FrackFeed Puts New Focus on Anti-Science ‘Ban Fracking’ Campaign

A new website is drawing attention to the fracking issue in a way that has never been done before.

FrackFeed.com was recently launched by North Texans for Natural Gas, a grassroots program of over 110,000 people who support drilling in the Barnett Shale. It’s about educating the public on fracking, as well as exposing how anti-fracking groups have denied science in their campaign to ban American energy development.

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Foes of fracking losing legal and political momentum

By Valerie Richardson - The Washington Times - Wednesday, June 24, 2015


DENVER — After scoring a statewide ban last year on hydraulic fracturing in New York, anti-fracking activists talked excitedly about following up in a major fossil fuel-producing state — Colorado, maybe, or California.

Instead, the next state to prohibit the use of fracking in oil and gas extraction — on a temporary basis — was Maryland, which, like New York, is a deep-blue state with no hydraulic fracturing activity. Critics quickly dismissed the two-year moratorium as purely symbolic.

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EPA Water Study Quiz

Last week, The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) released its long-awaited draft report on the effects associated with hydraulic fracturing (fracking) on drinking water, completing the most extensive scientific review of published data to date. How much do you know about the study? Play our "EPA Water Study Quiz" to find out!

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11 Things “Ban Fracking” Activists Don’t Want You to Know about the EPA Report on Fracking and Groundwater

The EPA recently published an extensive, years-long study about the impact of fracking on America's water supply. Much to the dismay of fracktivists, the study found that there is no evidence that there is any widespread impact on drinking water.

Here's 11 Things Fracktivists Don’t Want You to Know about the EPA Report on Fracking and Groundwater:

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Weekly Roundup 6/15

This past week, North Texans for Natural Gas launched FrackFeed - a website that seeks to entertain and educate visitors from around the country about fracking and natural gas.

Here's what the media has been saying:

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INFOGRAPHIC: Denton’s Fracking Ban is the Most Expensive Ban in America

A handful of cities across the country have implemented illegal fracking bans, forcing local taxpayers to foot the bill to defend the bans in court.

But which fracking ban has been the most expensive? The one in Denton, Texas, which has cost taxpayers over $1 million.

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EPA Finds Fracking Is Not a Major Threat to Drinking Water

On June 4, 2015, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency released a major draft report on fracking that assessed whether the process posed a risk to groundwater.

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New law on drilling actually allows for more local control

New law on drilling actually allows for more local control | By: Ed Ireland, Executive Director of the Barnett Shale Energy Education Council | Fort Worth Star-Telegram | June 3, 2015

To hear it from a vocal minority of drilling opponents, House Bill 40, the recently enacted law that clarifies energy regulation in Texas, is “big government” taking away “local control” from cities.

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