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In the latest report on state sales tax revenues, some towns are reporting huge increases in sales tax collections. Asherton, for example, saw its January…
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Some people in the small East Texas town of Timpson are wondering if oil and gas drilling disposal wells are causing earthquakes in the area. The town…
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As the debate over the safety of fracking continues between politicians, environmentalists and oil companies, some scientists may have found a way to test…
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The science linking oil and gas drilling activity and earthquakes has been established for decades. And with the current boom in domestic drilling, more…
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2012 was a banner year for renewable energy. But in Texas and across the county, one energy story captured public attention like none other:…
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Update and correction: In a press release, UT announced that Dr. Raymond Orbach had “resigned.” It did not say, however, that Orbach will be staying at UT…
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A small quake rattled the Fort Worth area last night – the latest North Texas quake to occur in proximity to hydraulic fracturing, or “fracking,” sites…
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A series of small earthquakes in the Dallas region over the weekend are reviving discussion of the link between quakes and the oil and gas industry…
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The University of Texas at Austin has put together a panel of three experts to review a professor’s disputed study on hydraulic fracking.UT professor…
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A University of Texas study disputing connections between the oil and gas industry practice of fracking and groundwater contamination is receiving new…