A lot of frackers live in Dallas. Exxon Mobil is headquartered here. And they know enough about fracking to know that they don’t want to live anywhere near it. Accordingly, when the Dallas City Council passed a new ordinance keeping frackers 1,500′ from houses, Exxon Mobil and none of the big frackers bothered to protest the increased setback – because most of their executives live in Dallas . . .
And why would they want a bunch of frackers in their own neighborhood ?
Debate Shows Power of Cities to Limit Reach of Drilling
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Dallas passes de facto ban on fracking |
The city council approved some of the nation’s strictest regulations against natural gas drilling
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