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The Fort Worth Star-Telegram weighs in on the recent Fort Worth Air Quality meeting with the article - No pressure: Only lives and millions of dollars are at stake in Fort Worth.

Natural gas companies have always said there's no danger to the air around their wells. The Texas Commission on Environmental Quality recently did some studies that raise questions. Residents (voters) want to know for sure, and they're putting enormous pressure on City Hall to find out.

The local officials did what politicians frequently do when they're in a bad spot: They named a committee. The 10-member Air Quality Study Committee, designed by Mayor Mike Moncrief and approved by the City Council, has five members from Fort Worth to represent local residents; one member each from Chesapeake Energy, Devon Energy and XTO Energy to represent the gas drillers; a member from the Environmental Defense Fund and one from the North Central Texas Council of Governments.

Be sure and read the comments from the citizens of the shale as well.