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href="/web/20151008040131/http://www.texastribune.org/2015/10/07/report-shows-huge-toll-energy-boom-traffic-crashes/">Report: Traffic Crashes Related to Energy Boom Cost Billions</a></h1> <ul class="meta separator"><li class="byline"> by <a href="/web/20151008040131/http://www.texastribune.org/about/staff/jim-malewitz/">Jim Malewitz</a></li><li><time datetime="Wed, 7 Oct 2015 12:51:21 -0500" title="2015-10-07 12:51"> Oct. 7, 2015 </time></li><li class="comments"><a class="comments" href="/web/20151008040131/http://www.texastribune.org/2015/10/07/report-shows-huge-toll-energy-boom-traffic-crashes/comments/"><span class="value">13</span><span class="label">Comments</span></a></li></ul> </header> <section class="summary"> <p>A Texas A&M University study reveals just how closely petroleum activity appears to be linked to collisions on crowded, crumbling roads in rural South and West Texas.</p> <p> </p> <p><span style="line-height: 1.35;"> </span></p> <a class="permalink" href="/web/20151008040131/http://www.texastribune.org/2015/10/07/report-shows-huge-toll-energy-boom-traffic-crashes/"> <i class="icon-share-alt"></i> Full Story</a> </section> <aside class="related"> <header class="smallcaps"> <h2>Related</h2> </header> <ul> <li><a href="/web/20151008040131/http://www.texastribune.org/2014/11/10/eagle-ford-traffic-clogs-lifeline/">Eagle Ford Traffic Clogs a Lifeline</a></li> <li><a href="/web/20151008040131/http://www.texastribune.org/2014/10/24/txdot-ends-plan-convert-paved-roads-gravel/">TxDOT Ends Program That Converts Paved Roads to Gravel</a></li> </ul> </aside> </div> </article> </section> <div class="grid"> <div class="cell w-8 main_column"> <div class="hide-for-medium-down"> <article class=" item_1"> <div class="media medium"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20151008040131/http://www.texastribune.org/plus/water/"> <img 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href="https://web.archive.org/web/20151008040131/http://www.texastribune.org/plus/water/">New in Trib+Water: A Big Water Ruling in West Texas</a></h1> <ul class="meta separator"><li class="byline"> by <a href="/web/20151008040131/http://www.texastribune.org/about/staff/reynolds-john/">John Reynolds</a></li><li><time datetime="Wed, 7 Oct 2015 06:00:00 -0500" title="2015-10-07 06:00"> Oct. 7, 2015 </time></li></ul> </header> <div class="media small"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20151008040131/http://www.texastribune.org/plus/water/"> <img src="//web.archive.org/web/20151008040131im_/http://static.texastribune.org/media/images/2014/04/08/Tribwater_jpg_150x1000_q100.jpg" alt=""> </a> <div class="photo_links"> <a href="//web.archive.org/web/20151008040131/http://static.texastribune.org/media/images/2014/04/08/Tribwater_jpg_800x1000_q100.jpg" title="" class="lightbox enlarge">Enlarge</a> </div> </div> <section class="summary"> <p><span>In this week's edition of the Trib+Water newsletter: A district judge sides with a groundwater conservation district in a ruling with a potentially large impact, a San Antonio water transfer project hits a snag and an interview with <span>Richard Seline of AccelerateH2O</span></span><span>.</span></p> <a class="permalink" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20151008040131/http://www.texastribune.org/plus/water/"> <i class="icon-share-alt"></i> Full Story</a> </section> </article> <article class=" responsive-secondary"> <header> <h1><a href="/web/20151008040131/http://www.texastribune.org/2015/10/06/denton-announces-renewable-energy-plan/">Denton Announces Renewable Energy Plan</a></h1> <ul class="meta separator"><li class="byline"> by <a href="/web/20151008040131/http://www.texastribune.org/about/staff/eleanor-dearman/">Eleanor Dearman</a></li><li><time datetime="Tue, 6 Oct 2015 15:21:00 -0500" title="2015-10-06 15:21"> Oct. 6, 2015 </time></li><li class="comments"><a class="comments" href="/web/20151008040131/http://www.texastribune.org/2015/10/06/denton-announces-renewable-energy-plan/comments/"><span class="value">8</span><span class="label">Comments</span></a></li></ul> </header> <div class="media small"> <a href="/web/20151008040131/http://www.texastribune.org/2015/10/06/denton-announces-renewable-energy-plan/"> <img src="//web.archive.org/web/20151008040131im_/http://static.texastribune.org/media/images/Solar_1_jpg_150x1000_q100.jpg" alt=""> </a> <div class="photo_links"> <a href="//web.archive.org/web/20151008040131/http://static.texastribune.org/media/images/Solar_1_jpg_800x1000_q100.jpg" title="" class="lightbox enlarge">Enlarge</a> <cite>Photo by Mike Baker</cite> </div> </div> <section class="summary"> <p>Denton announced a lofty plan Tuesday that aims to make the North Texas city one of the cleanest energy providers in the state.