“HB 40 was written by the oil and gas industry, for the oil and
gas industry, to prevent voters from holding the oil and
gas industry accountable
for its impacts,” said Earthworks’ Texas organizer Sharon Wilson. Wilson, who played a key role in the Denton ballot initiative, continued, “It was the oil and gas industry’s contempt for impacted residents that pushed Denton voters to ban fracking in the first place.