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Texas House Committee Passes Compromise on Drilling Rules
2015-03-31 16:14:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Texas Tribune: A House committee on Monday approved legislation that would limit local control over oil and gas activities -- a committee substitute for a bill that initially stirred anger in city halls across Texas. In a 10-1 vote, the House Committee on Energy Resources approved an updated version of House Bill 40, among the most prominent of nearly a dozen bills filed in the aftermath of Denton's vote in November to ban hydraulic fracturing within the North Texas city's limits. Intended to clarify where...
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HAR.com Goes Live as a Statewide Texas Real Estate Resource
2015-03-31 12:42:22| Real Estate - Topix.net
After nearly a year of testing and fine-tuning, the statewide 'Homes And Rentals' website, HAR.com, has gone live, serving as a unique gateway between consumers and REALTORSA for thousands of homes and rental properties across Texas, HAR has announced. According to the organization, HAR.com allows the free publication of property listings by brokerages in 11 major markets across the Lone Star State.
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Texas high court hears case on gas royalty payments
2015-03-29 17:30:15| Oil & Gas - Topix.net
Chesapeake Energy went to the Texas Supreme Court last week to defend how it deducted post-production costs from royalty checks in a case that is being widely watched by the oil and gas industry and property owners suing the company for millions of dollars. Chesapeake is appealing a San Antonio appeals court ruling from 2014 upholding a state district court decision that awarded the prominent Hyder family of Fort Worth at least $1 million in royalties, interest and attorneys fees.
Texas city opts for 100% renewable energy to save cash, not planet
2015-03-29 14:03:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: News that a Texas city is to be powered by 100% renewable energy sparked surprise in an oil-obsessed, Republican-dominated state where fossil fuels are king and climate change activists were described as the equivalent of the flat-earthers by US senator and GOP presidential hopeful Ted Cruz. I was called an Al Gore clone, a tree-hugger, says Jim Briggs, interim city manager of Georgetown, a community of about 50,000 people some 25 miles north of Austin. Briggs, who was a key player in Georgetowns...
A Texas take on Ted Cruz's presidential bid
2015-03-27 16:29:01| Electronics - Topix.net
When Sen. Ted Cruz launched his U.S. Senate bid, he was the preferred choice of a mere 3 percent of Texas Republican primary voters in a field of a half-dozen credible candidates. Chief among his rivals was a powerful three-term lieutenant governor, David Dewhurst, who possessed a net worth of $200 million, enjoyed the near-unanimous support of the Texas GOP establishment and began the 2012 election cycle with a commanding lead in the polls.
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