Texas Texas Legislature Starts Talking ‘Frackquakes’ While Oklahomans Get Quake InsuranceStarts Talking ‘Frackquakes’ While Oklahomans Get Quake Insurance

Climate Progress: On Monday, lawmakers in Texas, for the first time, formally addressed the recent rash of earthquakes that rocked northern Texas this winter. At the first hearing of the newly created Seismic Activity Subcommittee in the Texas House, lawmakers heard testimony from local leaders, scientists and the Texas Railroad Commission, about the effects of the recent surge in seismic activity and its possible links to the state’s booming oil and gas industry.

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