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<span><a class="plain" href="/web/20150712153908/http://www.texastribune.org/tribpedia/">Tribpedia</a>:</span> <a class="plain" href="/web/20150712153908/http://www.texastribune.org/tribpedia/fracking/">Fracking</a> </h1> </header> <div class="grid"> <div class="cell w-12"> <nav class="pagination"> <ul class="pagination"><li class="disabled"><span class="disabled prev"><span>&lsaquo;</span> previous</span></li><li><span class="current page">1</span></li><li><a href="?page=2" class="page">2</a></li><li><a href="?page=3" class="page">3</a></li><li><a href="?page=4" class="page">4</a></li><li class="last"><a href="?page=2" class="next">next <span>&rsaquo;</span></a></li></ul> </nav> </div> </div> <div class="grid"> <article> <div class="cell w-12 content"> <p><p dir="ltr"><span>Hydraulic fracturing, or fracking, as it is almost universally known, is the process of injecting a combination of fluid, chemicals and sand under high pressure to create fissures in a subterranean layer of rock, thereby releasing substances trapped in the rock. The technique is not new; </span><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150712153908/http://aoghs.org/technology/shooters-well-fracking-history/"><span>as far back as the 1860s</span></a><span> similar methods were employed to extract oil and ...</span></p></p> <a class="permalink" href="about/"> <i class="icon-share-alt"></i> Read More</a> </div> </article> </div> <div class="grid hide-media-extras"> <div class="cell w-12"> <article class=" "> <header> <h1><a href="/web/20150712153908/http://www.texastribune.org/2015/07/07/new-study-adds-fuel-debate-fracking-and-climate/">Shale Drilling Leaks More Methane Than Feds Thought</a></h1> <ul class="meta separator"><li class="byline"> by <a href="/web/20150712153908/http://www.texastribune.org/about/staff/jim-malewitz/">Jim Malewitz</a></li><li><time datetime="Tue, 7 Jul 2015 17:06:04 -0500" title="2015-07-07 17:06"> July 7, 2015 </time></li><li class="comments"><a class="comments" href="/web/20150712153908/http://www.texastribune.org/2015/07/07/new-study-adds-fuel-debate-fracking-and-climate/comments/"><span class="value">9</span><span class="label">Comments</span></a></li></ul> </header> <div class="media letterbox"> <a href="/web/20150712153908/http://www.texastribune.org/2015/07/07/new-study-adds-fuel-debate-fracking-and-climate/"> <img src="//web.archive.org/web/20150712153908im_/http://s3.amazonaws.com/static.texastribune.org/media/images/2013/10/09/Well-head-post-frack_jpg_312x176_crop_q100.jpg" alt=""> </a> <div class="photo_links"> <a href="//web.archive.org/web/20150712153908/http://s3.amazonaws.com/static.texastribune.org/media/images/2013/10/09/Well-head-post-frack_jpg_800x1000_q100.jpg" title="" class="lightbox enlarge">Enlarge</a> <cite>Photo by Joshua Doubek</cite> </div> </div> <section class="summary"> <p>Gas producers in North Texas’ Barnett Shale are responsible for significantly more methane pollution than previously estimated, according to a new series of studies. The research adds to a growing body of research into the true climate benefits of shifting away from coal-fired electricity in favor of natural gas, now abundant thanks to fracking.</p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <a class="permalink" href="/web/20150712153908/http://www.texastribune.org/2015/07/07/new-study-adds-fuel-debate-fracking-and-climate/"> <i class="icon-share-alt"></i> Full Story</a> </section> </article> </div> </div> <div class="grid hide-media-extras"> <div class="cell w-4"> <article class=" item_1"> <div class="media letterbox"> <a href="/web/20150712153908/http://www.texastribune.org/2015/06/17/denton-repeals-fracking-ban/"> <img src="//web.archive.org/web/20150712153908im_/http://s3.amazonaws.com/static.texastribune.org/media/images/2015/06/01/EDIT_6-1-15_Fracking_5857_jpg_312x176_crop_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/20150712153908/http://s3.amazonaws.com/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> <div class="text_column"> <header> <h1><a href="/web/20150712153908/http://www.texastribune.org/2015/06/17/denton-repeals-fracking-ban/">Denton Repeals Fracking Ban</a></h1> <ul class="meta separator"><li class="byline"> by Mose Buchele, KUT News/StateImpact Texas </li><li><time datetime="Wed, 17 Jun 2015 09:10:29 -0500" title="2015-06-17 09:10"> June 17, 2015 </time></li><li class="comments"><a class="comments" href="/web/20150712153908/http://www.texastribune.org/2015/06/17/denton-repeals-fracking-ban/comments/"><span class="value">2</span><span class="label">Comments</span></a></li></ul> </header> <div class="summary"> <p>The North Texas city of Denton made headlines last year when voters there banned the oil drilling technique known as fracking. Early Wednesday morning, the Denton City Council repealed that ban.</p> <a class="permalink" href="/web/20150712153908/http://www.texastribune.org/2015/06/17/denton-repeals-fracking-ban/"> <i class="icon-share-alt"></i> Full Story</a> </div> </div> </article> </div> <div class="cell w-4"> <article class=" item_2"> <div class="media letterbox"> <a href="/web/20150712153908/http://www.texastribune.org/2015/06/16/texas-and-petroleum-industry-broaden-lawsuits-agai/"> <img src="//web.archive.org/web/20150712153908im_/http://s3.amazonaws.com/static.texastribune.org/media/images/2015/06/01/EDIT_6-1-15_Fracking_5857_jpg_312x176_crop_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/20150712153908/http://s3.amazonaws.com/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> <div class="text_column"> <header> <h1><a href="/web/20150712153908/http://www.texastribune.org/2015/06/16/texas-and-petroleum-industry-broaden-lawsuits-agai/">Texas, Petroleum Industry Broaden Suits Against Denton</a></h1> <ul class="meta separator"><li class="byline"> by <a href="/web/20150712153908/http://www.texastribune.org/about/staff/jim-malewitz/">Jim Malewitz</a></li><li><time datetime="Tue, 16 Jun 2015 11:03:13 -0500" title="2015-06-16 11:03"> June 16, 2015 </time></li><li class="comments"><a class="comments" href="/web/20150712153908/http://www.texastribune.org/2015/06/16/texas-and-petroleum-industry-broaden-lawsuits-agai/comments/"><span class="value">35</span><span class="label">Comments</span></a></li></ul> </header> <div class="summary"> <p><span>The Texas Oil and Gas Association and the General Land Office have expanded the scope of their lawsuits against Denton. Both are taking aim at the city’s moratorium on new gas drilling and the toothless fracking ban still on its books. </span></p> <a class="permalink" href="/web/20150712153908/http://www.texastribune.org/2015/06/16/texas-and-petroleum-industry-broaden-lawsuits-agai/"> <i class="icon-share-alt"></i> Full Story</a> </div> </div> </article> </div> <div class="cell w-4"> <article class=" item_3"> <div class="media letterbox"> <a href="/web/20150712153908/http://www.texastribune.org/2015/06/09/porter-takes-over-railroad-commission-chairman/"> <img src="//web.archive.org/web/20150712153908im_/http://s3.amazonaws.com/static.texastribune.org/media/images/2014/09/08/DavidPorterRRC_copy_jpg_312x176_crop_q100.jpg" alt="Railroad Commissioner David Porter was elected to a six-year term on the Railroad Commission in 2010."