Blowout: A Community’s Engagement with Fracking

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• Theron Palmer, part 8 - Civil Disobedience
  Theron Palmer discusses what civil disobedience means to him.
• Priscilla Solis Ybarra
  Photograph of Priscilla Solis Ybarra
• Theron Palmer, part 7: Peaceful Tactics
  Theron Palmer discusses the kinds of tactics he engaged in to oppose fracking, including driving up the cost and limiting access to sites. He also discusses the effectiveness of those tactics.
• Theron Palmer, part 6 - Reactions to the Ban's Reversal
  Theron Palmer discusses his and other's response to the overturn of the ban and the state legislature's history of denying "home-rule."
• Theron Palmer, part 5 - Lead-Up to the Ban
  Palmer discusses efforts to gain support for a ban.
• Theron Palmer, part 4 - Continued Activism Against Fracking
  Theron Palmer discusses the influence of continued activism against fracking and its environmental impacts on the Denton City Council's activities.
• Theron Palmer, Full Interview
  The complete 2019 interview with Theron Palmer in which he discusses local activism, fracking, and local democracy.
• Photo of Theron Palmer and Violet Palmer Blocking the Gates
  Photo of Theron Palmer and his mother Violet Palmer blocking the gates to the first active fracking site after the ban. Palmer, holding a protest sign with the words "One has a moral responsibility to disobey unjust laws - MLK," chained himself to the gate. The pair along with several others would later be arrested. Violet, a 92 year old grandmother, would not be charged, but Theron would.
• Rhonda Love, part 6: DAG now and Conclusion
  Love discusses DAG at the present moment, and reflects on the overall impact of the Frack Free Denton experience.
• Rhonda Love, part 5 - Influence on the Vote
  Love discusses how people's interests and how each side presented the issue impacted the vote on the ban.
• Rhonda Love, part 4 - The Ban on the Ban
  Love discusses the aftermath of the election and recent DAG activities with Denton City Council.
• Rhonda Love, part 3 - the Campaign and Election
  Love discusses the Frack Free Denton campaign and the 2014 election.
• Rhonda Love, part 2 - DAG
  Love discusses the Denton Drilling Advisory Group, of which she has been secretary since its founding.
• Rhonda Love, part 1 - Background
  Love discusses her career as a psychology professor and how she became involved in Denton city politics.
• Rhonda Love, Full Interview
  Full interview with Rhonda Love, conducted by Ian Kuplack for the UNT Oral History Department.
• Theron Palmer, part 3 - City Council's Initial Response to HB 40
  Theron Palmer briefly discusses the initial response by the Denton City Council to the state legislature's HB 40 .
• Theron Palmer, part 1 - How he got started in local activism
  Theron Palmer discussing his and his wife's early activist work before the anti-fracking movement.
• Theron Palmer, part 2 - Peaceful Resistance, Goals, and Being Arrested
  Theron Palmer discusses workshops on peaceful resistance, the goals behind sit-ins at fracking sites, and what it was like to be arrested.
• Tara Linn Hunter Full Interview
  The full interview with Tara Linn Hunter about her work with Frack Free Denton and environmental activism, conducted by Ian Kuplack for the UNT Oral History Department.
• Tara Linn Hunter, part 10 - Reflections and Conclusions
  Hunter looks back on her experiences with environmental activism and applied democracy in Denton, its impact on her life and that of others, what she's learned from it, and what she sees going forward.
• Tara Linn Hunter, part 9 - Denton Activism since 2015
  Hunter discusses the evolution of the Frack Free Denton campaign and since H.B. 40.
• Tara Linn Hunter, part 8 - Civil Disobedience
  Hunter discusses direct action and civil disobedience.
• Tara Linn Hunter, part 7 - Activism and Democracy after HB40
  Hunter discusses her reaction to the "ban of the ban," and her thoughts on what it says about the state of democratic institutions.
• Tara Linn Hunter, part 6 - H.B. 40 and ALEC
  Hunter discusses the overturn of the ban by the Texas State Legislature, and the influence of the American Legislative Exchange Council.
• Tara Linn Hunter, part 5 - Election Day
  Hunter discusses the events of the 2014 General Election in Denton.