U.S. Fracking Industry Spotlight: News Snippets from Texas

Keeping up with U.S. mining industry news can be a challenge. With coal, mineral, diamond, and many other types of mines operating in many states, the burden of keeping up with what's going on, and where, and how it's affecting the overall industry can feel heavy. Fortunately, we are here to help lighten the burden for you.

As you will see below, much of the resource extraction news coming from Texas right now centers on the issue of fracking for oil in shale formations. As you will also note, the situation has become slightly incoherent.

U.S. Fracking Industry Spotlight: News Snippets from Texas:

• "Dissecting Denton: How a Texas City Banned Fracking" - According to the Texas Tribune, the citizens of Denton came together late in 2014 to ban local fracking. For citizens in a state built on gas and oil money, this was a noteworthy turn of events.
• "Texas Governor Bans Cities and Towns from Banning Fracking" - Although this headline reads as farce, the problem is actually quite serious. With the debate over fracking at a fever pitch in the state since November of 2014, arguments over who has ultimate authority to enforce regulations ongoing, and the state's conflicting desire to smooth out Texas's "patchwork quilt" of uneven regulations from region to region infuriating parties on both sides, the need to ban cities from banning fracking is the end result of the seeming madness.
• "Exhausting Legal Options, Residents of Texas Town Take Direct Action to Enforce Fracking Ban" - Citing the ban on bans as a "naked display of corruption," protests and sit-ins continue, despite arrests and criminal trespassing charges.

In summary, the citizens worked to ban fracking, the governor banned the ban, and the activists seek to ban the banning of the ban. No matter where you stand personally on the issue of fracking, we're sure you'll join us in hoping that these civic debates can be resolved quickly, coherently and peaceably.

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