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Amarillo Court of Appeals Refuses to Apply Accommodation Doctrine to Groundwater

Last week, the Amarillo Court of Appeals issued its opinion inn City of Lubbock v. Coyote Lake Ranch, LLC, No. 07-14-00006-CV, holding that the accommodation doctrine did not apply to restrict the City’s use of Coyote’s land to develop the City’s groundwater under the land. In 1953, the City of…

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Concerns Continue of Water Well Contamination from Hydraulic Fracturing

Investigations continue in response to complaints of alleged contamination of water wells from drilling activity in the Barnett Shale. In May, the Texas Railroad Commission issued a report of its investigation of complaints of well contamination by methane in Parker County. It concluded that “the evidence is insufficient to conclude…

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Two New Technologies Could Change How We Use Energy

Here are two emerging technologies that could change how we might use natural gas to fuel our cars and electrify our homes and offices. A company called Redox Power Systems is building a plant in Florida to produce The Cube, a dishwasher-sized system that generates electricity from natural gas using electro-chemical…

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$3 Million Verdict for Nuisance in Barnett Shale Case

There’s lots of buzz about a recent verdict in a case filed by a landowner in Dallas County alleging injuries from air emissions from drilling and production of Barnett Shale wells in Wise County. The case is Lisa Parr v. Aruba Petroleum, Cause No. 11-01650-E, in the County Court at…

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