The Environmental Protection Agency has withdrawn an administrative order that charged Range Resources, a Fort Worth-based natural gas driller, with contaminating water wells.
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Energy
The Weekly TribCast: Episode 125
Reeve, Emily, Jay and Kate talk about a Texas hospital that won’t hire obese workers, Texas farmers watering crops that won’t grow, and the primary challenge for the Speaker of the Texas House.
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Energy
Texas Farmers Watered Crops, Knowing That They Wouldn’t Grow
By mid-summer last year, it was so hot and dry that many West Texas cotton farmers gave up hope of producing a crop. Yet they had to keep watering, pumping from diminishing aquifers like the Ogallala, to claim crop insurance.
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Energy
Series Looks at Drought, How Texans Are Coping
The PBS NewsHour, in partnership with StateImpact Texas, takes a look at how two Texas communities are dealing with the Texas drought.
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Energy
State Needs to Plan Better for Droughts, Panel is Told
The process of desalination needs to be explored as an option for the future, experts testified Thursday in Austin before the House Natural Resources Committee.
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Demographics
Opponents in Border County Aim to Put Brakes on Coal Rail Line Plan
Opponents of a coal company’s plan to mine land in Eagle Pass are also fighting a plan to build a rail line to transport the coal to Mexico.
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Energy
Video: Farmers Frustrated With Groundwater Regulations
Some farmers in West Texas oppose new regulations that cap the amount of water they can pump from wells that tap the Ogallala Aquifer. A two-year moratorium on enforcement has not appeased them.
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Energy
Farmers and Regulators Square Off in Battle Over Ogallala Aquifer Rules
As the Ogallala Aquifer slowly declines, some West Texas farmers are facing a new type of regulation: a limit on the amount of water they would pump from wells on their own land. And many aren’t happy about it.
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Energy
Weekend Insider: Class Sizes, Groundwater Limits
In this episode of the Texas Tribune Weekend Insider, we look at growing elementary class sizes and limits on groundwater use in West Texas.
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Energy
Urban Water Use Climbs Despite Restrictions
In 2011, residents of some large Texas cities increased their water usage — despite the widespread adoption of restrictions on lawn-watering.
