For the past few years, he has served as a public intellectual in the city of Denton on the issue of shale gas development (fracking). Denton is home to 300 gas wells. Briggle blogs about this issue regularly and has published some articles in Slate on this topic. Related StoriesFracking Blowout Causes Massive Spill in PennsylvaniaBy Mike Ludwig, Truthout | ReportFracking at Drinking Water Source for 80,000 Pennsylvanians Raises AlarmsBy Anthony Brino, SolveClimate News | ReportFrackers Outbid Farmers for Water in Colorado DroughtBy Rebecca Leber, ThinkProgress | Report"Frackademia" Conflicts of Interest Mar University of Michigan ReportBy Staff, Ban Michigan Fracking | Report"Frackgate": Ohio Regulators Planned to Subvert Eco-Groups, Promote Fracking in State ParksBy Mike Ludwig, Truthout | Report Show Comments