It was almost dinnertime when an ice cream truck lazily made its way through the North Texas subdivision. A few kids came running. Maile Bush’s children weren’t among them, because she won’t let them go outside. The family moved to Denton for their slice of heaven. That was, she said, before the fracking industry came knocking. “You constantly live in a state of terror because you have no idea what they’re doing precisely and they don’t tell you,” Bush said. “But your home is at risk. Your family is at risk.” Located 40 miles north of Dallas, Denton sits atop the Barnett Shale, one of the largest natural gas deposits in the nation. The Barnett Shale is also home to the most intensive gas drilling operations ever attempted in an urban area. Now Bush is sandwiched between a gas well and a compressor station, and her […]