Texas House Committee Passes Compromise on Drilling Rules

Texas Tribune: A House committee on Monday approved legislation that would limit local control over oil and gas activities -- a committee substitute for a bill that initially stirred anger in city halls across Texas. In a 10-1 vote, the House Committee on Energy Resources approved an updated version of House Bill 40, among the most prominent of nearly a dozen bills filed in the aftermath of Denton's vote in November to ban hydraulic fracturing within the North Texas city's limits. Intended to clarify where......

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