> </a> <div class="photo_links"> <a href="//web.archive.org/web/20150712153908/http://s3.amazonaws.com/static.texastribune.org/media/images/2014/09/08/DavidPorterRRC_copy_jpg_800x1000_q100.jpg" title="Railroad Commissioner David Porter was elected to a six-year term on the Railroad Commission in 2010." class="lightbox enlarge">Enlarge</a> </div> <div class="photo_caption">Railroad Commissioner David Porter was elected to a six-year term on the Railroad Commission in 2010.</div> </div> <div class="text_column"> <header> <h1><a href="/web/20150712153908/http://www.texastribune.org/2015/06/09/porter-takes-over-railroad-commission-chairman/">Porter Takes Over as Railroad Commission Chairman</a></h1> <ul class="meta separator"><li class="byline"> by <a href="/web/20150712153908/http://www.texastribune.org/about/staff/jim-malewitz/">Jim Malewitz</a></li><li><time datetime="Tue, 9 Jun 2015 11:51:45 -0500" title="2015-06-09 11:51"> June 9, 2015 </time></li><li class="comments"><a class="comments" href="/web/20150712153908/http://www.texastribune.org/2015/06/09/porter-takes-over-railroad-commission-chairman/comments/"><span class="value">8</span><span class="label">Comments</span></a></li></ul> </header> <div class="summary"> <p><span>The Texas Railroad Commission has a new leader. The state’s three-member oil and gas regulator on Tuesday unanimously elected </span><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150712153908/http://www.texastribune.org/directory/david-porter/">David Porter</a><span> as its chairman. He replaces </span><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150712153908/http://www.texastribune.org/directory/christi-craddick/">Christi Craddick</a><span> in the largely ceremonial role.</span></p> <a class="permalink" href="/web/20150712153908/http://www.texastribune.org/2015/06/09/porter-takes-over-railroad-commission-chairman/"> <i class="icon-share-alt"></i> Full Story</a> </div> </div> </article> </div> </div> <div class="grid hide-media-extras"> <div class="cell w-4"> <article class=" item_4"> <div class="media letterbox"> <a href="/web/20150712153908/http://www.texastribune.org/2015/06/04/epa-fracking-no-widespread-affects-water/"> <img src="//web.archive.org/web/20150712153908im_/http://s3.amazonaws.com/static.texastribune.org/media/images/2013/10/17/TxTrib-UrbanDrilling005_jpg_312x176_crop_q100.jpg" alt="Fracking in Fort Worth, Sept. 27, 2013"> </a> <div class="photo_links"> <a href="//web.archive.org/web/20150712153908/http://s3.amazonaws.com/static.texastribune.org/media/images/2013/10/17/TxTrib-UrbanDrilling005_jpg_800x1000_q100.jpg" title="Fracking in Fort Worth, Sept. 27, 2013" class="lightbox enlarge">Enlarge</a> <cite>Photo by Mark Graham</cite> </div> <div class="photo_caption">Fracking in Fort Worth, Sept. 27, 2013</div> </div> <div class="text_column"> <header> <h1><a href="/web/20150712153908/http://www.texastribune.org/2015/06/04/epa-fracking-no-widespread-affects-water/">EPA Finds No "Widespread" Fracking Effects on Water</a></h1> <ul class="meta separator"><li class="byline"> by <a href="/web/20150712153908/http://www.texastribune.org/about/staff/jim-malewitz/">Jim Malewitz</a></li><li><time datetime="Thu, 4 Jun 2015 14:25:36 -0500" title="2015-06-04 14:25"> June 4, 2015 </time></li><li class="comments"><a class="comments" href="/web/20150712153908/http://www.texastribune.org/2015/06/04/epa-fracking-no-widespread-affects-water/comments/"><span class="value">26</span><span class="label">Comments</span></a></li></ul> </header> <div class="summary"> <p><span>A draft report from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency finds no evidence that hydraulic fracturing has “led to widespread, systemic impacts” on the nation’s drinking water supplies, though the practice has harmed water in some cases.</span></p> <p> </p> <a class="permalink" href="/web/20150712153908/http://www.texastribune.org/2015/06/04/epa-fracking-no-widespread-affects-water/"> <i class="icon-share-alt"></i> Full Story</a> </div> </div> </article> </div> <div class="cell w-4"> <article class=" item_5"> <div class="media letterbox"> <a href="/web/20150712153908/http://www.texastribune.org/2015/05/22/despite-ban-fracking-resume-denton/"> <img src="//web.archive.org/web/20150712153908im_/http://s3.amazonaws.com/static.texastribune.org/media/images/2014/07/24/FrackingDenton00002_jpg_312x176_crop_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/20150712153908/http://s3.amazonaws.com/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> <div class="text_column"> <header> <h1><a href="/web/20150712153908/http://www.texastribune.org/2015/05/22/despite-ban-fracking-resume-denton/">With HB 40 Signed, Fracking to Resume in Denton</a></h1> <ul class="meta separator"><li class="byline"> by <a href="/web/20150712153908/http://www.texastribune.org/about/staff/jim-malewitz/">Jim Malewitz</a></li><li><time datetime="Fri, 22 May 2015 17:58:02 -0500" title="2015-05-22 17:58"> May 22, 2015 </time></li><li class="comments"><a class="comments" href="/web/20150712153908/http://www.texastribune.org/2015/05/22/despite-ban-fracking-resume-denton/comments/"><span class="value">44</span><span class="label">Comments</span></a></li></ul> </header> <div class="summary"> <p>The first Texas town to ban hydraulic fracturing is poised to be fracked again. Vantage Energy plans to resume fracking operations at eight gas wells in Denton on June 1, the Colorado-based operator has told city officials. The city won't stand in its way. </p> <p> </p> <a class="permalink" href="/web/20150712153908/http://www.texastribune.org/2015/05/22/despite-ban-fracking-resume-denton/"> <i class="icon-share-alt"></i> Full Story</a> </div> </div> </article> </div> <div class="cell w-4"> <article class=" item_6"> <div class="media letterbox"> <a href="/web/20150712153908/http://www.texastribune.org/2015/05/22/roundup-cannabis-oil-execution-drugs-fracking-bans/"> <img src="//web.archive.org/web/20150712153908im_/http://s3.amazonaws.com/static.texastribune.org/media/videos/052215_Roundup_Still_jpg_312x176_crop_q100.jpg" alt=""> </a> <div class="photo_links"> <a href="//web.archive.org/web/20150712153908/http://s3.amazonaws.com/static.texastribune.org/media/videos/052215_Roundup_Still_jpg_800x1000_q100.jpg" title="" class="lightbox enlarge">Enlarge</a> </div> </div> <div class="text_column"> <header> <h1><a href="/web/20150712153908/http://www.texastribune.org/2015/05/22/roundup-cannabis-oil-execution-drugs-fracking-bans/">Roundup: Cannabis Oil, Execution Drugs, Fracking Bans</a></h1> <ul class="meta separator"><li class="byline"> by <a href="/web/20150712153908/http://www.texastribune.org/about/staff/rocha-alana/">Alana Rocha</a> and <a href="/web/20150712153908/http://www.texastribune.org/about/staff/justin-dehn/">Justin Dehn</a></li><li><time datetime="Fri, 22 May 2015 06:00:00 -0500" title="2015-05-22 06:00"> May 22, 2015 </time></li><li class="comments"><a class="comments" href="/web/20150712153908/http://www.texastribune.org/2015/05/22/roundup-cannabis-oil-execution-drugs-fracking-bans/comments/"><span class="value">4</span><span class="label">Comments</span></a></li></ul> </header> <div class="summary"> <p><span>In the Roundup: Lawmakers endorse allowing epilepsy patients to use cannabis oil for treatment, pharmacies that supply the state its execution drugs will not be disclosed, and Gov. </span><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150712153908/http://www.texastribune.org/directory/greg-abbott/">Greg Abbott</a><span> wastes little time signing the "Denton fracking bill" into law.