/tags/eagle-ford-shale Eagle Ford Shale en-US Copyright Tue, 19 Jul 2016 10:30:00 GMT /education/2016-07-19/oil-patch-schools-facing-budget-nightmare In December 2014, the week Pam Seipp became interim superintendent of Runge schools, the tiny South Texas district held a symbolic groundbreaking for… Tue, 19 Jul 2016 10:30:00 GMT /education/2016-07-19/oil-patch-schools-facing-budget-nightmare Kiah Collier / Texas Tribune /business-economy/2014-08-18/eagle-ford-sees-another-kind-of-boom-publishing BOERNE — This town does not sit atop South Texas’ Eagle Ford Shale, but inside an air-conditioned advertising agency here, four women produce a newspaper… Mon, 18 Aug 2014 23:08:10 GMT /business-economy/2014-08-18/eagle-ford-sees-another-kind-of-boom-publishing Jim Malewitz/The Texas Tribune /2014-04-11/south-texas-oil-brings-boom-as-well-as-pollutions-toxic-soup While the South Texas oil boom has meant a flood of cash and people to formerly impoverished communities, there have also been serious repercussions — namely, rampant air pollution. Fri, 11 Apr 2014 20:00:15 GMT /2014-04-11/south-texas-oil-brings-boom-as-well-as-pollutions-toxic-soup NPR Staff /2014-04-10/drilling-frenzy-fuels-sudden-growth-in-small-texas-town The boom has brought unexpected prosperity — and many new problems — to Cotulla. It's in the heart of the Eagle Ford Shale area, which has quickly become the nation's No. 2 oil-producing region. Thu, 10 Apr 2014 20:08:00 GMT /2014-04-10/drilling-frenzy-fuels-sudden-growth-in-small-texas-town Melissa Block