</p> <a class="permalink" href="/web/20151008040131/http://www.texastribune.org/2015/10/06/denton-announces-renewable-energy-plan/"> <i class="icon-share-alt"></i> Full Story</a> </section> </article> <article class=" responsive-secondary"> <header> <h1><a href="/web/20151008040131/http://www.texastribune.org/2015/10/05/final-bp-deal-texas-get-800-million-gulf/">In Final BP Deal, Texas to Get $800 Million for Gulf</a></h1> <ul class="meta separator"><li class="byline"> by <a href="/web/20151008040131/http://www.texastribune.org/about/staff/jim-malewitz/">Jim Malewitz</a></li><li><time datetime="Mon, 5 Oct 2015 13:55:09 -0500" title="2015-10-05 13:55"> Oct. 5, 2015 </time></li><li class="comments"><a class="comments" href="/web/20151008040131/http://www.texastribune.org/2015/10/05/final-bp-deal-texas-get-800-million-gulf/comments/"><span class="value">10</span><span class="label">Comments</span></a></li></ul> </header> <div class="media small"> <a href="/web/20151008040131/http://www.texastribune.org/2015/10/05/final-bp-deal-texas-get-800-million-gulf/"> <img src="//web.archive.org/web/20151008040131im_/http://static.texastribune.org/media/images/OilrigFire_jpg_150x1000_q100.jpg" alt="The Deepwater Horizon fire in 2010."> </a> <div class="photo_links"> <a href="//web.archive.org/web/20151008040131/http://static.texastribune.org/media/images/OilrigFire_jpg_800x1000_q100.jpg" title="The Deepwater Horizon fire in 2010." class="lightbox enlarge">Enlarge</a> <cite>Photo by Marc Morrison</cite> </div> <div class="photo_caption">The Deepwater Horizon fire in 2010.</div> </div> <section class="summary"> <p>Texas and four other Gulf Coast states have reached a final settlement with BP stemming from the 2010 Deepwater Horizon explosion and oil spill, the U.S. Department of Justice and states announced Monday.</p> <p> </p> <a class="permalink" href="/web/20151008040131/http://www.texastribune.org/2015/10/05/final-bp-deal-texas-get-800-million-gulf/"> <i class="icon-share-alt"></i> Full Story</a> </section> </article> </div> <div class="cell w-6 gap hide-for-medium-down left_rail"> <section class="folder"> <div class="tab data"> <hgroup> <h1>Featured Data</h1> <h2> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20151008040131/http://www.texastribune.org/plus/water/">New in Trib+Water: A Big Water Ruling in West Texas</a> </h2> <ul class="meta separator short"><li class="byline"> by <a href="/web/20151008040131/http://www.texastribune.org/about/staff/reynolds-john/">John Reynolds</a></li><li><time datetime="Wed, 7 Oct 2015 06:00:00 -0500" title="2015-10-07 06:00"> Oct. 7, 2015 </time></li></ul> </hgroup> <div class="content"> <div class="media sidebar" <a href="http://www.texastribune.org/plus/water/"> <img src="//web.archive.org/web/20151008040131im_/http://static.texastribune.org/media/images/2014/04/08/Tribwater_jpg_300x1000_q100.jpg" alt=""> </a> <div class="photo_links"> <a href="//web.archive.org/web/20151008040131/http://static.texastribune.org/media/images/2014/04/08/Tribwater_jpg_800x1000_q100.jpg" title="" class="lightbox enlarge">Enlarge</a> </div> </div> <ul class="actions simple"> <li> <a href="/web/20151008040131/http://www.texastribune.org/data/"><span>+</span> More Data</a> </li> </ul> </div> </div> </section> <aside class="ad_container sidebar_block"> <div class="sponsor_image_holder"> <div class="ad adunit tablet standard" data-dimensions="300x250" data-adunit="TexasTribune_Content_Home_BTF_LeftRail1_TTRectangle_300x250"> </div> </div> </aside> <article class="small "> <header> <h1><a href="/web/20151008040131/http://www.texastribune.org/2015/10/03/no-apparent-resolution-border-e-coli-outbreak/">Two Years, Few Answers in E. Coli Discovery</a></h1> <ul class="meta separator"><li class="byline"> by <a href="/web/20151008040131/http://www.texastribune.org/about/staff/neena-satija/">Neena Satija</a></li><li><time datetime="Sat, 3 Oct 2015 06:00:00 -0500" title="2015-10-03 06:00"> Oct. 3, 2015 </time></li><li class="comments"><a class="comments" href="/web/20151008040131/http://www.texastribune.org/2015/10/03/no-apparent-resolution-border-e-coli-outbreak/comments/"><span class="value">4</span><span class="label">Comments</span></a></li></ul> </header> <div class="media small"> <a href="/web/20151008040131/http://www.texastribune.org/2015/10/03/no-apparent-resolution-border-e-coli-outbreak/"> <img src="//web.archive.org/web/20151008040131im_/http://static.texastribune.org/media/images/2015/08/18/Drinking_WaterTT_jpg_150x1000_q100.jpg" alt="Water treatment facility in Rio Bravo, Texas."> </a> <div class="photo_links"> <a href="//web.archive.org/web/20151008040131/http://static.texastribune.org/media/images/2015/08/18/Drinking_WaterTT_jpg_800x1000_q100.jpg" title="Water treatment facility in Rio Bravo, Texas." class="lightbox enlarge">Enlarge</a> <cite>Photo by Jennifer Whitney</cite> </div> <div class="photo_caption">Water treatment facility in Rio Bravo, Texas.