</span></p> <a class="permalink" href="/web/20150712153908/http://www.texastribune.org/2015/05/22/roundup-cannabis-oil-execution-drugs-fracking-bans/"> <i class="icon-share-alt"></i> Full Story</a> </div> </div> </article> </div> </div> <div class="grid hide-media-extras"> <div class="cell w-4"> <article class=" item_7"> <div class="media letterbox"> <a href="/web/20150712153908/http://www.texastribune.org/2015/05/18/abbott-signs-denton-fracking-bill/"> <img src="//web.archive.org/web/20150712153908im_/http://s3.amazonaws.com/static.texastribune.org/media/images/2015/05/18/A_BDB4141CMS_jpg_312x176_crop_q100.jpg" alt="Gov. Greg Abbott discusses HB40 with the press prior to its ceremonial signing in the Governor's Reception Room on May 18, 2015. The bill gives the state exclusive control over regulation of oil and gas operations, and preempting local laws against fracking."> </a> <div class="photo_links"> <a href="//web.archive.org/web/20150712153908/http://s3.amazonaws.com/static.texastribune.org/media/images/2015/05/18/A_BDB4141CMS_jpg_800x1000_q100.jpg" title="Gov. Greg Abbott discusses HB40 with the press prior to its ceremonial signing in the Governor's Reception Room on May 18, 2015. The bill gives the state exclusive control over regulation of oil and gas operations, and preempting local laws against fracking." class="lightbox enlarge">Enlarge</a> </div> <div class="photo_caption">Gov. Greg Abbott discusses HB40 with the press prior to its ceremonial signing in the Governor's Reception Room on May 18, 2015. The bill gives the state exclusive control over regulation of oil and gas operations, and preempting local laws against fracking.</div> </div> <div class="text_column"> <header> <h1><a href="/web/20150712153908/http://www.texastribune.org/2015/05/18/abbott-signs-denton-fracking-bill/">Abbott Signs "Denton Fracking Bill"</a></h1> <ul class="meta separator"><li class="byline"> by <a href="/web/20150712153908/http://www.texastribune.org/about/staff/jim-malewitz/">Jim Malewitz</a></li><li><time datetime="Mon, 18 May 2015 16:45:45 -0500" title="2015-05-18 16:45"> May 18, 2015 </time></li><li class="comments"><a class="comments" href="/web/20150712153908/http://www.texastribune.org/2015/05/18/abbott-signs-denton-fracking-bill/comments/"><span class="value">159</span><span class="label">Comments</span></a></li></ul> </header> <div class="summary"> <p>Saying Texas needs to avoid a “patchwork of local regulations” that threaten oil and gas production, Gov. <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150712153908/http://www.texastribune.org/directory/greg-abbott/">Greg Abbott</a> on Monday signed legislation that would pre-empt local efforts to regulate a wide variety of drilling-related activities.</p> <p> </p> <p><span style="line-height: 1.35;"> </span></p> <a class="permalink" href="/web/20150712153908/http://www.texastribune.org/2015/05/18/abbott-signs-denton-fracking-bill/"> <i class="icon-share-alt"></i> Full Story</a> </div> </div> </article> </div> <div class="cell w-4"> <article class=" item_8"> <div class="media letterbox"> <a href="/web/20150712153908/http://www.texastribune.org/2015/05/17/inside-texas-politics-unfinished-business/"> <img src="//web.archive.org/web/20150712153908im_/http://s3.amazonaws.com/static.texastribune.org/media/images/2015/05/17/Inside_May_17_jpg_312x176_crop_q100.jpg" alt="(L-R) Jason Whitely, Tribune Executive Editor Ross Ramsey and the Fort Worth Star-Telegram's Bud Kennedy on WFAA"s on Inside Texas Politics on May 17, 2015."> </a> <div class="photo_links"> <a href="//web.archive.org/web/20150712153908/http://s3.amazonaws.com/static.texastribune.org/media/images/2015/05/17/Inside_May_17_jpg_800x1000_q100.jpg" title="(L-R) Jason Whitely, Tribune Executive Editor Ross Ramsey and the Fort Worth Star-Telegram's Bud Kennedy on WFAA"s on Inside Texas Politics on May 17, 2015." class="lightbox enlarge">Enlarge</a> <cite>Photo by WFAA</cite> </div> <div class="photo_caption">(L-R) Jason Whitely, Tribune Executive Editor Ross Ramsey and the Fort Worth Star-Telegram's Bud Kennedy on WFAA"s on Inside Texas Politics on May 17, 2015.</div> </div> <div class="text_column"> <header> <h1><a href="/web/20150712153908/http://www.texastribune.org/2015/05/17/inside-texas-politics-unfinished-business/">Inside Texas Politics: Unfinished Business</a></h1> <ul class="meta separator"><li class="byline"> by <a href="/web/20150712153908/http://www.texastribune.org/about/staff/john-jordan/">John Jordan</a></li><li><time datetime="Sun, 17 May 2015 14:07:24 -0500" title="2015-05-17 14:07"> May 17, 2015 </time></li><li class="comments"><a class="comments" href="/web/20150712153908/http://www.texastribune.org/2015/05/17/inside-texas-politics-unfinished-business/comments/"><span class="value">1</span><span class="label">Comment</span></a></li></ul> </header> <div class="summary"> <p><span>On this week's edition of WFAA-TV's </span><em>Inside Texas</em><span> </span><em>Politics</em><span>, </span><span>talk turns to the final two weeks of the 84th Texas Legislature: </span><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150712153908/http://www.texastribune.org/2015/05/14/state-leaders-juggle-resolutions-five-major-issues/">Will lawmakers be able to get together</a><span>, or will they be back for a special session?</span></p> <a class="permalink" href="/web/20150712153908/http://www.texastribune.org/2015/05/17/inside-texas-politics-unfinished-business/"> <i class="icon-share-alt"></i> Full Story</a> </div> </div> </article> </div> <div class="cell w-4"> <article class=" item_9"> <div class="media letterbox"> <a href="/web/20150712153908/http://www.texastribune.org/2015/04/24/video-the-future-of-energy/"> <img src="//web.archive.org/web/20150712153908im_/http://s3.amazonaws.com/static.texastribune.org/media/videos/3_jpg_312x176_crop_q100.jpg" alt=""> </a> <div class="photo_links"> <a href="//web.archive.org/web/20150712153908/http://s3.amazonaws.com/static.texastribune.org/media/videos/3_jpg_800x1000_q100.jpg" title="" class="lightbox enlarge">Enlarge</a> </div> </div> <div class="text_column"> <header> <h1><a href="/web/20150712153908/http://www.texastribune.org/2015/04/24/video-the-future-of-energy/">Video: The Future of Energy</a></h1> <ul class="meta separator"><li class="byline"> by <a href="/web/20150712153908/http://www.texastribune.org/about/staff/evan-smith/">Evan Smith</a></li><li><time datetime="Fri, 24 Apr 2015 16:00:00 -0500" title="2015-04-24 16:00"> April 24, 2015 </time></li></ul> </header> <div class="summary"> <p><span>On 4/24, I talked about the future of energy policy in Texas with Bruce Bullock, <span>director of the Maguire Energy Institute at SMU's Cox School of Business</span>; state Rep. </span><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150712153908/http://www.texastribune.org/directory/drew-darby/">Drew Darby</a><span>, R-San Angelo, chairman of the House Energy Resources Committee; former U.S. Ambassador to Mexico Antonio Garza; and state Rep. </span><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150712153908/http://www.texastribune.org/directory/morgan-meyer/">Morgan Meyer</a><span>, R-Dallas, a member of the House Energy Resources Committee. </span></p> <a class="permalink" href="/web/20150712153908/http://www.texastribune.org/2015/04/24/video-the-future-of-energy/"> <i class="icon-share-alt"></i> Full Story</a> </div> </div> </article> </div> </div> <div class="grid hide-media-extras"> <div class="cell w-4"> <article class=" item_10"> <div class="media letterbox"> <a href="/web/20150712153908/http://www.texastribune.org/2015/03/12/analysis-local-control-sometimes/"> <img src="//web.archive.org/web/20150712153908im_/http://s3.amazonaws.com/static.texastribune.org/media/images/2015/03/12/DFWjpeg151both2_jpg_312x176_crop_q100.jpg" alt="Fort Worth Mayor Betsy Price and Dallas Mayor Mike Rawlings took part in an interview with The Texas Tribune on March 12, 2015."