Testing

Read what the Fort Worth Star-Telegram says about air quality testing in Fort Worth.

WHY did it take DISH, TX and Deborah Rogers testing to wake up FTW leaders? Oh, because they started getting some press and could no longer be ignored. The group is not a handful of naysayers, it's a large gathering of people concerned with their environment and leadership.

Keep making noise! We are proud of you all for leading the way!

The state’s results came after private tests paid for by the small town of Dish and business owner Deborah Rogers also found what might be poisons.
Rogers and state Rep. Lon Burnam, D-Fort Worth, have called for a moratorium on new permits until the commission finishes its tests.

Councilwoman Kathleen Hicks added, "We need to look at the city of Fort Worth using some of our own money that we gotten from gas drilling ... for additional testing."

Mayor Mike Moncrief said it’s the state’s responsibility to conduct the tests. "We want to know if there are conditions that are dangerous to the citizens that live around where these wells are located," he said. HUH?

"At the same time there are other urban drilling programs all over the country — and there are fixing to be more — and there hasn’t been an issue with air quality that has been raised to date." HUH?

Activists who attended the meeting said, though, that the council has ignored evidence of pollution related to drilling.