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Is Railroad Commission Getting Serious About Man-Made Quakes?
Posted on · New rules aimed at preventing man-made earthquakes tied to drilling.
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Exxon Refinery in Baytown Releases Massive Amount of Chemicals
Posted on · Early yesterday morning, something went wrong at the ExxonMobil refinery in Baytown, east of Houston.
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Farmer Loses Case Against Keystone XL Pipeline
Posted on · One of the last private land owners fighting the Keystone XL pipeline suffered a major setback last night. StateImpact Texas reporter Terrence Henry has more.
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Fracking Shown To Cause Small Earthquakes
Posted on · If you live in the drilling area around Dallas-Fort Worth known as the Barnett Shale, you may have noticed that recently the ground has been a bit shakier than usual. A new study out this week from UT says the culprit is the oil and gas industry.
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This Land Is Your Land, Now It’s Our Land
Posted on · In part three of a four-part series on the controversial Keystone XL pipeline, Terrence Henry of StateImpact Texas, in partnership with StateImpact Oklahoma, reports on the fight over property rights, which has spurred some Texas landowners to take the company building the pipeline to court.
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2 Years After BP’s Big Spill
Posted on · It's two years to the day since an explosion rocked the Deepwater Horizon oil rig in the Gulf of Mexico. For StateImpact Texas, Terrence Henry looks at lessons learned and how the Gulf Coast has recovered.
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Rice Farmers Adjust to a Year Without Water
Posted on · You'll probably be seeing less Texas rice on your plates this year. Late last night the Lower Colorado River Authority decided there wasn't enough water in the Highland Lakes to send water downstream to rice farmers in southeast Texas.
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Health Concerns along Refinery Row
Posted on · StateImpact Texas is a collaboration of local public radio stations KUT Austin, KUHF Houston and NPR. Reporters travel the state to learn about issues from the people affected by them. This week highlights industrial air pollution.
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Neighborhood Lives In Shadow Of Polluters
Posted on · This week, State Impact-Texas is teaming with NPR on a project highlighting industrial air pollution. NPR reporters, working with the Center for Public Integrity, reviewed never-before published lists compiled by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to track polluters. For the KUT/KUHF StateImpact Texas project, Terrence Henry reports on a Corpus Christi neighborhood that sits right in the middle of several refineries on the list.