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Tag: City of Denton

  • ‘A Field Philosopher’s Guide to Fracking,’ by Adam Briggle – The New York Times

    Adam Briggle–my friend, colleague, and PhD director–gets a nice review of his latest book from the New York Times. Really glad to see this. Many reviews closer to Texas and to PetroDollars totally mischaracterized this important book. In his investigation of what determines people’s attitudes toward progress and technology, Briggle makes…

  • Fracking and environmental (in)justice in a Texas city

    Ecological Economics publishes a peer reviewed econo,if and environmental justice study of shale gas development in my hometown of Denton, Texas. The article is co-authored by my  colleagues Matthew Fry, Jordan Kincaid and Adam Briggle. You can access the full text for free here until August 22nd. The authors encourage sharing far and…

  • Denton Drilling: Draft ordinance needs overhaul

    Denton, Texas’ draft ordinance concerning gas drilling gets an F from local citizens. Time for a do over. Last night, about forty dedicated citizens gathered to review the draft gas drilling ordinance and generate ideas for how to improve it. There was one clear take home message: The draft ordinance…