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First Texas City to Ban Fracking Cites 'Public Nuisance' in Lawsuit Response

2014-12-05 07:37:36| Waste Management - Topix.net

Responding to lawsuits brought by attorneys with intimate Bush family connections - with complaints coming from both the Texas General Land Office and the Texas Oil and Gas Association - the Denton attorneys have signaled the battle has only just begun in the city situated in the heart and soul of the Barnett Shale , the birthplace of fracking. In its response to the Texas Oil and Gas Association , Denton's attorneys argued the Association did not provide sufficient legal evidence that the Texas constitution demarcates the Texas Railroad Commission or the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality as the only governmental bodies that can regulate or permit fracking.

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AGC Survey Cites Worse Shortages and Added Quality Concerns

2014-10-29 00:06:22| ENR.com: Headline News

About 86% of Southern state respondents, mostly nonunion, report problems in finding adequately skilled craft workers.

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Union-Employer Study Cites Marcellus Shale Construction Job Boom

2014-10-15 17:07:32| ENR.com: Headline News

Survey says region's oil and gas development has spawned 45,000 new jobs since 2008.

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International Paper's Faraci takes top CEO award, cites leadership...

2014-10-14 08:07:37| Paper - Topix.net

John Faraci of International Paper accepted an award as North American CEO of the year on Thursday at RISI's 29th annual North American Forest Products Conference in Boston. Faraci won the award after leading Memphis-headquartered IP through a "transformation" program that sold off nearly all of the firm's timberlands to refocus it on industrial packaging and white papers, as well as launching a globalization campaign that led to the acquisition of foreign assets in key world markets.

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