusclmachine
(16,149 posts)And since NC Republicans want to felonize you if you find out and tell others about the frackers super secret fracking recipe, it must be a very bad brew, indeed.
Ruby the Liberal
(26,219 posts)They don't frack like they drill for oil. They go horizontal. May have better luck trying to protect the ground water from retention sites. Nothing they can do if they just come in from a half a mile sideways...
Cartoonist
(7,317 posts)Even if Denton wins, they will eventually lose. Here in our county, we fought against GMO's and even won an election. Then the Big Boys started twisting arms at the state level. Result: GMO's are protected from local interference.
Dopers_Greed
(2,640 posts)Some of my friends are involved with the petition.
The oil and gas industry bussed in workers and lobbyists from other cities in and out of the state.
Send us your best wishes!
Omaha Steve
(99,653 posts)Dopers_Greed
(2,640 posts)They rejected it 5-2, but I believe it is going to the ballot in November.
The oil and gas industry spent a lot of money misinforming people here. They even starting a pro-fracking petition that paid people for signatures.
questionseverything
(9,656 posts)prepare by counting yourselves...do not trust the numbers the election board software gives you
a quick look at the denton city election board shows they use a foreign owned company to report your results
http://results.enr.clarityelections.com/TX/Denton/51097/133745/Web01/en/summary.html
http://www.soesoftware.com/