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Texas town where fracking was invented votes to ban it: 'If...
2014-11-05 18:23:10| Oil & Gas - Topix.net
Voters approved a ban on hydraulic fracturing in the North Texas town of Denton on Tuesday, making it the first city in the Lone Star State to outlaw the oil and gas extraction technique behind the U.S. energy boom. The vote in the city of 123,000 was highly symbolic because hydraulic fracturing, better known as fracking, is widely used in Texas, the top crude producer in the United States.
Fracking Bans Pass Denton, Texas, Two Calif Counties & One Ohio Town
2014-11-05 15:33:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
EcoWatch: With a record number of fracking issues on local ballots in California, Texas and Ohio, the outcome was decidedly mixed. Of the eight measures--three in California, four in Ohio and one in Texas--four passed and four failed. The biggest victory came in Denton in north Texas, located atop the lucrative Barnett shale play. After citizens demanded action from city council on a fracking ban and council punted last July, the issue went to the ballot where it passed last night. "As I have stated...
Town hosts premiere of play about Alzheimer's
2014-11-02 20:11:36| Chemicals - Topix.net
Dementia dilemma . . . John Hawkins, left, plays Sam who takes on the role of carer for his older brother Ralf after he is diagnosed with early onset Alzheimer's THE effect of Alzheimer's Disease on two brothers is explored in a new play having its world premiere in Abingdon next month.
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Town centre car dealer undergoes A 250,000 revamp
2014-10-30 15:51:26| Auto Dealers - Topix.net
The Brayley Honda site, in Orsett Road, which has operated as a car dealership since 1898, when it was the New Century Motor Works, is to become Brayley Mazda, tying in with a A 250,000 renovation. Honda customers will still be able to get their cars repaired and serviced at the centre, but it will only sell Mazda cars.
'Just not Right' Union demands force firm, jobs out of Calif. town
2014-10-26 08:44:22| Railroads - Topix.net
The California city of Palmdale was ready to roll out the red carpet this summer when a Japanese company agreed to build a $60 million factory on a city-owned, vacant parcel on the southwest side of town -- but now the company is taking its project out of state and critics say union greed is to blame. As many as 300 people were slated to work at the 400,000-square-foot plant, painting and wiring light rail cars under a huge contract with the Los Angeles Metropolitan Transportation Authority.
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