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ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT Texas Justices Urged To Nix Ranch s $100M Coal Cleanup Bid Law360 (February 23, 2021, 5:05 PM EST) San Miguel Electric Cooperative Inc. is urging the Texas Supreme Court to shut down a $100 million claim from ranch owners who not only want a power plant off their land but also to set the terms for the clean-up of the property, telling the justices the request steps on the toes of state regulators. San Miguel, South Texas Electric Cooperative Inc. and Kiewit Mining Group Inc. all signed onto a petition to the state high court Monday asking the justices to undo a Fourth Court of Appeals order that upheld a trial court s order allowing counterclaims brought by Peeler Ranch. ....
ADVERTISEMENT ADVERTISEMENT Texas Court Won t End $100M Coal Ash Contamination Suit Law360 (January 28, 2021, 4:54 PM EST) A Texas appellate court has refused to free San Miguel Electric Cooperative Inc. from a $100 million claim brought by ranch owners who want to evict the power company from land it says has been contaminated by a coal-fired power plant and coal mining operations. San Miguel, South Texas Electric Cooperative Inc. and Kiewit Mining Group Inc. all appealed to the Fourth Court of Appeals in October, trying to undo Atascosa County District Judge Russell Wilson s August decision to let the counterclaims brought by Peeler Ranch LLC proceed. On Wednesday, the Fourth Court of Appeals upheld the trial court s order and issued. ....
Phil Giglio s buffalo mozzarella brainchild, OroBianco Italian Creamery, centers around their herd of uniquely inquisitive (and huge) water buffalo. (Photo by Jody Horton) Phil Giglio, a practicing lawyer who left Chicago to run a farm in Fredericksburg, is an unlikely purveyor of cheese. But his Italian heritage, and a fascination with sustainable agriculture, led him to relationships with ethical ranchers and a local chef, foretelling his future. I got here and thought, Shoot, I don t know anything about raising livestock or making cheese. I have none of the tools to get this thing done, other than ambition. During our call, Giglio is sitting on his property watching his herd of water buffalo, which he co-owns with Jason and Marianna Peeler. I m sitting here right now – I ve got a big pond out here at my property in Fredericksburg – and they re out there, they look like hippos. They fully submerge in the water and they spend most of the day in ....