Mary Kelleher’s Fort Worth home is 65 feet from an off-the-books gas pipeline.

The People vs. The Pipeline

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As the North Texas gas-drilling frenzy continues, residents fight for the truth–and brace for the worst. This video complements Forrest Wilder’s article, “The Fire Down Below” which examines how a regulatory system deals with an industry that increasingly puts profits over safe operation.

worked at the Observer for seven years. She received a Masters in Journalism with a concentration in Photojournalism from the University of Texas at Austin, where she was co-chair for the student chapter of the National Press Photographers Association. She has worked in the non-profit sector for the Peruvian-American Medical Society and has been published in Utne Reader magazine, the Village Voice and Pitchfork Music.

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