Railroad Commission Authorizes Increased Waste Disposal in East Texas
Railroad Commission Approves More Waste Disposal in East Texas After years of deliberations, the technical staff of the Texas Railroad Commission recommended that regulators deny a permit to dispose of oilfield waste in the small town of Paxton. But at the commission’s January open meeting, the elected commissioners voted 2-1 to approve the permit anyway. […]
What Are You Voting For When You Choose a Texas Railroad Commissioner?
When you vote for a Texas Railroad commissioner, what are you voting for? This election season Texans will, yet again, have an opportunity most people in the U.S. do not have: They will vote on who should regulate the state’s oil and gas industry, one of the biggest fossil fuel industries in the world. In […]