</div> </div> <section class="summary"> <p>The discovery of dangerous bacteria in the drinking water of <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20151008040131/http://apps.texastribune.org/undrinkable/rio-bravo-el-cenizo/">two working-class communities</a> along the Rio Grande set off alarms among state regulators and investigators. Now, it appears that efforts to hold anyone responsible are sputtering to an inconclusive end. </p> <a class="permalink" href="/web/20151008040131/http://www.texastribune.org/2015/10/03/no-apparent-resolution-border-e-coli-outbreak/"> <i class="icon-share-alt"></i> Full Story</a> </section> </article> <article class="small "> <header> <h1><a href="/web/20151008040131/http://www.texastribune.org/2015/10/03/reveal-radio-border-towns-fight-clean-water/">Reveal Radio: But Not a Drop to Drink</a></h1> <ul class="meta separator"><li class="byline"> by <a href="/web/20151008040131/http://www.texastribune.org/about/staff/neena-satija/">Neena Satija</a></li><li><time datetime="Sat, 3 Oct 2015 06:00:00 -0500" title="2015-10-03 06:00"> Oct. 3, 2015 </time></li></ul> </header> <div class="media small"> <a href="/web/20151008040131/http://www.texastribune.org/2015/10/03/reveal-radio-border-towns-fight-clean-water/"> <img src="//web.archive.org/web/20151008040131im_/http://static.texastribune.org/media/images/2015/08/25/8c8bf97f.TxTrib-RioBravoElCenizo-008_jpg_150x1000_q100.jpg" alt=""> </a> <div class="photo_links"> <a href="//web.archive.org/web/20151008040131/http://static.texastribune.org/media/images/2015/08/25/8c8bf97f.TxTrib-RioBravoElCenizo-008_jpg_800x1000_q100.jpg" title="" class="lightbox enlarge">Enlarge</a> <cite>Photo by Jennifer Whitney</cite> </div> </div> <section class="summary"> <p>For decades, residents of El Cenizo and Rio Bravo along the Texas-Mexico border have struggled to obtain safe, reliable drinking water. A new treatment plant was supposed to help, but politics got in the way. </p> <a class="permalink" href="/web/20151008040131/http://www.texastribune.org/2015/10/03/reveal-radio-border-towns-fight-clean-water/"> <i class="icon-share-alt"></i> Full Story</a> </section> </article> <article class="small "> <header> <h1><a href="/web/20151008040131/http://www.texastribune.org/2015/10/01/epa-ozone-regs-more-lenient-some-expected/">EPA Tightens Ozone Limits 鈥斅燘ut Less Than Some Had Expected</a></h1> <ul class="meta separator"><li class="byline"> by <a href="/web/20151008040131/http://www.texastribune.org/about/staff/jim-malewitz/">Jim Malewitz</a></li><li><time datetime="Thu, 1 Oct 2015 13:29:04 -0500" title="2015-10-01 13:29"> Oct. 1, 2015 </time></li><li class="comments"><a class="comments" href="/web/20151008040131/http://www.texastribune.org/2015/10/01/epa-ozone-regs-more-lenient-some-expected/comments/"><span class="value">3</span><span class="label">Comments</span></a></li></ul> </header> <div class="media small"> <a href="/web/20151008040131/http://www.texastribune.org/2015/10/01/epa-ozone-regs-more-lenient-some-expected/"> <img src="//web.archive.org/web/20151008040131im_/http://static.texastribune.org/media/images/EPA_TCEQ_SmokeStacks_jpg_150x1000_q100.jpg" alt=""> </a> <div class="photo_links"> <a href="//web.archive.org/web/20151008040131/http://static.texastribune.org/media/images/EPA_TCEQ_SmokeStacks_jpg_800x1000_q100.jpg" title="" class="lightbox enlarge">Enlarge</a> <cite>Photo illustration by Todd Wiseman</cite> </div> </div> <section class="summary"> <p><span>Determined to cut down on smog that chokes the nation’s skies, the Obama administration finalized new limits on ozone. <span>But the limits are weaker than some had hoped, suggesting that fierce critics like Texas had some effect on the outcome. </span></span></p> <a class="permalink" href="/web/20151008040131/http://www.texastribune.org/2015/10/01/epa-ozone-regs-more-lenient-some-expected/"> <i class="icon-share-alt"></i> Full Story</a> </section> </article> <article class="small "> <header> <h1><a href="/web/20151008040131/http://www.texastribune.org/2015/09/29/hunt-launches-effort-take-over-oncor/">Dallas Mogul Launches Bid for Giant Power Company</a></h1> <ul class="meta separator"><li class="byline"> by <a href="/web/20151008040131/http://www.texastribune.org/about/staff/jim-malewitz/">Jim Malewitz</a></li><li><time datetime="Tue, 29 Sep 2015 13:03:51 -0500" title="2015-09-29 13:03"> Sept. 29, 2015 </time></li><li class="comments"><a class="comments" href="/web/20151008040131/http://www.texastribune.org/2015/09/29/hunt-launches-effort-take-over-oncor/comments/"><span class="value">6</span><span class="label">Comments</span></a></li></ul> </header> <div class="media small"> <a href="/web/20151008040131/http://www.texastribune.org/2015/09/29/hunt-launches-effort-take-over-oncor/"> <img