> </a> <div class="photo_links"> <a href="//web.archive.org/web/20150712153908/http://s3.amazonaws.com/static.texastribune.org/media/images/2015/03/12/DFWjpeg151both2_jpg_800x1000_q100.jpg" title="Fort Worth Mayor Betsy Price and Dallas Mayor Mike Rawlings took part in an interview with The Texas Tribune on March 12, 2015." class="lightbox enlarge">Enlarge</a> <cite>Photo by Bob Daemmrich </cite> </div> <div class="photo_caption">Fort Worth Mayor Betsy Price and Dallas Mayor Mike Rawlings took part in an interview with The Texas Tribune on March 12, 2015.</div> </div> <div class="text_column"> <header> <h1><a href="/web/20150712153908/http://www.texastribune.org/2015/03/12/analysis-local-control-sometimes/">Analysis: When Local Control is Remote</a></h1> <ul class="meta separator"><li class="byline"> by <a href="/web/20150712153908/http://www.texastribune.org/about/staff/ross-ramsey/">Ross Ramsey</a></li><li><time datetime="Thu, 12 Mar 2015 13:23:22 -0500" title="2015-03-12 13:23"> March 12, 2015 </time></li><li class="comments"><a class="comments" href="/web/20150712153908/http://www.texastribune.org/2015/03/12/analysis-local-control-sometimes/comments/"><span class="value">14</span><span class="label">Comments</span></a></li></ul> </header> <div class="summary"> <p><span>A big, central government wants to override laws approved by the people in the provinces. That might sound like the federal government bossing states around, but it's the Texas Legislature trying to rein in the cities and counties.</span></p> <a class="permalink" href="/web/20150712153908/http://www.texastribune.org/2015/03/12/analysis-local-control-sometimes/"> <i class="icon-share-alt"></i> Full Story</a> </div> </div> </article> </div> <div class="cell w-4"> <article class=" item_11"> <div class="media letterbox"> <a href="/web/20150712153908/http://www.texastribune.org/2015/03/09/texas-takes-aim-crude-export-ban/"> <img src="//web.archive.org/web/20150712153908im_/http://s3.amazonaws.com/static.texastribune.org/media/images/Oil-Refinery_jpg_312x176_crop_q100.jpg" alt="An oil refinery is shown in the Houston Ship Channel in 2011."> </a> <div class="photo_links"> <a href="//web.archive.org/web/20150712153908/http://s3.amazonaws.com/static.texastribune.org/media/images/Oil-Refinery_jpg_800x1000_q100.jpg" title="An oil refinery is shown in the Houston Ship Channel in 2011." class="lightbox enlarge">Enlarge</a> <cite>Photo by Louis Vest</cite> </div> <div class="photo_caption">An oil refinery is shown in the Houston Ship Channel in 2011.</div> </div> <div class="text_column"> <header> <h1><a href="/web/20150712153908/http://www.texastribune.org/2015/03/09/texas-takes-aim-crude-export-ban/">Texas Takes Aim at Crude Oil Export Ban</a></h1> <ul class="meta separator"><li class="byline"> by <a href="/web/20150712153908/http://www.texastribune.org/about/staff/jim-malewitz/">Jim Malewitz</a></li><li><time datetime="Mon, 9 Mar 2015 17:37:49 -0500" title="2015-03-09 17:37"> March 9, 2015 </time></li><li class="comments"><a class="comments" href="/web/20150712153908/http://www.texastribune.org/2015/03/09/texas-takes-aim-crude-export-ban/comments/"><span class="value">17</span><span class="label">Comments</span></a></li></ul> </header> <div class="summary"> <p>With prices stumbling and crude oil backing up in refineries and tank farms across the state, Texas lawmakers are raising a cry for repeal of the 40-year-old ban on most crude oil exports.  </p> <a class="permalink" href="/web/20150712153908/http://www.texastribune.org/2015/03/09/texas-takes-aim-crude-export-ban/"> <i class="icon-share-alt"></i> Full Story</a> </div> </div> </article> </div> <div class="cell w-4"> <article class=" item_12"> <div class="media letterbox"> <a href="/web/20150712153908/http://www.texastribune.org/2015/02/24/despite-low-prices-texas-oil-group-stays-optimisti/"> <img src="//web.archive.org/web/20150712153908im_/http://s3.amazonaws.com/static.texastribune.org/media/images/2015/01/12/OilSunset_jpg_312x176_crop_q100.jpg" alt=""> </a> <div class="photo_links"> <a href="//web.archive.org/web/20150712153908/http://s3.amazonaws.com/static.texastribune.org/media/images/2015/01/12/OilSunset_jpg_800x1000_q100.jpg" title="" class="lightbox enlarge">Enlarge</a> <cite>Photo by Esteban Monclova</cite> </div> </div> <div class="text_column"> <header> <h1><a href="/web/20150712153908/http://www.texastribune.org/2015/02/24/despite-low-prices-texas-oil-group-stays-optimisti/">Despite Low Prices, Texas Oil Group Stays Optimistic</a></h1> <ul class="meta separator"><li class="byline"> by <a href="/web/20150712153908/http://www.texastribune.org/about/staff/jim-malewitz/">Jim Malewitz</a></li><li><time datetime="Tue, 24 Feb 2015 14:02:52 -0600" title="2015-02-24 14:02"> Feb. 24, 2015 </time></li><li class="comments"><a class="comments" href="/web/20150712153908/http://www.texastribune.org/2015/02/24/despite-low-prices-texas-oil-group-stays-optimisti/comments/"><span class="value">4</span><span class="label">Comments</span></a></li></ul> </header> <div class="summary"> <p>Texas’ oil and gas industry is touting its record-breaking 2014 contributions to state and local government coffers, an effort to stay positive amid 2015's far gloomier revenue outlook. </p> <a class="permalink" href="/web/20150712153908/http://www.texastribune.org/2015/02/24/despite-low-prices-texas-oil-group-stays-optimisti/"> <i class="icon-share-alt"></i> Full Story</a> </div> </div> </article> </div> </div> <div class="grid hide-media-extras"> <div class="cell w-4"> <article class=" item_13"> <div class="media letterbox"> <a href="/web/20150712153908/http://www.texastribune.org/2015/02/06/underground-trespassing/"> <img src="//web.archive.org/web/20150712153908im_/http://s3.amazonaws.com/static.texastribune.org/media/images/2013/11/18/Foster_Jerod-0204_jpg_312x176_crop_q100.jpg" alt="Fracking water during different stages of a purification and recycling process."> </a> <div class="photo_links"> <a href="//web.archive.org/web/20150712153908/http://s3.amazonaws.com/static.texastribune.org/media/images/2013/11/18/Foster_Jerod-0204_jpg_800x1000_q100.jpg" title="Fracking water during different stages of a purification and recycling process." class="lightbox enlarge">Enlarge</a> <cite>Photo by Cooper Neill</cite> </div> <div class="photo_caption">Fracking water during different stages of a purification and recycling process.