Mayors Climate Protection Agreement

Don Young - FWCanDo - June 29, 2007
In June 21, 2007, mayors from 540 cities around the nation gathered in Los Angeles to sign the U.S Conference of Mayors Climate Protection Agreement, committing to reduce carbon emissions in cities below 1990 levels.

Fort Worth mayor Mike Moncrief did not attend the meeting. While he was fiddling over his Barnett Shale holdings, Metroplex air was getting dirtier as a result of his industry friendly, gas drilling ordinance.

For two years now FWCanDo has been demanding that Moncrief conduct environmental impact studies to measure the effects of gas drilling on air quality in the region. After all, Metroplex air is alraedy declared to be " SERIOUSLY out of compliance" by the EPA. The city has consistently declined to do studies, despite the fact that Fort Worth is Ground Zero for natural gas extraction is the USA. Goodbye "Livable City".

How does gas drilling affect Metroplex air quality? One of many factors are the "rich-burn" gas compressor engines that are scattered around the region.

Read this enlightening report in the Weatherford Democrat and then ask yourself, "Why are my tax dollars paying billionaire energy extractors to clean the air they dirty?"