Meter Reading: Another Dallas Quake, More Fracking Means More Trains, and Regrowing Houston’s Urban Forest

There was a 2.1-magnitude earthquake last night, not far from University of Dallas – “Last night’s 2.1-magnitude earthquake — the epicenter of which was along Carl Road, between E. Northgate Drive and Airport Freeway — wasn’t felt by nearly as many folks as Saturday night’s two-fer. Dallas Morning News

Shale play is engine of growth for rail – “This year, an estimated 15,000 rail cars will move through Hondo Railway’s 175-acre property — many of them carrying fracturing sand bound for drilling operations in the Eagle Ford Shale formation.” Fuel Fix

Replenishing Houston’s canopy, one tree at a time – “Millions of trees have died as a result of the 2011 drought: 301 million in state rural and forestlands, plus 5.6 million in our urban areas.” Houston Chronicle