src="//web.archive.org/web/20151008040131im_/http://static.texastribune.org/media/images/ONCOR_jpg_150x1000_q100.jpg" alt=""> </a> <div class="photo_links"> <a href="//web.archive.org/web/20151008040131/http://static.texastribune.org/media/images/ONCOR_jpg_800x1000_q100.jpg" title="" class="lightbox enlarge">Enlarge</a> <cite>Graphic by Camil Tulcan / Todd Wiseman</cite> </div> </div> <section class="summary"> <p>A group of investors led by a Dallas oilman and real estate mogul has launched a bid to take control of Oncor, the state’s largest electric transmission company, putting forth an unprecedented plan. </p> <p> </p> <p><span style="line-height: 1.35;"> </span></p> <a class="permalink" href="/web/20151008040131/http://www.texastribune.org/2015/09/29/hunt-launches-effort-take-over-oncor/"> <i class="icon-share-alt"></i> Full Story</a> </section> </article> </div> <div class="cell w-6 hide-for-medium-down mid_rail"> <article class="small "> <header> <h1><a href="/web/20151008040131/http://www.texastribune.org/2015/09/18/texas-drops-suit-over-dead-denton-fracking-ban/">Texas Drops Suit Over Dead Denton Fracking Ban</a></h1> <ul class="meta separator"><li class="byline"> by <a href="/web/20151008040131/http://www.texastribune.org/about/staff/jim-malewitz/">Jim Malewitz</a></li><li><time datetime="Fri, 18 Sep 2015 11:39:37 -0500" title="2015-09-18 11:39"> Sept. 18, 2015 </time></li><li class="comments"><a class="comments" href="/web/20151008040131/http://www.texastribune.org/2015/09/18/texas-drops-suit-over-dead-denton-fracking-ban/comments/"><span class="value">20</span><span class="label">Comments</span></a></li></ul> </header> <div class="media small"> <a href="/web/20151008040131/http://www.texastribune.org/2015/09/18/texas-drops-suit-over-dead-denton-fracking-ban/"> <img src="//web.archive.org/web/20151008040131im_/http://static.texastribune.org/media/images/2014/07/24/FrackingDenton00002_jpg_150x1000_q100.jpg" alt="A gas well last fracked in March sits less than 400 feet from a home in Denton, which just became Texas' first city to ban fracking."> </a> <div class="photo_links"> <a href="//web.archive.org/web/20151008040131/http://static.texastribune.org/media/images/2014/07/24/FrackingDenton00002_jpg_800x1000_q100.jpg" title="A gas well last fracked in March sits less than 400 feet from a home in Denton, which just became Texas' first city to ban fracking." class="lightbox enlarge">Enlarge</a> <cite>Photo by Cooper Neill</cite> </div> <div class="photo_caption">A gas well last fracked in March sits less than 400 feet from a home in Denton, which just became Texas' first city to ban fracking.</div> </div> <section class="summary"> <p>The Texas General Land Office has dropped its lawsuit against the city’s obliterated ban on hydraulic fracturing and moratorium on new gas drilling, officially resolving all litigation over the North Texas city's vote, which made international headlines.  </p> <p> </p> <a class="permalink" href="/web/20151008040131/http://www.texastribune.org/2015/09/18/texas-drops-suit-over-dead-denton-fracking-ban/"> <i class="icon-share-alt"></i> Full Story</a> </section> </article> <article class="small "> <header> <h1><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20151008040131/http://apps.texastribune.org/road-from-rita/keeping-the-tanks-full/">For Those Fleeing, a Plan to Keep Them Fueled</a></h1> <ul class="meta separator"><li class="byline"> by <a href="/web/20151008040131/http://www.texastribune.org/about/staff/jim-malewitz/">Jim Malewitz</a></li><li><time datetime="Fri, 18 Sep 2015 06:00:00 -0500" title="2015-09-18 06:00"> Sept. 18, 2015 </time></li></ul> </header> <div class="media small"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20151008040131/http://apps.texastribune.org/road-from-rita/keeping-the-tanks-full/"> <img src="//web.archive.org/web/20151008040131im_/http://static.texastribune.org/media/images/2015/09/16/TT-RoadFromRita-Day3-Fuel_jpg_150x1000_q100.jpg" alt="Slovek Lomoc filled up storage tanks at a gas station at a Beaumont Walmart a couple of days after Hurricane Rita made landfall on Sept. 24, 2005. Hundreds of evacuees ran out of gas while using overcrowded roads to escape. Many gas stations ran out of fuel."> </a> <div class="photo_links"> <a href="//web.archive.org/web/20151008040131/http://static.texastribune.org/media/images/2015/09/16/TT-RoadFromRita-Day3-Fuel_jpg_800x1000_q100.jpg" title="Slovek Lomoc filled up storage tanks at a gas station at a Beaumont Walmart a couple of days after Hurricane Rita made landfall on Sept. 24, 2005. Hundreds of evacuees ran out of gas while using overcrowded roads to escape. Many gas stations ran out of fuel." class="lightbox enlarge">Enlarge</a> <cite>Photo by The Beaumont Enterprise</cite> </div> <div class="photo_caption">Slovek Lomoc filled up storage tanks at a gas station at a Beaumont Walmart a couple of days after Hurricane Rita made landfall on Sept. 24, 2005. Hundreds of evacuees ran out of gas while using overcrowded roads to escape. Many gas stations ran out of fuel.