The recent passage of HB 40, supported by state legislators and a governor heavily supported by the oil and gas industry, took away local government's ability to control industrial mineral extraction within city boundaries, and local resident's right through ballot initiative to influence their local quality of life. Denton anti-fracking leaders see a backlash against that heavy-handedness through a statewide coalition of concerned citizens.
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Is there a chapter in Fort Worth? Only time will tell if this issue is important enough to those aware of it to get involved.