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The Texas Supreme Court has granted petition for review of a 2019 decision in Dyer et al v. Texas Commission on Environmental Quality . At issue is whether rescission of a Railroad...

Two reports published last week found that groundwater levels are declining throughout...

HOUSTON, Aug. 12, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- A Harris County jury has found that regulatory violations and negligence in the construction of a 1.2 million square foot facility used to manufacture

HOUSTON — Developers of a residential community in Kingwood are facing a suit alleging they failed to ensure proper drainage of their development which led to nearby homes flooding. Juan Perz, Jessica Escobar, Shelley Hales and Lyndell Wynne filed a complaint May 6 in Harris County District Court against Perry Homes LLC, Figure Four Partners LTD., PSWA Inc., LJA Engineering Inc., Rebel Contractors Inc., Double Oak Construction Inc., Texasite LLC and Concourse Development LLC alleging violatio...

Husch Blackwell is pleased to announce that its Texas-based Energy & Natural Resources team added three new attorneys. Austin-based Alaina Zermeno joins Husch Blackwell as an associate, coming to the firm from the Public Utility Commission of Texas (PUC), where she quickly built a reputation as one of the Commission’s leading investigative attorneys. Zermeno served in PUC’s Legal Division and Oversight & Enforcement Division and represented the Commission before the State Office of Administ...

Barry Schneider says the company has stopped all construction on that treatment facility until it receives the required permit.

Agriculture your username January 26, 2021 Lindale Rural Water Supply Corporation (WSC) claimed in a Western District of Texas complaint on Monday that it should have exclusive rights to provide water to Crook Rose Inc, however, under Texas Water Code those rights are set to be infringed. The plaintiff’s service area includes land owned and operated by a farm, Crook Rose, which filed for a release to allow them to use another water source.  The lawsuit was filed against Crook Rose, along wit...

The Aransas Project’s (TAP) legal representative Bryan French of Galveston informed The Rockport Pilot the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ) has taken action against the Steel Dynamics Steel Mill in Sinton regarding TAP’s contesting Steel Dynamics’ proposed wastewater discharge permit. “TCEQ found that Steel Dynamics violated Texas Code by beginning construction of the wastewater treatment plant associated with their steel mill prior to the issuance of a permi...

Getty Images A recent Texas appeals court decision calls to mind an oft-quoted remark by Albert Einstein: “Many of the things you can count, don’t count.”   Commentators have speculated that he meant in science you can calculate distance, speed, time, energy, etc., but you cant count or measure love, freedom, happiness – the truly meaningful things in life.  In setting aside a civil penalty judgment and an award of attorney’s fees, the appellate panel ruled that...