</div> </div> <section class="summary"> <p>Many Texans trying to flee Hurricane Rita ran out of gas. The next time a hurricane forces Gulf Coast residents to flee, state officials say such a nightmarish scenario is less likely to occur. <span>This is part of our "</span><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20151008040131/http://apps.texastribune.org/road-from-rita/keeping-the-tanks-full/" target="_blank">Road From Rita</a><span>" series, a collaboration with the </span><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20151008040131/http://www.beaumontenterprise.com/" target="_blank"><em>Beaumont Enterprise</em></a><span>.</span></p> <a class="permalink" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20151008040131/http://apps.texastribune.org/road-from-rita/keeping-the-tanks-full/"> <i class="icon-share-alt"></i> Full Story</a> </section> </article> <article class="small "> <header> <h1><a href="/web/20151008040131/http://www.texastribune.org/2015/09/15/tiny-nordheim-proclaims-small-victory-waste-vote/">Tiny Nordheim Proclaims Small Victory in Oilfield Waste Vote</a></h1> <ul class="meta separator"><li class="byline"> by <a href="/web/20151008040131/http://www.texastribune.org/about/staff/jim-malewitz/">Jim Malewitz</a></li><li><time datetime="Tue, 15 Sep 2015 13:45:30 -0500" title="2015-09-15 13:45"> Sept. 15, 2015 </time></li><li class="comments"><a class="comments" href="/web/20151008040131/http://www.texastribune.org/2015/09/15/tiny-nordheim-proclaims-small-victory-waste-vote/comments/"><span class="value">5</span><span class="label">Comments</span></a></li></ul> </header> <div class="media small"> <a href="/web/20151008040131/http://www.texastribune.org/2015/09/15/tiny-nordheim-proclaims-small-victory-waste-vote/"> <img src="//web.archive.org/web/20151008040131im_/http://static.texastribune.org/media/images/2014/10/02/DontDump_jpg_150x1000_q100.jpg" alt="Paul Baumann's property, owned by his family for generations, is directly next to a proposed drilling waste dump in the small town of Nordheim. He, along with other concerned citizens, are protesting the dump as they fear it will pollute and ruin their way of life."> </a> <div class="photo_links"> <a href="//web.archive.org/web/20151008040131/http://static.texastribune.org/media/images/2014/10/02/DontDump_jpg_800x1000_q100.jpg" title="Paul Baumann's property, owned by his family for generations, is directly next to a proposed drilling waste dump in the small town of Nordheim. He, along with other concerned citizens, are protesting the dump as they fear it will pollute and ruin their way of life." class="lightbox enlarge">Enlarge</a> <cite>Photo by Callie Richmond</cite> </div> <div class="photo_caption">Paul Baumann's property, owned by his family for generations, is directly next to a proposed drilling waste dump in the small town of Nordheim. He, along with other concerned citizens, are protesting the dump as they fear it will pollute and ruin their way of life.</div> </div> <section class="summary"> <p>With the eyes of Nordheim cast upon them, state regulators have granted new life — if just a breath — to the tiny South Texas town’s effort to thwart an oil and gas waste site that locals argue threatens their way of life.</p> <p> </p> <a class="permalink" href="/web/20151008040131/http://www.texastribune.org/2015/09/15/tiny-nordheim-proclaims-small-victory-waste-vote/"> <i class="icon-share-alt"></i> Full Story</a> </section> </article> <article class="small "> <header> <h1><a href="/web/20151008040131/http://www.texastribune.org/2015/09/11/petroleum-industry-agrees-dismiss-denton-lawsuit/">Texas, Petroleum Industry Agree to Dismiss Lawsuits Against Denton</a></h1> <ul class="meta separator"><li class="byline"> by <a href="/web/20151008040131/http://www.texastribune.org/about/staff/jordan-rudner/">Jordan Rudner</a></li><li><time datetime="Fri, 11 Sep 2015 12:54:11 -0500" title="2015-09-11 12:54"> Sept. 11, 2015 </time></li><li class="comments"><a class="comments" href="/web/20151008040131/http://www.texastribune.org/2015/09/11/petroleum-industry-agrees-dismiss-denton-lawsuit/comments/"><span class="value">8</span><span class="label">Comments</span></a></li></ul> </header> <div class="media small"> <a href="/web/20151008040131/http://www.texastribune.org/2015/09/11/petroleum-industry-agrees-dismiss-denton-lawsuit/"> <img src="//web.archive.org/web/20151008040131im_/http://static.texastribune.org/media/images/2015/06/01/EDIT_6-1-15_Fracking_5857_jpg_150x1000_q100.jpg" alt="Vantage Energy on June 1, 2015 resumed hydraulic operations on a pad site on the western outskirts of Denton. It was the first company to frack within city limits after the Texas Legislature overturned the Denton鈥檚 ban on the process."