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Gas Drilling In Dallas Hits Another Hurdle

This drilling test site is used as an example in a presentation Dallas' Gas Drilling Task Force will give city council members on Wednesday.
City of Dallas
This drilling test site is used as an example in a presentation Dallas' Gas Drilling Task Force will give city council members on Wednesday.

For the second time the Dallas City Plan Commission has rejected gas drilling permits on city parkland in Northwest Dallas.   

The vote followed three hours of sometimes heated debate and discussion.

Now the issue goes to the full city council, and because of today’s defeat a super majority of the council – 12 members- would have to approve the permits before the first wells could be drilled.

Former KERA reporter BJ Austin spent more than 25 years in broadcast journalism, anchoring and reporting in Atlanta, New York, New Orleans and Dallas. Along the way, she covered Atlanta City Hall, the Georgia Legislature and the corruption trials of Louisiana Gov. Edwin Edwards.