Published Feb 4, 2009
Before we break our arms patting ourselves on the backs because the plan to have a natural gas well on campus has apparently been avoided, maybe we should read between the lines.
It's true that if Chesapeake Energy's south side plan is approved by the city of Fort Worth, we will no longer have a gas well near the stadium, but the proposed well didn't disappear. In fact, it mysteriously multiplied.
Opposition from the influential TCU community put politicians under pressure and brought lots of unwanted attention to the reality of urban drilling in the city.