> </a> <div class="photo_links"> <a href="//web.archive.org/web/20151008040131/http://static.texastribune.org/media/images/2015/06/01/EDIT_6-1-15_Fracking_5857_jpg_800x1000_q100.jpg" title="Vantage Energy on June 1, 2015 resumed hydraulic operations on a pad site on the western outskirts of Denton. It was the first company to frack within city limits after the Texas Legislature overturned the Denton鈥檚 ban on the process." class="lightbox enlarge">Enlarge</a> <cite>Photo by Cooper Neill</cite> </div> <div class="photo_caption">Vantage Energy on June 1, 2015 resumed hydraulic operations on a pad site on the western outskirts of Denton. It was the first company to frack within city limits after the Texas Legislature overturned the Denton鈥檚 ban on the process.</div> </div> <section class="summary"> <p><span>Now that </span><span>Denton</span><span> </span><span>has repealed its</span><strong> </strong><span>ban on hydraulic fracturing</span><span> a</span><span>nd </span><span>its</span><span> b</span><span>an on gas drilling has expired, lawyers for the oil and gas industry have agreed to drop their lawsuit against the city.</span></p> <a class="permalink" href="/web/20151008040131/http://www.texastribune.org/2015/09/11/petroleum-industry-agrees-dismiss-denton-lawsuit/"> <i class="icon-share-alt"></i> Full Story</a> </section> </article> <article class="small "> <header> <h1><a href="/web/20151008040131/http://www.texastribune.org/2015/09/10/examiners-company-not-blame-north-texas-quakes/">Examiners: Company Not To Blame For Quakes</a></h1> <ul class="meta separator"><li class="byline"> by <a href="/web/20151008040131/http://www.texastribune.org/about/staff/jim-malewitz/">Jim Malewitz</a></li><li><time datetime="Thu, 10 Sep 2015 19:01:49 -0500" title="2015-09-10 19:01"> Sept. 10, 2015 </time></li><li class="comments"><a class="comments" href="/web/20151008040131/http://www.texastribune.org/2015/09/10/examiners-company-not-blame-north-texas-quakes/comments/"><span class="value">71</span><span class="label">Comments</span></a></li></ul> </header> <div class="media small"> <a href="/web/20151008040131/http://www.texastribune.org/2015/09/10/examiners-company-not-blame-north-texas-quakes/"> <img src="//web.archive.org/web/20151008040131im_/http://static.texastribune.org/media/images/2014/01/21/7C2A3668_jpg_150x1000_q100.jpg" alt="Kaylen Holmesly, a 7th grade resident of Azle, Texas, testifies before the Texas Railroad Commission and voiced her concern about an increased number of earthquakes around Eagle Mountain Lake on January 21st, 2014."> </a> <div class="photo_links"> <a href="//web.archive.org/web/20151008040131/http://static.texastribune.org/media/images/2014/01/21/7C2A3668_jpg_800x1000_q100.jpg" title="Kaylen Holmesly, a 7th grade resident of Azle, Texas, testifies before the Texas Railroad Commission and voiced her concern about an increased number of earthquakes around Eagle Mountain Lake on January 21st, 2014." class="lightbox enlarge">Enlarge</a> <cite>Photo by Marjorie Kamys Cotera</cite> </div> <div class="photo_caption">Kaylen Holmesly, a 7th grade resident of Azle, Texas, testifies before the Texas Railroad Commission and voiced her concern about an increased number of earthquakes around Eagle Mountain Lake on January 21st, 2014.</div> </div> <section class="summary"> <p>The Texas Railroad Commission looks poised to clear a second oilfield company of responsibility for a series of earthquakes that rattled two North Texas towns — despite research suggesting otherwise.</p> <p> </p> <a class="permalink" href="/web/20151008040131/http://www.texastribune.org/2015/09/10/examiners-company-not-blame-north-texas-quakes/"> <i class="icon-share-alt"></i> Full Story</a> </section> </article> <article class="small "> <header> <h1><a href="/web/20151008040131/http://www.texastribune.org/2015/09/09/water-board-moves-resolve-reservoir-conflict/">Water Board Moves to Resolve Reservoir Conflict</a></h1> <ul class="meta separator"><li class="byline"> by <a href="/web/20151008040131/http://www.texastribune.org/about/staff/kiah-kiah-collier/">Kiah Collier</a></li><li><time datetime="Wed, 9 Sep 2015 16:28:55 -0500" title="2015-09-09 16:28"> Sept. 9, 2015 </time></li><li class="comments"><a class="comments" href="/web/20151008040131/http://www.texastribune.org/2015/09/09/water-board-moves-resolve-reservoir-conflict/comments/"><span class="value">5</span><span class="label">Comments</span></a></li></ul> </header> <div class="media small"> <a href="/web/20151008040131/http://www.texastribune.org/2015/09/09/water-board-moves-resolve-reservoir-conflict/"> <img src="//web.archive.org/web/20151008040131im_/http://static.texastribune.org/media/images/Propsed-Marvin-Nichols-Reservoir_v2_jpg_150x1000_q100.jpg" alt="The Hearts Bluff Mitigation Bank as pictured with the proposed Marvin Nichols Reservoir."