Tag Archives: Railroad Commission
After Eight-Year Battle Over Reforming the Railroad Commission, Oil and Gas Industry Wins
The industry is the top funding source for lawmakers’ campaigns, according to a recent report from Texans for Public Justice.
A nearly decade-long battle between environmentalists and the oil and gas industry to reform Texas’ energy regulatory agency came to a close last week — and...Read More
Will the Railroad Commission Ever Be Accurately Named?
The Sunset Commission nixed a recommendation to change the Texas Railroad Commission’s name to one that actually describes its role regulating oil and gas....Read More
Enviros to Texas Lawmakers: What About the Fracking Kids?
A report showing the proximity of schools and daycare centers to fracking wells should serve as a wakeup call to Texas lawmakers, environmental groups say....Read More
WTF Friday: Mind Playing Tricks On Me
This week in WTF: L'Empereur Richard Perry of Paint Creek, Vladimir Putin up in everybody's stuff now, Todd Staples is hungry for vegetarians. Dewhurst....Read More
House Committee Pledges to do Very Little About ‘Frackquakes’
If the first meeting of a House subcommittee on frackquakes is any indication, the Lege plans to ask nicely that the oil and gas industries do better....Read More
Anti-Federal Sentiment Dominates Discussion of Texas Oil and Gas Industry
The newest member of the Texas Railroad Commission, Christi Craddick, took to the podium at the Texas Public Policy Foundation’s big Austin policy confab ...Read More