In the latest chapter of a long-running legal fight, a Fort Worth oil and gas company has received permission from the Texas Supreme Court to pursue defamation damages from a Parker County man.
Energy
In-depth reporting on oil, gas, renewable power, and policies shaping the future of energy in Texas from The Texas Tribune.
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Video: Crowdfunding Powers Energy Bill Assistance Effort
You’ve heard of crowdsourcing funding for nonprofits. Now one person is testing his online platform in Texas to crowdsource money to help people pay their energy bills in a new Travis County community.
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Nonprofits Crowdfunding Power to the People
Trying to create a “new direction in the energy sector,” a computer scientist in Austin is using crowdfunding to help low-income Texans pay their electricity bills.
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New in Trib+Water: Problematic Fracking Data
In this week’s edition of the Trib+Water newsletter: One study finds inconsistent policies on fracking, another finds industry-supplied fracking data is incomplete and an interview with Yongli Gao of the Center for Water Research at the University of Texas at San Antonio.
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Study: Gas Activities “Most Likely” Caused Texas Quakes
Gas industry activity “most likely” triggered a series of earthquakes that shook two North Texas towns from late 2013 through early 2014, new peer-reviewed research shows.
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Will Texas Ever Change Railroad Commission Name?
A group of lawmakers is trying – again – to change the Railroad Commission’s name to reflect what it does. This time, proponents want to call the agency the Texas Energy Commission.
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Lawmaker Urges Colleagues to Act on Climate Change
Pressing Texas leaders to act on climate change, a state lawmaker on Monday appealed to his colleagues’ long-held disdain for federal intervention.
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Texas House Approves “Denton Fracking Bill”
UPDATED: The Texas House on Friday approved House Bill 40, which would pre-empt local efforts to regulate a wide variety of oil and gas activities.
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Shark Fin Ban Back on the House Menu
A proposal to ban the trade of shark fins in Texas sailed through the Texas House on Wednesday, but it faces choppier waters ahead: the Texas Senate, where similar legislation foundered in 2013.
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Senate Votes to End Renewable Energy Programs
The Senate on Tuesday approved legislation that would close the book on two programs that helped fuel the state’s years-long surge in wind energy production.
