Posts Tagged ‘Texas Railroad Commission’
Watching the Door
Two bills to limit cities’ power over the gas industry aren’t moving now — but they might.PETER GORMAN
It’s a truism of the Texas Legislature that killing “bad” legislation is as important as passing the “good” kind. Under that theory, it would seem that critics of the shale gas industry would be celebrating the fact t...
Speak Now or Forever Hold Your Nose
STATICNorth Texas residents hoping for better regulation of the oil and gas industry will get their chance to yell at (that is, talk respectfully to) state legislators on Monday. The Texas Railroad Commission, a supposed regulatory a...
Son, Rise For Sunset
Jeff PrinceThe Texas Railroad Commission and the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality are two state agencies that monitor natural gas drilling and its impact on the environment. The doggedness of both agencies is often questioned. Cr...