Why is this man inside this pipe?

It’s because he wants us to know the size of the natural gas pipeline Chesapeake wants to put under his front yard, feet from his house on Carter Avenue in Fort Worth, Texas.

It’s because he doesn’t
want his kids to have to
play a few feet above
Chesapeake’s pipeline.

For being a concerned
father & good neighbor,
what has he gotten?

Dragged into court against
Chesapeake, that’s what.

And if that wasn’t enough,
hassled by the city of
Fort Worth.

He can’t afford an
attorney, so he’s had to
take on the suit
(and the suits)
by himself.

He’s doing a great job, but he needs our help.

The judge presiding over his case could sign the order any day that would grant Chesapeake the “right” to proceed with its plans  to endanger this family and all their neighbors.

So it’s time to e-mail or snail mail the judge to let him know that we know that even though something may be legal (like a giant rich corporation using eminent domain to stick a hazardous pipeline through a modest residential neighborhood where people aren’t really in any position to defend themselves), that doesn’t make it moral, or just.

Read more here:  Jammin’ Mole writes about Carter Avenue

and here: Durango Texas writes about Steve Doeung

and finally (or better yet, first) here: Please send e-mail to judge

These kids should not have to play over a pipeline
that’s a disaster waiting to happen

On a cold morning in March, Steve & family on the courthouse steps, seeking justice

From Don Young:

. Steve Doeung:

I got people

Indeed he does.

Something like a tsunami of outrage

is rolling over Fort Worth

in support of Steve Doeung

and the thousands like him

who have been bullied

by lawless gas drillers who are trying

to ram dangerous NG pipelines

AND extraction operations

into our neighborhoods.

Steve sent out a message in a bottle

last year that has finally been discovered

by a once-sleeping public.

His next court hearing is

this Thursday morning.

You need to be there.

The alarm bell is ringing.

Momentum is growing.

Apathy is yielding to action.

People are angry and ready to fight back,

not just for Steve but what his case stands for.

The multi-headed enemy is clearly defined:

ChesapeakeEnergyMayorMikeMoncriefExxonMobilTXRRCSarahFullenwider
TCEQJulieWilsonXTOKenBarrFWChamberOfCommerceENRONo&gApathy
AubreyMcClendonDevonEnergyIgnoranceGreedRangeResourcesQuicksilverEnergy
BusinessAsUsualAddYourOwn___________Etc.,Etc.,AdNauseam.

If you’ve had enough abuse from gas drillers and their enablers,
come join Steve’s People on the courthouse steps.

What: CARO (Carter Avenue Rescue Operation)
When: Thursday, March 4th, 2010
Time: 7:30 am
Where: Tarrant County Courthouse steps,
100 W. Weatherford St., downtown Fort Worth

Read more on this topic here:

CARO Facebook page

Star Telegraph

Durango Texas

Cheap Tricks & Costly Truths

Bluedaze: Drilling Reform for Texas

NCTCA

Stop the Drilling (Flower Mound)