Don’t Tell it to This Marine
Once the stuff gets on you, it’s hard to get off. The “stuff” is tar sands bitumen, the hydrocarbon that TransCanada is working on...
There’s Nothing Wrong and We’re Going to Fix It Right Away
So, Fort Worth Weekly was taken to task publicly by members of the Fort Worth City Council on Dec. 4. Oh woe is us,...
Speak Now or Forever Hold Your Nose
North Texas residents hoping for better regulation of the oil and gas industry will get their chance to yell at (that is, talk respectfully...
Global Warning
Don’t Let This One Pass “Go”
Next week, the Fort Worth City Council may declare bankruptcy. Of the moral variety, that is.
Despite virulent opposition from...
This Tree Is Your Tree, This Tree Is My Tree
When a small group of people began protesting construction of the southern leg of the Keystone Pipeline — which will carry dangerous Canadian tar...
Judge Mills Passed the Audition
A packed house gave two standing ovations to honorees at this week’s Tarrant County Commissioners Court meeting.
The celebrities drawing such response weren’t singers or...
Boo! Then, Boo-Hoo.
Halloween conjures memories of the most notorious bogeyman in Fort Worth’s history — former Mayor Mike Moncrief. Talk about trick or treat: That guy...
He Said, We Said
Mudslinging in the Texas Senate race between incumbent Wendy Davis and challenger Mark Shelton has splattered on little ol’ Fort Worth Weekly.
Shelton pounced on...
No-Go for GEO
Static is ec-static. The Texas Department of State Health Services has turned thumbs down on the proposal by GEO Care, the mental health arm...
TCEQ Goes Fishin’ For Pollution
Four new air pollution monitors are coming to the Barnett Shale soon, courtesy of the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality, and drilling critics can’t...