FWLN supports Carter Avenue

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(Email sent by FWLN President on 10-30-09)

Neighborhood Leaders,

Channel 8, WFAA, ran a story Thursday evening, Oct. 29 on the effects of gas drilling emissions in the Barnett Shale. The story is entitled "Cancer-causing toxin found in air near gas facilities." You can find the video and the story at www.wfaa.com. This is important reading with new information from the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality. We encourage you to view and read the story.

Also, see the Friday, October 30, 2009 edition of the Fort Worth Star-Telegram for Mike Lee's latest story on the issue of gas pipelines in residential front yards in Carter Avenue in East Fort Worth. What happens in this case is potentially precedent setting not only for Carter Avenue residents but for many other neighborhoods and residential areas in Fort Worth. The League supports Carter Avenue residents and all Fort Worth neighborhoods which do not want pipelines in front yards or neighborhoods.

Finally, on Tuesday, November 10, the Fort Worth City Council is scheduled to consider a change to the City's gas drilling ordinance which would allow for review of gas drilling sites and frac ponds within the boundaries of the City's 16 urban villages. These urban villages are scheduled for dense development and will be neighborhoods soon (some already are) -- review of drilling activities within these districts could also be precedent setting in the ongoing challenge of drilling/heavy industry within an urban context. We will encourage the Council to allow review of drilling activities within Urban Villages.

Stay tuned for more League of Neighborhoods News on these topics in coming days and weeks.