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Lightning strike fire temporarily shuts down Texas City refinery
2015-08-20 23:28:23| Oil & Gas - Topix.net
A fire caused by a lightning strike temporarily shut down a Valero Energy Corp. refinery just south of Houston on Aug. 20. The lightning strike happened at the San Antonio-based company's refinery off South Loop 197 in Texas City just before 6:30 a.m. The lightning strike caused a fire that ignited the transformer's fuel source, which burned until 11:30 a.m. Aug. 20. No injuries were reported and Chief Zacherl said the fire was self-contained.
Texas Forces City to Repeal Fracking Ban
2015-06-18 15:51:20| Waste Management - Topix.net
Threatened with litigation and intervention by the Texas Legislature, the Denton City Council repealed its first-of-its kind fracking ban, and drillers have already gone back to work. Voters in Denton, a city of 120,000 just northwest of Dallas, approved an ordinance banning fracking in the city in the November 2014 general election.
Once-parched Texas city orders evacuation due to floods
2015-05-21 18:28:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: A North Texas city that a few months ago was in a drought so severe that it had to recycle sewage water for drinking ordered residents on Thursday to evacuate certain areas due to flooding. Wichita Falls, about 125 miles northwest of Dallas, issued a mandatory evacuation order for hundreds of residents in vulnerable neighborhoods due to rising water levels on the Wichita River. Wichita Falls and other parts of Texas that had been in an extreme drought for about a year have had their water situation...
Texas Legislature OKs rules prohibiting city fracking bans
2015-05-04 23:36:49| Oil & Gas - Topix.net
Cities and counties statewide could no longer prohibit hydraulic fracturing under a sweeping, oil and gas industry-backed bill that has cleared the Texas Legislature. The proposal was easily approved by the Senate on Monday after passing the House last month.
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Texas House OKs rules to prohibit city fracking bans
2015-04-17 21:59:42| Oil & Gas - Topix.net
Cities and counties in Texas could no longer prohibit hydraulic fracturing under an oil and gas industry-backed measure overwhelmingly approved by the House. The bill passed Friday comes months after the city of Denton banned local fracking over environmental and safety concerns.