> </a> <div class="photo_links"> <a href="//web.archive.org/web/20151008040131/http://static.texastribune.org/media/images/Propsed-Marvin-Nichols-Reservoir_v2_jpg_800x1000_q100.jpg" title="The Hearts Bluff Mitigation Bank as pictured with the proposed Marvin Nichols Reservoir." class="lightbox enlarge">Enlarge</a> <cite>Graphic by Todd Wiseman</cite> </div> <div class="photo_caption">The Hearts Bluff Mitigation Bank as pictured with the proposed Marvin Nichols Reservoir.</div> </div> <section class="summary"> <p>Disagreeing with Dallas-Fort Worth-area water officials, the Texas Water Development Board decided on Wednesday that a years-long conflict over a yet-to-be-built reservoir in the region’s 50-year water plan is serious enough that it should be resolved.</p> <a class="permalink" href="/web/20151008040131/http://www.texastribune.org/2015/09/09/water-board-moves-resolve-reservoir-conflict/"> <i class="icon-share-alt"></i> Full Story</a> </section> </article> </div> <div class="cell w-6 show-for-medium-down"> <ul class="mobile_headlines"> <li><a href="/web/20151008040131/http://www.texastribune.org/2015/10/03/no-apparent-resolution-border-e-coli-outbreak/">Two Years, Few Answers in E. 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Stories</a></h1> <ul class="meta separator"><li class="byline"> by Texas Tribune Staff </li><li><time datetime="Fri, 25 Sep 2015 06:00:00 -0500" title="2015-09-25 06:00"> Sept. 25, 2015 </time></li></ul> </header> <div class="media small"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20151008040131/http://apps.texastribune.org/road-from-rita/testimonials/"> <img src="//web.archive.org/web/20151008040131im_/http://static.texastribune.org/media/images/2015/09/24/TT-RoadFromRita-LeadArt-testimonials_jpg_150x1000_q100.jpg" alt=""> </a> <div class="photo_links"> <a href="//web.archive.org/web/20151008040131/http://static.texastribune.org/media/images/2015/09/24/TT-RoadFromRita-LeadArt-testimonials_jpg_800x1000_q100.jpg" title="" class="lightbox enlarge">Enlarge</a> <cite>Photo by Charlie Pearce / Todd Wiseman</cite> </div> </div> <section class="summary"> <p>During an event The Texas Tribune hosted Tuesday as part <span>of our "</span><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20151008040131/http://apps.texastribune.org/road-from-rita/taking-on-traffic/" target="_blank">Road From Rita</a><span>" series</span>, audience members at Lamar University shared stories about the difficulties of evacuating ahead of Rita in 2005. Hear them describe what they went through.</p> <a class="permalink" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20151008040131/http://apps.texastribune.org/road-from-rita/testimonials/"> <i class="icon-share-alt"></i> Full Story</a> </section> </article> <article class="small "> <header> <h1><a href="/web/20151008040131/http://www.texastribune.org/2015/09/23/analysis-texas-railroad-commission-letter/">Analysis: When "We" Doesn't Include You</a></h1> <ul class="meta separator"><li class="byline"> by <a href="/web/20151008040131/http://www.texastribune.org/about/staff/ross-ramsey/">Ross Ramsey</a></li><li><time datetime="Wed, 23 Sep 2015 16:00:40 -0500" title="2015-09-23 16:00"> Sept. 23, 2015 </time></li><li class="comments"><a class="comments" href="/web/20151008040131/http://www.texastribune.org/2015/09/23/analysis-texas-railroad-commission-letter/comments/"><span class="value">23</span><span class="label">Comments</span></a></li></ul> </header> <div class="media small"> <a href="/web/20151008040131/http://www.texastribune.org/2015/09/23/analysis-texas-railroad-commission-letter/"> <img src="//web.archive.org/web/20151008040131im_/http://static.texastribune.org/media/images/2013/06/21/RRC-Seal_jpg_150x1000_q100.jpg" alt=""> </a> <div class="photo_links"> <a href="//web.archive.org/web/20151008040131/http://static.texastribune.org/media/images/2013/06/21/RRC-Seal_jpg_800x1000_q100.jpg" title="" class="lightbox enlarge">Enlarge</a> <cite>Photo by Todd Wiseman</cite> </div> </div> <section class="summary"> <p>When you read a letter from Texas Railroad Commission Chairman <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20151008040131/http://www.texastribune.org/directory/david-porter/">David Porter</a>, there is a chance he wrote it. And there is a chance it was written by someone in the oil and gas industry he's supposed to be regulating.