</div> </div> <div class="text_column"> <header> <h1><a href="/web/20150712153908/http://www.texastribune.org/2015/02/06/underground-trespassing/">Texas Justices Skirt Underground Trespassing Question</a></h1> <ul class="meta separator"><li class="byline"> by <a href="/web/20150712153908/http://www.texastribune.org/about/staff/jim-malewitz/">Jim Malewitz</a> and <a href="/web/20150712153908/http://www.texastribune.org/about/staff/neena-satija/">Neena Satija</a></li><li><time datetime="Fri, 6 Feb 2015 17:44:21 -0600" title="2015-02-06 17:44"> Feb. 6, 2015 </time></li><li class="comments"><a class="comments" href="/web/20150712153908/http://www.texastribune.org/2015/02/06/underground-trespassing/comments/"><span class="value">10</span><span class="label">Comments</span></a></li></ul> </header> <div class="summary"> <p>Texans must wait for an answer to a vexing question: How far below the earth’s surface do property lines extend? The Texas Supreme Court evaded the issue Friday, deciding a case that pitted petroleum interests against property rights advocates.</p> <p> </p> <a class="permalink" href="/web/20150712153908/http://www.texastribune.org/2015/02/06/underground-trespassing/"> <i class="icon-share-alt"></i> Full Story</a> </div> </div> </article> </div> <div class="cell w-4"> <article class=" item_14"> <div class="media letterbox"> <a href="/web/20150712153908/http://www.texastribune.org/2015/02/06/state-seismologist-profile/"> <img src="//web.archive.org/web/20150712153908im_/http://s3.amazonaws.com/static.texastribune.org/media/images/2014/05/20/TxTrib-DisposalWell008_jpg_312x176_crop_q100.jpg" alt="Each day, dozens of trucks hook up to the Gulf Coast-run fracking fluid disposal well site near Gonzales, Texas."> </a> <div class="photo_links"> <a href="//web.archive.org/web/20150712153908/http://s3.amazonaws.com/static.texastribune.org/media/images/2014/05/20/TxTrib-DisposalWell008_jpg_800x1000_q100.jpg" title="Each day, dozens of trucks hook up to the Gulf Coast-run fracking fluid disposal well site near Gonzales, Texas." class="lightbox enlarge">Enlarge</a> <cite>Photo by Jennifer Whitney</cite> </div> <div class="photo_caption">Each day, dozens of trucks hook up to the Gulf Coast-run fracking fluid disposal well site near Gonzales, Texas.</div> </div> <div class="text_column"> <header> <h1><a href="/web/20150712153908/http://www.texastribune.org/2015/02/06/state-seismologist-profile/">For State's Seismologist, Quakes Will Be the Easy Part</a></h1> <ul class="meta separator"><li class="byline"> by <a href="/web/20150712153908/http://www.texastribune.org/about/staff/jim-malewitz/">Jim Malewitz</a></li><li><time datetime="Fri, 6 Feb 2015 06:00:00 -0600" title="2015-02-06 06:00"> Feb. 6, 2015 </time></li><li class="comments"><a class="comments" href="/web/20150712153908/http://www.texastribune.org/2015/02/06/state-seismologist-profile/comments/"><span class="value">16</span><span class="label">Comments</span></a></li></ul> </header> <div class="summary"> <p><span><span>A peripatetic seismologist and son of McCamey has been hired to figure out whether oil and gas drilling is causing earthquakes in Texas. No matter what he says, some people will not believe him.</span></span></p> <a class="permalink" href="/web/20150712153908/http://www.texastribune.org/2015/02/06/state-seismologist-profile/"> <i class="icon-share-alt"></i> Full Story</a> </div> </div> </article> </div> <div class="cell w-4"> <article class=" item_15"> <div class="media letterbox"> <a href="/web/20150712153908/http://www.texastribune.org/2015/02/03/texas-oil-and-gas-rigs/"> <img src="//web.archive.org/web/20150712153908im_/http://s3.amazonaws.com/static.texastribune.org/media/images/2013/12/19/TexTrib-Best017_jpg_312x176_crop_q100.jpg" alt="Pipes used for fracking are shown in front of a Fasken OIl and Ranch drilling rig outside of Midland on Oct. 8, 2013."> </a> <div class="photo_links"> <a href="//web.archive.org/web/20150712153908/http://s3.amazonaws.com/static.texastribune.org/media/images/2013/12/19/TexTrib-Best017_jpg_800x1000_q100.jpg" title="Pipes used for fracking are shown in front of a Fasken OIl and Ranch drilling rig outside of Midland on Oct. 8, 2013." class="lightbox enlarge">Enlarge</a> <cite>Photo by Jerod Foster</cite> </div> <div class="photo_caption">Pipes used for fracking are shown in front of a Fasken OIl and Ranch drilling rig outside of Midland on Oct. 8, 2013.</div> </div> <div class="text_column"> <header> <h1><a href="/web/20150712153908/http://www.texastribune.org/2015/02/03/texas-oil-and-gas-rigs/">Texas Bearing Brunt of Drop in Oil Drilling</a></h1> <ul class="meta separator"><li class="byline"> by <a href="/web/20150712153908/http://www.texastribune.org/about/staff/becca-aaronson/">Becca Aaronson</a> and <a href="/web/20150712153908/http://www.texastribune.org/about/staff/jim-malewitz/">Jim Malewitz</a></li><li><time datetime="Tue, 3 Feb 2015 06:00:00 -0600" title="2015-02-03 06:00"> Feb. 3, 2015 </time></li><li class="comments"><a class="comments" href="/web/20150712153908/http://www.texastribune.org/2015/02/03/texas-oil-and-gas-rigs/comments/"><span class="value">35</span><span class="label">Comments</span></a></li></ul> </header> <div class="summary"> <p><span>After a drop in drilling permits and months of plummeting oil prices, nightmares about idled drilling rigs are becoming reality, and Texas oilfields are the hardest hit. Here's the data illustrating how much rig counts are falling, and how Texas oilfields are faring.  </span></p> <a class="permalink" href="/web/20150712153908/http://www.texastribune.org/2015/02/03/texas-oil-and-gas-rigs/"> <i class="icon-share-alt"></i> Full Story</a> </div> </div> </article> </div> </div> <div class="grid hide-media-extras"> <div class="cell w-4"> <article class=" item_16"> <div class="media letterbox"> <a href="/web/20150712153908/http://www.texastribune.org/2015/01/24/clear-day/"> <img src="//web.archive.org/web/20150712153908im_/http://s3.amazonaws.com/static.texastribune.org/media/images/2015/01/24/Jan_24_Playlist_copy_jpg_312x176_crop_q100.jpg" alt=""> </a> <div class="photo_links"> <a href="//web.archive.org/web/20150712153908/http://s3.amazonaws.com/static.texastribune.org/media/images/2015/01/24/Jan_24_Playlist_copy_jpg_800x1000_q100.jpg" title="" class="lightbox enlarge">Enlarge</a> <cite>Graphic by John Jordan</cite> </div> </div> <div class="text_column"> <header> <h1><a href="/web/20150712153908/http://www.texastribune.org/2015/01/24/clear-day/">The Playlist: On a Clear Day</a></h1> <ul class="meta separator"><li class="byline"> by <a href="/web/20150712153908/http://www.texastribune.org/about/staff/john-jordan/">John Jordan</a></li><li><time datetime="Sat, 24 Jan 2015 10:00:00 -0600" title="2015-01-24 10:00"> Jan. 24, 2015 </time></li></ul> </header> <div class="summary"> <p><span>Marking a new era in Texas politics, Gov. </span><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150712153908/http://www.texastribune.org/directory/greg-abbott/">Greg Abbott </a><span>and Lt. Gov. </span><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150712153908/http://www.texastribune.org/directory/dan-patrick/">Dan Patrick</a><span> were sworn in on a bright sunny Tuesday, so we ease into this week’s playlist off the news with pianist </span><strong>Bill Evan</strong><span>’s solo rendition of “On A Clear Day.”