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| Shale Drilling Leaks More Methane Than Feds Thought |  | Significantly more methane is spewing into the atmosphere from natural gas wells and other drilling operations in North Texas' Barnett Shale fields than previously estimated, according to a new series of studies, raising new questions about the relative benefits of drilling for more gas instead of burning coal. Well pads, compressor stations, processing plants and other equipment used in gas production across the 25-county region leak 50 percent more of the greenhouse gas than the federal Environmental Protection Agency has estimated, according to the 11 peer-reviewed papers published Tuesday in the journal Environmental Science and Technology. Human error and faulty equipment accounted for most of the emissions, the studies found.
Jim Malewitz, Texas Tribune 07/08/2015    | | Read Article: Texas Tribune |
| Judge Orders Time Warner to Pay $230K for 153 Robocalls to Texas Woman | | A federal judge left a message anyway for companies Tuesday when he awarded nearly $230,000 to a Texas woman, finding that a cable company crossed the line when it harassed her with 153 robocalls even after she complained about the wrong numbers. U.S. District Judge Alvin Hellerstein in Manhattan ordered Time Warner Cable Inc. to make the $229,500 payment to Araceli King of Irving, Texas, citing the New York-based company's "particularly egregious" behavior as it violated the Telephone Consumer Protection Act of 1991. King sued last year, saying she had repeatedly asked the company to stop making the calls.
LARRY NEUMEISTER, AP, Star Telegram 07/08/2015 | | Read Article: Star Telegram |
| Children Settle With Off-Duty HPD Officer Who Fatally Shot Their Father | | The parent company of a River Oaks pub and the Houston police officer who fatally shot a man in the bar's parking lot four years ago will financially compensate the three children who lost their father with a $200,000 settlement. While off-duty in February 2011, Houston Police Department Officer Jose Coronado killed 29-year-old Omar Ventura while intervening in an altercation outside Sherlock's Baker Street Pub and Grill on West Gray. The lawsuit accused the officer of being "drunk" when he "shot Omar and Rolando without provocation" and asserted that Ventura and his brother were involved in the fight because they "were coming to the rescue of a young woman an unknown patron was threatening and harassing."
Cindy George, Houston Chronicle 07/08/2015 | | Read Article: Houston Chronicle |
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