</p> <a class="permalink" href="/web/20151008040131/http://www.texastribune.org/2015/09/23/analysis-texas-railroad-commission-letter/"> <i class="icon-share-alt"></i> Full Story</a> </section> </article> <article class="small "> <header> <h1><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20151008040131/http://www.texastribune.org/plus/water/">New in Trib+Water: Statewide Water Grid Draws Critic</a></h1> <ul class="meta separator"><li class="byline"> by <a href="/web/20151008040131/http://www.texastribune.org/about/staff/reynolds-john/">John Reynolds</a></li><li><time datetime="Wed, 23 Sep 2015 06:00:00 -0500" title="2015-09-23 06:00"> Sept. 23, 2015 </time></li></ul> </header> <div class="media small"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20151008040131/http://www.texastribune.org/plus/water/"> <img src="//web.archive.org/web/20151008040131im_/http://static.texastribune.org/media/images/2014/04/08/Tribwater_jpg_150x1000_q100.jpg" alt=""> </a> <div class="photo_links"> <a href="//web.archive.org/web/20151008040131/http://static.texastribune.org/media/images/2014/04/08/Tribwater_jpg_800x1000_q100.jpg" title="" class="lightbox enlarge">Enlarge</a> </div> </div> <section class="summary"> <p><span>In this week's edition of the Trib+Water newsletter: A proposed statewide water grid is opposed by the Sierra Club, a report finds fracking activity in wetlands preserves and an interview with <span>Navid Saleh of</span><span> the University of Texas at Austin.</span></span></p> <a class="permalink" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20151008040131/http://www.texastribune.org/plus/water/"> <i class="icon-share-alt"></i> Full Story</a> </section> </article> <article class="small "> <header> <h1><a href="/web/20151008040131/http://www.texastribune.org/2015/09/22/pipeline-company-ghostwrote-texas-regulators-lette/">Pipeline Company Ghost-Wrote Texas Regulator's Letter</a></h1> <ul class="meta separator"><li class="byline"> by <a href="/web/20151008040131/http://www.texastribune.org/about/staff/jim-malewitz/">Jim Malewitz</a></li><li><time datetime="Tue, 22 Sep 2015 17:51:10 -0500" title="2015-09-22 17:51"> Sept. 22, 2015 </time></li><li class="comments"><a class="comments" href="/web/20151008040131/http://www.texastribune.org/2015/09/22/pipeline-company-ghostwrote-texas-regulators-lette/comments/"><span class="value">24</span><span class="label">Comments</span></a></li></ul> </header> <div class="media small"> <a href="/web/20151008040131/http://www.texastribune.org/2015/09/22/pipeline-company-ghostwrote-texas-regulators-lette/"> <img src="//web.archive.org/web/20151008040131im_/http://static.texastribune.org/media/images/2014/09/08/DavidPorterRRC_copy_jpg_150x1000_q100.jpg" alt="Railroad Commission Chairman David Porter."> </a> <div class="photo_links"> <a href="//web.archive.org/web/20151008040131/http://static.texastribune.org/media/images/2014/09/08/DavidPorterRRC_copy_jpg_800x1000_q100.jpg" title="Railroad Commission Chairman David Porter." class="lightbox enlarge">Enlarge</a> </div> <div class="photo_caption">Railroad Commission Chairman David Porter.</div> </div> <section class="summary"> <p>Weighing in on a case before the FCC, Texas Railroad Commission Chairman David Porter signed a letter authored by a pipeline company. Critics say the move illustrates a coziness with the industries he regulates.</p> <a class="permalink" href="/web/20151008040131/http://www.texastribune.org/2015/09/22/pipeline-company-ghostwrote-texas-regulators-lette/"> <i class="icon-share-alt"></i> Full Story</a> </section> </article> <article class="small "> <header> <h1><a href="/web/20151008040131/http://www.texastribune.org/2015/09/22/halliburton-pay-183-million-back-wages/">Halliburton to Pay $18.3 Million in Back Oilfield Wages</a></h1> <ul class="meta separator"><li class="byline"> by <a href="/web/20151008040131/http://www.texastribune.org/about/staff/jim-malewitz/">Jim Malewitz</a></li><li><time datetime="Tue, 22 Sep 2015 11:24:10 -0500" title="2015-09-22 11:24"> Sept. 22, 2015 </time></li><li class="comments"><a class="comments" href="/web/20151008040131/http://www.texastribune.org/2015/09/22/halliburton-pay-183-million-back-wages/comments/"><span class="value">18</span><span class="label">Comments</span></a></li></ul> </header> <div class="media small"> <a href="/web/20151008040131/http://www.texastribune.org/2015/09/22/halliburton-pay-183-million-back-wages/"> <img src="//web.archive.org/web/20151008040131im_/http://static.texastribune.org/media/images/OilWorker_jpg_150x1000_q100.jpg" alt=""> </a> <div class="photo_links"> <a href="//web.archive.org/web/20151008040131/http://static.texastribune.org/media/images/OilWorker_jpg_800x1000_q100.jpg" title="" class="lightbox enlarge">Enlarge</a> <cite>Photo by Lindsey Gee</cite> </div> </div> <section class="summary"> <p><span><span>Halliburton, the Houston-based oilfield service giant, </span>has agreed to pay nearly $18.3 million in back overtime wages to more than 1,000 U.S. employees, following a federal investigation. </span></p> <a class="permalink" href="/web/20151008040131/http://www.texastribune.org/2015/09/22/halliburton-pay-183-million-back-wages/"> <i class="icon-share-alt"></i> Full Story</a> </section> </article> <ul class="actions simple"> 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