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Blowout: A Community’s Engagement with Fracking

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  • In 2014, by a 59 percent majority, Denton residents voted to ban hydraulic fracturing
    Denton Record Chronicle article written by Ed Soph with the history of anti-fracking and content relating to current developers working in Denton
  • Act as if lives depended on it
    Denton Record Chronicle article written by Larry Beck, which responds to a recent local Special Use Permit allowing an apartment building to be constructed near a fracking site, followed by an outline of environmental and health concerns.
  • Who wants more methane?
    Denton Record Chronicle article republishing from the Washington Post, in response to lifting of limits on greenhouse gas emissions for many oil and gas-related industries, with notes about fracking, its history, and environmental impact.
  • Five years later: A look back
    Denton Record Chronicle article written five years after the ban passed. It discusses a timeline of the ban and its demise, along with responses from a variety of stakeholders, particularly in the oil and gas industry.
  • Opinion: Fracking ban up for vote
    Denton Record Chronicle letter to the editor written by "Frack Free Denton" leader Adam Briggle in favor of the ban
  • Opinion: A Halloween scare tactic from the Frack Free Denton
    Denton Record Chronicle letters to the editor in favor and against the fracking ban; letters written by Pauline Raffestin, Dale Branum, Dianne Edmondson
  • Opinion: Election Letters
    Denton Record Chronicle letters to the editor in favor and against the fracking ban; articles by Bill Lawson, Julie Simmons, Maile Bush, Pat Sloan
  • Opinion: Election Letters
    Denton Record Chronicle letters to the editor, one describing the contentious debates' effect on the Denton community and the other encouraging voting "no" for the ban
  • Lawsuits follow fracking outcome
    Denton Record Chronicle article about lawsuits immediately following the passing of the fracking ban
  • Uncommon Tactics
    Denton Record Chronicle article about the canvasing and grassroots work conducted by the "Frack Free Denton" movement, published shortly after the 2014 election
  • Spurred to action
    Denton Record Chronicle article with a timeline of fracking activity and activism on both sides of the issue
  • Bus to take activists - to Austin on Monday - Organizers
    Denton Record Chronicle article with brief mention of "Frack Free Denton" activists taking a bus to Austin
  • Studies target health, fracking
    Dallas Morning News article about the health impacts of fracking and a brief timeline of its history in North Texas
  • Drilling debate continues for Council
    Coverage of a Denton City Council meeting with discussions about how to respond to challenges to the fracking ban
  • Opinion: What mandate? - Both Frank Mayhew's "Attitude adjustment"
    Editorial article challenging the idea of a mandate from the people, suggesting that people embrace the variety of perspectives represented in democracies
  • Opinion: Briggle best choice
    Article about Amber Briggle's run for Denton City Council, which includes a mention of her work with "Frack Free Denton"
  • Opinion: Crownover's vote betrays community
    Opinion article with information about Denton's state representative Myra Crownover
  • Vantage to get back to fracking
    News article about Vantage Energy starting fracking again following the passage of HB 40, with comments from "Frack Free Denton" leader Adam Briggle
  • Crowd in control
    News article about a rally following the passing of HB 40, with speakers from the "Frack Free Denton" movement
  • Fracking protesters arrested
    News article about "Frack Free Denton" activists Adam Briggle, Niki Chochrek, and Tara Linn Hunter being arrested for civil disobedience at a fracking site
  • Gas well foes band together
    Denton Record Chronicle article about the "Frack Free Krum" movement, which has taken inspiration from the "Frack Free Denton" movement.
  • Is Denton's gas well ordinance ethical?
    Denton Record Chronicle article by Ed Soph, a Frack Free Denton activist, discussing the ethical implications of fracking, with information about the 2014/2015 movement and bringing issues into 2019.
  • Opinion: Vote ‘No’ on fracking ban
    Denton Record Chronicle opinion article shortly before the November election, urging voters to support the ban.
  • Texas Convict Register: Ike Pearson
    A Texas Convict Register from 1894 which shows Ike Pearson at Huntsville from 1894 through 1896.