</span></p> <a class="permalink" href="/web/20150712153908/http://www.texastribune.org/2015/01/24/clear-day/"> <i class="icon-share-alt"></i> Full Story</a> </div> </div> </article> </div> <div class="cell w-4"> <article class=" item_17"> <div class="media letterbox"> <a href="/web/20150712153908/http://www.texastribune.org/2015/01/23/lawmakers-consider-boosting-earthquake-research/"> <img src="//web.archive.org/web/20150712153908im_/http://s3.amazonaws.com/static.texastribune.org/media/images/2014/01/21/UP9A3252_jpg_312x176_crop_q100.jpg" alt="Lynda Stokes, the mayor of Reno, Texas, testified before the Texas Railroad Commission on Jan. 21, 2014, about her concerns with an increased number of earthquakes around Eagle Mountain Lake."> </a> <div class="photo_links"> <a href="//web.archive.org/web/20150712153908/http://s3.amazonaws.com/static.texastribune.org/media/images/2014/01/21/UP9A3252_jpg_800x1000_q100.jpg" title="Lynda Stokes, the mayor of Reno, Texas, testified before the Texas Railroad Commission on Jan. 21, 2014, about her concerns with an increased number of earthquakes around Eagle Mountain Lake." class="lightbox enlarge">Enlarge</a> <cite>Photo by Marjorie Kamys Cotera</cite> </div> <div class="photo_caption">Lynda Stokes, the mayor of Reno, Texas, testified before the Texas Railroad Commission on Jan. 21, 2014, about her concerns with an increased number of earthquakes around Eagle Mountain Lake.</div> </div> <div class="text_column"> <header> <h1><a href="/web/20150712153908/http://www.texastribune.org/2015/01/23/lawmakers-consider-boosting-earthquake-research/">Lawmakers Consider Boosting Earthquake Research</a></h1> <ul class="meta separator"><li class="byline"> by <a href="/web/20150712153908/http://www.texastribune.org/about/staff/jim-malewitz/">Jim Malewitz</a></li><li><time datetime="Fri, 23 Jan 2015 12:54:31 -0600" title="2015-01-23 12:54"> Jan. 23, 2015 </time></li><li class="comments"><a class="comments" href="/web/20150712153908/http://www.texastribune.org/2015/01/23/lawmakers-consider-boosting-earthquake-research/comments/"><span class="value">7</span><span class="label">Comments</span></a></li></ul> </header> <div class="summary"> <p>State lawmakers are considering a nearly $2.5 million plan to help answer a pressing question in some Texas communities: Why does the ground keep shaking?  </p> <p> </p> <a class="permalink" href="/web/20150712153908/http://www.texastribune.org/2015/01/23/lawmakers-consider-boosting-earthquake-research/"> <i class="icon-share-alt"></i> Full Story</a> </div> </div> </article> </div> <div class="cell w-4"> <article class=" item_18"> <div class="media letterbox"> <a href="/web/20150712153908/http://www.texastribune.org/2015/01/03/playlist-best-yet-come/"> <img src="//web.archive.org/web/20150712153908im_/http://s3.amazonaws.com/static.texastribune.org/media/images/2015/01/02/The_Best_Is_Yet_To_Come_copy_jpg_312x176_crop_q100.jpg" alt=""> </a> <div class="photo_links"> <a href="//web.archive.org/web/20150712153908/http://s3.amazonaws.com/static.texastribune.org/media/images/2015/01/02/The_Best_Is_Yet_To_Come_copy_jpg_800x1000_q100.jpg" title="" class="lightbox enlarge">Enlarge</a> <cite>Graphic by John Jordan</cite> </div> </div> <div class="text_column"> <header> <h1><a href="/web/20150712153908/http://www.texastribune.org/2015/01/03/playlist-best-yet-come/">The Playlist: The Best is Yet to Come</a></h1> <ul class="meta separator"><li class="byline"> by <a href="/web/20150712153908/http://www.texastribune.org/about/staff/john-jordan/">John Jordan</a></li><li><time datetime="Sat, 3 Jan 2015 09:26:55 -0600" title="2015-01-03 09:26"> Jan. 3, 2015 </time></li></ul> </header> <div class="summary"> <p><span>For this week's playlist of the news, we’re using our reporters' own predictions for </span><span>2015. Kicking things off: “The Best Is Yet To Come,” by Ol’ Blue Eyes himself, </span><span>Frank Sinatra</span><span>, backed up by the </span><span>Count Basie Orchestra</span><span>.</span></p> <a class="permalink" href="/web/20150712153908/http://www.texastribune.org/2015/01/03/playlist-best-yet-come/"> <i class="icon-share-alt"></i> Full Story</a> </div> </div> </article> </div> </div> <div class="grid hide-media-extras"> <div class="cell w-4"> <article class=" item_19"> <div class="media letterbox"> <a href="/web/20150712153908/http://www.texastribune.org/2015/01/02/new-land-commissioner-new-era-bush-family/"> <img src="//web.archive.org/web/20150712153908im_/http://s3.amazonaws.com/static.texastribune.org/media/images/2015/01/02/_F5U6987_jpg_312x176_crop_q100.jpg" alt="George P. Bush is sworn in Jan. 2, 2015 as Texas land commissioner as dad Jeb Bush and wife Amanda look on."> </a> <div class="photo_links"> <a href="//web.archive.org/web/20150712153908/http://s3.amazonaws.com/static.texastribune.org/media/images/2015/01/02/_F5U6987_jpg_800x1000_q100.jpg" title="George P. Bush is sworn in Jan. 2, 2015 as Texas land commissioner as dad Jeb Bush and wife Amanda look on." class="lightbox enlarge">Enlarge</a> <cite>Photo by Bob Daemmrich </cite> </div> <div class="photo_caption">George P. Bush is sworn in Jan. 2, 2015 as Texas land commissioner as dad Jeb Bush and wife Amanda look on.</div> </div> <div class="text_column"> <header> <h1><a href="/web/20150712153908/http://www.texastribune.org/2015/01/02/new-land-commissioner-new-era-bush-family/">With New Land Commissioner, a New Era for Bushes</a></h1> <ul class="meta separator"><li class="byline"> by <a href="/web/20150712153908/http://www.texastribune.org/about/staff/jim-malewitz/">Jim Malewitz</a></li><li><time datetime="Fri, 2 Jan 2015 13:40:47 -0600" title="2015-01-02 13:40"> Jan. 2, 2015 </time></li><li class="comments"><a class="comments" href="/web/20150712153908/http://www.texastribune.org/2015/01/02/new-land-commissioner-new-era-bush-family/comments/"><span class="value">15</span><span class="label">Comments</span></a></li></ul> </header> <div class="summary"> <p><span><span>Big names in state and national politics</span> gathered in the Texas Senate chamber Friday to welcome </span><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150712153908/http://www.texastribune.org/directory/george-p-bush/">George P. Bush</a><span>, the state's new land commissioner,</span><span> into the family business. The 38-year-old former investment consultant <span>said that he would “practice the politics of aspiration" in his new post.</span></span></p> <p> </p> <a class="permalink" href="/web/20150712153908/http://www.texastribune.org/2015/01/02/new-land-commissioner-new-era-bush-family/"> <i class="icon-share-alt"></i> Full Story</a> </div> </div> </article> </div> <div class="cell w-4"> <article class=" item_20"> <div class="media letterbox"> <a href="/web/20150712153908/http://www.texastribune.org/2014/12/19/oil-prices-could-dampen-legislative-session/"> <img src="//web.archive.org/web/20150712153908im_/http://s3.amazonaws.com/static.texastribune.org/media/images/2014/12/19/Dudes_copy_jpg_312x176_crop_q100.jpg" alt="Glenn Hegar (far right) stands with chief revenue estimators past and future. From left: Dale Craymer, Billy Hamilton and Tom Currah, the incoming estimator."