Liveable Arlington

06/24/2026

Dr. Shelton has been sworn in. Dr. Odom-Wesley has passed the baton literally and metaphorically.
The council and Mayor have left the building to go into executive session.

06/23/2026

The council chambers are packed to mark 150 years of the founding of Arlington and for the swearing in of Dr. Shelton. Rep. Turner is here to offer a proclamation from the state in honor of the milestone anniversary.
4 Gas well hearings to follow.

06/23/2026

➡️At noon today, we publicly released a painstakingly assembled database listing all drill sites and gas wells within 1/2, 1, and 2 mile radius of 76 Arlington ISD public schools with the precise distances from each school.

➡️This database was built with the help of the FracTracker Alliance. We found horrific exposure for all campuses and for thousands of students.

➡️Concerned Health Professionals of New York presented a powerful statement listing the scientific findings of harm at these proximities and well densities.

➡️FracTracker built and demonstrated a powerful new mapping tool, so the Arlington community can see how dangerously close and pervasive the drilling is relative to our children's schools.

⚠️As the Arlington city council gets ready to issue final approval tonight to French energy giant Total to expand its Landing and Stoner sites, we present information on nearby schools from the database , and results generated with the Fractracker mapping tool.

➡️Williams Elementary and Workman Jr. High face even mre pollution as do many other schools labeled on Fractracker's map.

➡️These permits put thousands of Arlington children in harm's way.

🫵Come to City Hall at 6:30 tonight - to oppose the permitting.

06/19/2026

06/18/2026

📣Reuters - The Ethical Corporation - publishes report on Total Energies' fracking operations in Arlington, titled.
👀 "Arlington's kids are paying for Europe’s Gas: Alarm over Fracking Health Risks in America’s World Cup City"
Some highlights:

➡️Doty,former air regulator who served as the TCEQ’s mobile air monitoring manager who conducted an optical gas imaging (OGI) survey of Total sites in Arlington said.
⚠️“Total is ​a big polluter in my opinion... Make no mistake about it.”

➡️Carbon Mapper satellite found 2 super emitter events visible from space from Total sites in the area - also near schools.

➡️There are health risk to communities from the hazardous chemicals like volatile organic compounds (VOC) including benzene that are released alongside methane , says PSE.

➡️Arlington’s children are in close range of the industry's health risks. In fact, on June 9, just days before the stadium’s opening World Cup match, TEEP ​Barnett received permits that will add 9 new gas wells at two sites, close to several schools.

➡️With fracking banned in many European countries, including France, and TotalEnergies the biggest exporter of liquified natural gas from the U.S., Arlington's children are effectively paying the price for Europe's thirst for energy, Bhandari says.

➡️Read the entire article here: https://ow.ly/WQfo50ZecT5
or
https://ow.ly/9vBw50ZecT9

06/13/2026

Election Day for Arlington Council District 8 runoff is today, June 13.
Polls are open till 7 PM.
Find polling locations here: https://tinyurl.com/June13-pollinglocations
and Go Vote!

06/08/2026

Newsletter Alert: Read our latest newsletter at the link👇
https://mailchi.mp/liveablearlington/june2026b

Key Arlington city council gas well permit votes tomorrow, June 9, early voting in Council District 8 run-off, and the anniversary of a historic vote.
Its all there in our newsletter.

06/08/2026

⚠️The Arlington City Council will hold public hearings and votes on Tuesday, June 9, to expand French energy giant Total Energies’ Stoner and Landing sites, and to permit 170 town homes right next to gas wells at Total’s Day drill site.

On the agenda:

➡️Up first is Item 7.16 on the Consent Agenda - A new 170-unit town home development at 1120 Debbie Lane.
🏠Many planned homes are within 600 feet of Total’s Day drill site - where gas well permits were approved last month after the drillzone was “altered.” Next, some old producing gas wells were removed from the site maps to approve the town homes that may not have met reverse setback rules of 300 feet otherwise.
➡️Next - a drill zone permit and 4 new methane gas wells at Total’s Stoner site at 500 East I-20 is Item 10.4 Specific Use Permit SUP08-15R1.
➡️Then, a drill zone permit and 5 new methane gas wells at Total’s Landing site at 4801 Center Street is Item 10.5 SUP07-17R1.
➡️Many Arlington schools are close and will face increased pollution, particularly Williams Elementary, and Workman Jr. High, McNutt Elementary. 🏫
Take Action
➡️ Use our Action toolkit: https://tinyurl.com/StonerLanding2026 and join us at Arlington City Hall

06/04/2026

Early Voting in the runoff for Arlington City Council District 8 is ongoing.
You can find vote times and locations at the link below:
https://tinyurl.com/Dist8-EarlyVoting

Your vote is your voice, and your children's voice.

Go vote!