Tuesday morning, the Texas Railroad Commission met to consider, among other things, whether two wastewater injection wells in Parker County are responsible for earthquakes in that stretch of North Texas. SMU seismologist say they are. Railroad commission technical examiners say they aren’t.
The three Republican commissioners sided with their people Tuesday morning, unanimously. That means XTO Energy and EnerVest will be allowed to continue operating injection wells just west of Eagle Mountain Lake in Tarrant and Parker counties.
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