> </a> <div class="photo_links"> <a href="//web.archive.org/web/20150712153908/http://s3.amazonaws.com/static.texastribune.org/media/images/2014/12/19/Dudes_copy_jpg_800x1000_q100.jpg" title="Glenn Hegar (far right) stands with chief revenue estimators past and future. From left: Dale Craymer, Billy Hamilton and Tom Currah, the incoming estimator." class="lightbox enlarge">Enlarge</a> <cite>Photo by Office of the Comptroller</cite> </div> <div class="photo_caption">Glenn Hegar (far right) stands with chief revenue estimators past and future. From left: Dale Craymer, Billy Hamilton and Tom Currah, the incoming estimator.</div> </div> <div class="text_column"> <header> <h1><a href="/web/20150712153908/http://www.texastribune.org/2014/12/19/oil-prices-could-dampen-legislative-session/">As Oil Prices Plunge, Texas Eyes Are on Hegar</a></h1> <ul class="meta separator"><li class="byline"> by <a href="/web/20150712153908/http://www.texastribune.org/about/staff/jim-malewitz/">Jim Malewitz</a> and <a href="/web/20150712153908/http://www.texastribune.org/about/staff/aman-batheja/">Aman Batheja</a></li><li><time datetime="Fri, 19 Dec 2014 17:38:43 -0600" title="2014-12-19 17:38"> Dec. 19, 2014 </time></li><li class="comments"><a class="comments" href="/web/20150712153908/http://www.texastribune.org/2014/12/19/oil-prices-could-dampen-legislative-session/comments/"><span class="value">30</span><span class="label">Comments</span></a></li></ul> </header> <div class="summary"> <p>Incoming Comptroller <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150712153908/http://www.texastribune.org/directory/glenn-hegar/">Glenn Hegar</a> is on the hot seat as a nosedive in crude oil prices – and the increasingly gloomy forecasts that have followed – cast a pall over the next legislative session. Less than two weeks after taking office, Hegar must divine what the future holds.</p> <a class="permalink" href="/web/20150712153908/http://www.texastribune.org/2014/12/19/oil-prices-could-dampen-legislative-session/"> <i class="icon-share-alt"></i> Full Story</a> </div> </div> </article> </div> <div class="cell w-4"> <article class=" item_21"> <div class="media letterbox"> <a href="/web/20150712153908/http://www.texastribune.org/2014/12/09/new-study-sheds-light-on-emissions-from-gas-wells/"> <img src="//web.archive.org/web/20150712153908im_/http://s3.amazonaws.com/static.texastribune.org/media/images/GasFlare_jpg_312x176_crop_q100.jpg" alt="Gas flare in La Porte, Tx, March 15th, 2012"> </a> <div class="photo_links"> <a href="//web.archive.org/web/20150712153908/http://s3.amazonaws.com/static.texastribune.org/media/images/GasFlare_jpg_800x1000_q100.jpg" title="Gas flare in La Porte, Tx, March 15th, 2012" class="lightbox enlarge">Enlarge</a> <cite>Photo by Roy Luck</cite> </div> <div class="photo_caption">Gas flare in La Porte, Tx, March 15th, 2012</div> </div> <div class="text_column"> <header> <h1><a href="/web/20150712153908/http://www.texastribune.org/2014/12/09/new-study-sheds-light-on-emissions-from-gas-wells/">New Study Sheds Light on Emissions From Gas Wells</a></h1> <ul class="meta separator"><li class="byline"> by Mose Buchele, KUT News </li><li><time datetime="Tue, 9 Dec 2014 05:59:00 -0600" title="2014-12-09 05:59"> Dec. 9, 2014 </time></li><li class="comments"><a class="comments" href="/web/20150712153908/http://www.texastribune.org/2014/12/09/new-study-sheds-light-on-emissions-from-gas-wells/comments/"><span class="value">2</span><span class="label">Comments</span></a></li></ul> </header> <div class="summary"> <p><span>Environmentalists have long argued that the methane that escapes into the atmosphere during the fracking process negates the environmental benefits of the gas. A new study suggests that tighter regulation of drilling wells may help reduce those emissions.</span> Read the full story at <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150712153908/http://kut.org/post/new-study-sheds-light-natural-gas-and-global-warming">KUT.org</a>.</p> <p><em>Disclosure: The University of Texas at Austin is a corporate sponsor of The Texas Tribune. A complete list of Tribune donors and sponsors can be viewed <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150712153908/http://www.texastribune.org/support-us/donors-and-members/">here</a>.</em></p> <a class="permalink" href="/web/20150712153908/http://www.texastribune.org/2014/12/09/new-study-sheds-light-on-emissions-from-gas-wells/"> <i class="icon-share-alt"></i> Full Story</a> </div> </div> </article> </div> </div> <div class="grid hide-media-extras"> <div class="cell w-4"> <article class=" item_22"> <div class="media letterbox"> <a href="/web/20150712153908/http://www.texastribune.org/2014/11/06/triblive-craddick-on-the-denton-fracking-ban/"> <img src="//web.archive.org/web/20150712153908im_/http://s3.amazonaws.com/static.texastribune.org/media/videos/UP9A8368_1_jpg_312x176_crop_q100.jpg" alt=""> </a> <div class="photo_links"> <a href="//web.archive.org/web/20150712153908/http://s3.amazonaws.com/static.texastribune.org/media/videos/UP9A8368_1_jpg_800x1000_q100.jpg" title="" class="lightbox enlarge">Enlarge</a> </div> </div> <div class="text_column"> <header> <h1><a href="/web/20150712153908/http://www.texastribune.org/2014/11/06/triblive-craddick-on-the-denton-fracking-ban/">TribLIve: Craddick on the Denton Fracking Ban </a></h1> <ul class="meta separator"><li class="byline"> by <a href="/web/20150712153908/http://www.texastribune.org/about/staff/evan-smith/">Evan Smith</a></li><li><time datetime="Thu, 6 Nov 2014 21:40:28 -0600" title="2014-11-06 21:40"> Nov. 6, 2014 </time></li></ul> </header> <div class="summary"> <p><span>At our 11/6 TribLive conversation, Texas Railroad Commission Chairman </span><a title="" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150712153908/http://www.texastribune.org/directory/christi-craddick/" data-tooltip="/directory/christi-craddick/quicklook/">Christi Craddick</a><span> reacted to Denton's passage of a ban on fracking.</span></p> <a class="permalink" href="/web/20150712153908/http://www.texastribune.org/2014/11/06/triblive-craddick-on-the-denton-fracking-ban/"> <i class="icon-share-alt"></i> Full Story</a> </div> </div> </article> </div> <div class="cell w-4"> <article class=" item_23"> <div class="media letterbox"> <div class="video"> <div class="youtube"> <iframe src="//web.archive.org/web/20150712153908if_/http://www.youtube.com/embed/dxTFkj5Y0FA?wmode=opaque&autohide=1&showinfo=0&rel=0" width="312" height="175" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe> </div> </div> <div class="photo_caption"><p><span>State Rep. </span><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150712153908/http://www.texastribune.org/directory/poncho-nevarez/">Poncho Nevárez</a><span>, D-Eagle Pass</span><span>, DeWitt County judge <span>Daryl Fowler</span></span><span>, environmental advocate <span>Sister Elizabeth Riebschlsaeger</span> and</span><span> La Salle County judge Joel Rodriguez discuss air, water and road infrastucture.</span></p></div> </div> <div class="text_column"> <header> <h1><a href="/web/20150712153908/http://www.texastribune.org/2014/10/31/infrastructure-part-2-air-water-and-roads/">Impact of the Shale Boom: Air, Water and Roads</a></h1> </header> <div class="summary"> <p><span>State Rep. </span><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150712153908/http://www.texastribune.org/directory/poncho-nevarez/">Poncho Nevárez</a><span>, D-Eagle Pass</span><span>, DeWitt County judge <span>Daryl Fowler</span></span><span>, environmental advocate <span>Sister Elizabeth Riebschlsaeger</span> and</span><span> La Salle County judge Joel Rodriguez discuss air, water and road infrastucture.