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"There's a whole lake of oil down there," said the oil man, as Dianna Wray writes for the Victoria Advocate. "But we don't know how to get it." The oil man was years ago speaking to a married couple, homeowners who live on the Barnett Shale, when it was almost common...
"Unreasonable," "unnecessary," "hijack," and "knee-jerk" are all words used by state lawmakers and other officials whose local economies largely rely on the oil and gas industry. They're referring to federal oversight of so-called "hydrofracking," oversight that poses...
This story is just one example among many involving heavy truck traffic from the Eagle Ford Shale, which is making things difficult for Texas drivers. Speed limits are one local government's specific concern. As Bob Thaxton reports for the Seguin Gazette, the local...
As Oliver B. Patton reports for Heavy Duty Trucking, sleep apnea can lead to drowsy driving, which is one common cause of truck accidents, and the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) says that truck drivers with a body mass index of 35 or higher should...
Last week at this time we wrote that no one seems to be worried about the possible environmental harm caused by hydrofracking for oil and gas in the Eagle Ford Shale and Barnett Shale plays in Texas. Perhaps we spoke too soon. As Steve Hargreaves reports for CNN...
At least some of the furor against drug and alcohol use has to do with the safety of our roadways. Every time something bad happens, like an alcohol-related truck accident, there is a certain amount of outrage. Any person who drives under the influence of a substance,...
As Ransdell Pierson reports for Reuters, Boehringer Ingelheim's drug Pradaxa has some heart doctors worried that it may cause more harm than good. Here's the news: "[Y]ou can kill a patient as easily with the new drug as you could with the old drug," says Dr. Alan...
It doesn't take a rocket scientist to figure this one out: As Andrew Seaman reports for Reuters, people who sustain serious injury in motor vehicle accidents, like getting T-boned by a tractor trailer, have a better chance of surviving if they're taken by helicopter,...
Major stress and depression, scientists say, can have the same impact on the human body in terms of causing what are normally considered to be age-related diseases, like heart disease, osteoporosis and dementia. As it happens, stress and depression are common side...
Chalk it up to the oil boom. As America seeks to produce more of its own energy, a dominant technology has emerged in an effort to extract oil and gas from our existing plays, like the Eagle Ford Shale and Barnett Shale oil fields in Texas, and both landowners and oil...
