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Texas Bans Local Fracking Restrictions

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Pre-empts city, county ordinances against fracking.

Republican Texas Gov. Greg Abbott signed into law on Tuesday a measure that blocks local ordinances against hydraulic fracturing, or “fracking.” The move is in response to a fracking ban passed by voters in November in the town of Denton.

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