I need to write a more substantial interview article to match what I assigned to everyone in Writing 7A, but I am running a little behind schedule on it. In the mean time, I wanted to share some articles that were written recently about my home town, Denton! I wrote an article on it below, but these are much more descriptive.
Here is one published in the Guardian celebrating its quirkiness and small-town vibe.
Here is one in the New York Times on its recent vote to prohibit Fracking, a very lucrative but environmentally questionable practice for extracting natural gas.
And here is an article about the likely upcoming litigation over the ban.
Here is one published in the Guardian celebrating its quirkiness and small-town vibe.
Here is one in the New York Times on its recent vote to prohibit Fracking, a very lucrative but environmentally questionable practice for extracting natural gas.
And here is an article about the likely upcoming litigation over the ban.
Wow! Thank you for sharing these amazing articles. I enjoyed reading them very much, especially because they have so much to do with my article.
ReplyDeleteIt seems unusual for this to have happened in Texas, considering that its the biggest producer of oil and gas in the states (with over three million barrels per day). However, this anti-fracking movement has been happening all over the country for some time (for example, several municipalities in New York City banned fracking, and later the state forbid it in all of its territory). In many cities like Denton litigations have already began; in some cases, like NYC, anti-fracking regulation has been upheld, and in other cases, like Colorado, it has been struck down.
Its good to know environmental protection is taking place in some states, by banning hydraulic fracturing which has been the method employed in environmental disasters such as the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill.
Environmentalists-1 / Oil Industries-0!
DON'T MESS WITH TEXAS