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Texas Cold Halts Some Permian Oil Wells as Ice Disrupts Trucking

The extreme cold that’s descended across Texas is prompting some oil producers in the Permian Basin to halt a small part of their output as icy roads disrupt critical trucking operations.

February 3, 2022
GovernmentSafetyLogistics

Texas Braces for Deep Freeze With All Eyes on Power Grid

Cold and ice is set to sweep Texas, raising the risk of power outages and boosting energy demand in what will be the biggest test to the state’s electric grid since last year’s catastrophic blackouts.

February 2, 2022
BusinessTechnologyFuelAutonomousTCA

Seemingly an Odd Couple, Tesla and Texas Becoming Tightly Intertwined

It seems like an unlikely marriage: Tesla, the world’s biggest electric automaker, moving its headquarters to Texas — where the oil and gas industry is etched in the state’s DNA and where, unless something changes, Tesla isn’t even allowed to sell its vehicles directly to customers.

October 20, 2021
GovernmentBusinessSafety

Texas Senate Passes Bill Aimed at Curbing Lawsuit Abuse of Truckers

The Texas Senate has unanimously approved a House bill that would help curb the growing trend of lawsuit abuse targeting commercial vehicles in Texas.

May 20, 2021
GovernmentBusinessSafety

Texas House Passes Bill That Would Help Curb Lawsuit Abuses

The Texas House of Representatives has passed legislation that would help curb the growing trend of lawsuit abuse targeting commercial vehicles in Texas.

April 30, 2021
GovernmentBusinessSafety

Texas Bill Seeks to Reduce Large Jury Verdicts in Crash Lawsuits

A bill making its way through the Texas Legislature could make it more difficult for victims to reap multimillion-dollar jury verdicts against truckers in lawsuits that result in serious injury or death following a crash.

April 8, 2021
BusinessTechnologyFuel

In Wake of Outages, Tesla Plugs Secret Battery Into Texas Grid

The move marks Tesla Inc.’s first major foray into the epicenter of the U.S. energy economy.

March 8, 2021
BusinessSafety

ATA Launches Efforts to Help Texans Battered by Storm

American Trucking Associations has launched a relief effort aimed at helping those in Texas and Louisiana impacted by the recent deadly snowstorm.

February 22, 2021
BusinessFuel

Texas Gas Stations Still Dark Following Big Freeze

More than 1,700 gas stations are without electricity Feb. 19 because of the Texas power disaster, threatening to push pump prices even higher with key refineries in the state still shut.

February 19, 2021
GovernmentBusinessFuelLogistics

Texas’ Gas-Export Clampdown Shocks Market as Blackouts Continue

Texas is restricting the flow of natural gas across state lines in an extraordinary move that some are calling a violation of the U.S. Constitution’s commerce clause.

February 18, 2021