Chesapeake eminent domain travesty in Texas: ……… Judge lies in court, homeowner given no recourse

Mar 21
2010

The following text is taken in its entirety, with permission, from the blog at StarTelegraph

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http://startelegraph.blogspot.com/2010/03/what-in.html

Monday, March 15, 2010

What in the…????

We have gotten tons of emails asking what the latest is on the Carter Avenue Pipeline. Well, the scandal has taken yet another turn.

Texas Lone Star had a representative in the courtroom during Steve Doeung’s hearing, our representative, along with the other Carter Avenue supporters packed in the courtroom heard Judge Sprinkle say, repeatedly, WHEN he signed the order, Steve would have 30 days to appeal or file a motion to dismiss. Judge Sprinkle also said Steve would be notified when this took place.

We’re told, that this morning Steve went to the courthouse to file yet another petition to try and save his home. Unfortunately, Judge Sprinkle’s Clerk approached Steve and told him that the order was signed on Tuesday, March 9th and THE CASE WAS CLOSED. We beg your pardon? Steve was not allowed to file anything and told they couldn’t help him there. WHO can? And WHERE?

If the order was signed, taking away a taxpayers property, and giving it to a corporation, WHY was the taxpayer not notified (AGAIN)? This reminds us of the antics in the courtroom when the attorneys presented Steve with the paperwork against him, that he hasn’t ever seen, even though it was from last year. WHERE is the justice?

If Steve’s councilwoman, Kathleen Hicks is working hard (“my continuing effort to ensure that a Chesapeake gas pipeline does not go down Carter Avenue.”) and there is an alternative route in play, WHY do they need to move forward with taking Steve’s property? ASK HER. TODAY.

Somebody call Senator Davis too, please. She was the one being vocal about them “backing away from the suit”. We all need her help.

If all of these things are taking place – WHERE IS THE NEWS? You know, the unbiased media? Someone should ask them too.

Posted by The Star-Telegraph at Monday, March 15, 2010

Labels: Carter Avenue, Eminent Domain, gas drilling, Steve Doeung

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Tags: Chesapeake, eminent domain, lawsuit, Texas

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25% incidence of childhood asthma in North Texas… wonder why?

Mar 16
2010

From the Star-Telegram, January 14, 2010:

In D-FW, ‘sobering’ asthma numbers

Look at a third-grade class or a youth soccer game, and start counting.

“One, two, three, asthma; one, two, three, asthma,” said Larry Tubb, senior vice president for system planning at Cook Children’s Health Care System. “That’s sobering.”

It represents a growing health problem in North Texas, where 1 in 4 children ages 8 and 9 has the lung disease. The state average for 5- to 9-year-olds is 7.1 percent; the national average for all children is 9.4 percent.

-end of article excerpt-

Now, why would the Dallas-Fort Worth area have a childhood asthma incidence that’s more than 2.5 times the national average?

Tags: asthma, Texas

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Air quality – or the lack thereof – in the Barnett Shale

Oct 31
2009

From Calvin Tillman, Mayor, DISH, Texas, recent media reports on air quality:

Cancer-causing toxin found in air near gas facilities

State says more tests needed to assess cancer risk

Scientists call for more Dish air studies

Food for thought:

Is this what we want here?
On what basis doe the DEC’s draft Supplemental Generic Impact Statement base its claim that air quality isn’t going to be much of an issue in NYS?
Natural gas accounts for about 24% of electricity generation in the US. What’s our individual responsibility to people living with the effects of natural gas extraction and transmission, no matter where it’s happening?

It’s past time for a real change.

Tags: air emissions, air pollution, air quality, Barnett Shale, DISH, Texas

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Vibro-acoustic disease: Living with compressor stations in Texas

Oct 31
2009

Published at http://www.windturbinesyndrome.com/?p=4264

September 26, 2009

Dear Dr. Pierpont,

I would like to thank you for making time to read this. Also, for your excellent work on WTS. It is so similar to VAD Vibroacoustic Disease caused by low frequency noise. Initially identified in the aeronautical field, by military pilots and aircrew. I am sure you are aware of Vieques, Puerto Rico studies. The Navy bought the end of this small island for artillery practice. Poor people lived at the other end of the island. They have since suffered high cancer rates, heart problems, internal problems, and low birth weights.

I live in Texas, the state with the most gas wells (95,000+). The gas from the wells is piped to compressor stations. Our county has 130 or more compressor stations. The low frequency noise travels up to 5 miles radius, thereby overlapping.

Our director, Charles Morgan, has been diagnosed with VAD by a Dr. Wright in Indiana. Feel so bad for him. Sometimes he drives 150 miles just to sleep. His eardrums have burst twice. He has very bad headaches and burning in his veins.

We have tried all means to get to get Noise Law (1982) given to states re-enacted, to no avail. We have tried to get school districts to have a noise assessment. We have been to Austin to see Representatives and Senators. We are not trying to stop big oil & gas, just get them to give up some of those billions in profit and do the responsible thing by enclosing, or using noise abatement, on these compressor stations. Yes, even the rural ones. To protect us and the wildlife.

Could I be so bold to ask if you could do a paper or write something on this subject you know so much about? Please help us! I wear earphones and take [redacted] medicine, and can’t afford to move away.

Enclosed please find our brochure. Thank you again for your time.

Sincerely

Sharon Ward, Secretary
Fairfield, TX 75840

What kind of system allows an industry to run amok and ruin peoples’ lives and health?

Tags: compressor station, noise pollution, Texas, VAD, vibroacousic disease

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Fugitive emissions: some of the air pollution from natural gas drilling operations may be invisible, but you’ll still wind up breathing it

Sep 2
2009

In an August 26 article titled, “The Big Takeover,” the Fort Worth Weekly writes:

“Perhaps the most chilling images, however, for the tens of thousands of North Texans who now live near gas wells and their attendant gathering stations, compressors, and pipelines were those captured in a short YouTube video put together by [Don] Young and [Sharon] Wilson from footage taken by the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality. The state agency film was made as part of an ongoing TCEQ program to identify hydrocarbons escaping into the air from gas wells and other industrial sites around the state. Young learned of the filming program and requested and obtained copies.

“The footage that he received was shot at well sites in Johnson and Parker counties from a helicopter equipped with a specialized infrared video camera, called a HAWK, that can film emissions invisible to the eye. The HAWK camera, according to TCEQ spokesperson Lisa Wheeler, photographs “hydrocarbon emissions” but cannot specify which poisonous hydrocarbons are escaping or determine the quantity.

“The film shows what looks like great plumes of smoke — the otherwise invisible hydrocarbons — escaping from wells being drilled and also from storage tanks, water separators, and pipelines. TCEQ has not released information that would identify the specific well sites and companies involved.”

Full story at Fort Worth Weekly

The video with TCEQ’s infrared camera footage:

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