Elizabeth Ames Jones: Hydraulic fracturing worries result from ‘fear of the...
Texas Railroad Commission chair Elizabeth Ames Jones said the Texans have nothing to fear when it comes to hydraulic fracturing contaminating their drinking water.
View ArticleOffshore drilling bill slated for debate next week
A dispute over whether to give coastal states a greater share of federal royalties for offshore drilling near their shores is expected to flare up during the Senate Energy and Natural Resources...
View ArticleAnalyzing Rick Perry’s record: Texas transportation needs left behind
One week a year. That's how much time the average urban Texan loses to traffic delays on one of the state's increasingly overburdened highways, according to a study by the Texas Transportation...
View ArticleFour Texas counties rank among nation’s top ten for gasoline consumption
Houston, Dallas, Forth Worth and San Antonio are among the nation's top gas guzzlers.
View ArticleCongress debates whether states or feds should regulate fracking
The explosion of hydraulic fracturing—often called “fracking”—to extract natural gas, has been joined by a parallel explosion in concerns for public health and the environment. On Friday,...
View ArticleFact sheet: How the sequester will impact you
This Friday, the infamous looming beast of automatic spending cuts — ominously known as “the sequester” — is set to take place. While partisans ares busy pointing fingers as to who is to blame for the...
View ArticleStockman: Best thing about Earth is when you ‘poke holes’ and oil comes out
What’s the best thing about Earth? One Texas congressman says it’s nothing other than Texas Tea. Last week, Rep. Steve Stockman tweeted about the environment and his love of oil and drilling. “The Best...
View ArticleRep. Bill Flores: Proposed federal regulations for fracking a ‘solution in...
Industry experts told members of Congress the Interior Department’s potential regulations to hydraulic fracturing – fracking — on federal lands is a threat to jobs and energy security and an effort...
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