</span></p> <a class="permalink" href="/web/20150712153908/http://www.texastribune.org/2014/10/31/infrastructure-part-2-air-water-and-roads/"> <i class="icon-share-alt"></i> Full Story</a> </div> </div> </article> </div> <div class="cell w-4"> <article class=" item_24"> <div class="media letterbox"> <div class="video"> <div class="youtube"> <iframe src="//web.archive.org/web/20150712153908if_/http://www.youtube.com/embed/k9GKHH-eFRo?wmode=opaque&autohide=1&showinfo=0&rel=0" width="312" height="175" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe> </div> </div> <div class="photo_caption"><p>State Rep.<strong> </strong><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150712153908/http://www.texastribune.org/directory/jim-keffer/">Jim Keffer</a>, chairman of the House Energy Resources Committee, and <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150712153908/http://www.texastribune.org/directory/barry-smitherman/">Barry Smitherman</a>, Texas railroad commissioner, discuss how to keep the boom booming.</p></div> </div> <div class="text_column"> <header> <h1><a href="/web/20150712153908/http://www.texastribune.org/2014/10/31/impact-of-shale-boom-how-to-keep-the-boom-booming/">Impact of the Shale Boom: How to Keep the Boom Booming</a></h1> </header> <div class="summary"> <p>State Rep.<strong> </strong><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150712153908/http://www.texastribune.org/directory/jim-keffer/">Jim Keffer</a>, chairman of the House Energy Resources Committee, and <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150712153908/http://www.texastribune.org/directory/barry-smitherman/">Barry Smitherman</a>, Texas railroad commissioner, discuss how to keep the boom booming.</p> <a class="permalink" href="/web/20150712153908/http://www.texastribune.org/2014/10/31/impact-of-shale-boom-how-to-keep-the-boom-booming/"> <i class="icon-share-alt"></i> Full Story</a> </div> </div> </article> </div> </div> <div class="grid hide-media-extras"> <div class="cell w-4"> <article class=" item_25"> <div class="media letterbox"> <div class="video"> <div class="youtube"> <iframe src="//web.archive.org/web/20150712153908if_/http://www.youtube.com/embed/ZtrTdKTMUok?wmode=opaque&autohide=1&showinfo=0&rel=0" width="312" height="175" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe> </div> </div> <div class="photo_caption"><p><span>State Sen. </span><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150712153908/http://www.texastribune.org/directory/carlos-uresti/">Carlos Uresti</a><span>, Permian Basin Petroleum Association President <span>Ben Shepperd,</span> </span><span>South Texas Energy & Economic Roundtable President <span>Omar Garcia</span> and </span><span>Middle Rio Grande Development Council E<span>xecutive Director <span>Leo Martinez discuss the changing state of energy.</span></span></span></p></div> </div> <div class="text_column"> <header> <h1><a href="/web/20150712153908/http://www.texastribune.org/2014/10/31/impact-of-the-shale-boom-changing-state-of-energy/">Impact of the Shale Boom: Changing State of Energy</a></h1> </header> <div class="summary"> <p><span>State Sen. </span><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150712153908/http://www.texastribune.org/directory/carlos-uresti/">Carlos Uresti</a><span>, Permian Basin Petroleum Association President <span>Ben Shepperd,</span> </span><span>South Texas Energy & Economic Roundtable President <span>Omar Garcia</span> and </span><span>Middle Rio Grande Development Council E<span>xecutive Director <span>Leo Martinez discuss the changing state of energy.</span></span></span></p> <a class="permalink" href="/web/20150712153908/http://www.texastribune.org/2014/10/31/impact-of-the-shale-boom-changing-state-of-energy/"> <i class="icon-share-alt"></i> Full Story</a> </div> </div> </article> </div> <div class="cell w-4"> <article class=" item_26"> <div class="media letterbox"> <div class="video"> <div class="youtube"> <iframe src="//web.archive.org/web/20150712153908if_/http://www.youtube.com/embed/kvrht3AkJ78?wmode=opaque&autohide=1&showinfo=0&rel=0" width="312" height="175" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe> </div> </div> <div class="photo_caption"><p><span><span>San Antonio Mayor </span>Ivy Taylor, <span>Midland Mayor </span>Jerry Morales, <span>Karnes City City Manager </span>Don Tymrak and Thomas Tunstall from the Institute for Economic Development at UTSA will discuss the transformation of the Texas economy.</span></p></div> </div> <div class="text_column"> <header> <h1><a href="/web/20150712153908/http://www.texastribune.org/2014/10/31/the-transformation-of-the-texas-economy/">The Transformation of the Texas Economy</a></h1> </header> <div class="summary"> <p><span><span>San Antonio Mayor </span>Ivy Taylor, <span>Midland Mayor </span>Jerry Morales, <span>Karnes City City Manager </span>Don Tymrak and Thomas Tunstall from the Institute for Economic Development at UTSA will discuss the transformation of the Texas economy.</span></p> <a class="permalink" href="/web/20150712153908/http://www.texastribune.org/2014/10/31/the-transformation-of-the-texas-economy/"> <i class="icon-share-alt"></i> Full Story</a> </div> </div> </article> </div> <div class="cell w-4"> <article class=" item_27"> <div class="media letterbox"> <a href="/web/20150712153908/http://www.texastribune.org/2014/07/25/denton-fracking-ban-could-spur-wider-legal-clash/"> <img src="//web.archive.org/web/20150712153908im_/http://s3.amazonaws.com/static.texastribune.org/media/images/2014/07/24/FrackingDenton00002_jpg_312x176_crop_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/20150712153908/http://s3.amazonaws.com/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> <div class="text_column"> <header> <h1><a href="/web/20150712153908/http://www.texastribune.org/2014/07/25/denton-fracking-ban-could-spur-wider-legal-clash/">Denton Fracking Ban Could Spur Wider Legal Clash</a></h1> <ul class="meta separator"><li class="byline"> by <a href="/web/20150712153908/http://www.texastribune.org/about/staff/jim-malewitz/">Jim Malewitz</a></li><li><time datetime="Fri, 25 Jul 2014 06:00:00 -0500" title="2014-07-25 06:00"> July 25, 2014 </time></li><li class="comments"><a class="comments" href="/web/20150712153908/http://www.texastribune.org/2014/07/25/denton-fracking-ban-could-spur-wider-legal-clash/comments/"><span class="value">21</span><span class="label">Comments</span></a></li></ul> </header> <div class="summary"> <p><span>A North Texas town's effort to ban hydraulic fracturing may prompt an unprecedented showdown between two powerful rights: a city's authority to shape development inside its borders, and mineral owners' right to tap their resources. </span><span>The outcome could reshape </span><span>Texas law at a time when drilling is causing tension in some urban areas.</span></p> <a class="permalink" href="/web/20150712153908/http://www.texastribune.org/2014/07/25/denton-fracking-ban-could-spur-wider-legal-clash/"> <i class="icon-share-alt"></i> Full Story</a> </div> </div> </article> </div> </div> <div class="grid"> <div class="cell w-12"> <nav class="pagination clear"> <ul class="pagination"><li class="disabled"><span class="disabled 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