TribuneFest: Smitherman's Energy Plan for Texas
At the Trib's April 13 energy symposium at the University of Houston, Railroad Comission Chairman Barry Smitherman sketched out his vision of an energy plan for the state.
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Comments (4)
gypsy314 ne
Anyone but democrats!
Carolyn Mata
his opinion is unfettered pro industry when industry has proved it can't regulate itself.
It is Republican rhetoric.
Adele Roberson
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/robert-f-kennedy-jr/petro-plutocracy_b_1498524.html#comments
We are becoming slaves to Big Oil.
They do exactly what they want.
They complain about regulations but they never regulate themselves.
They hardly spend a dime on research for ways to prevent enormous problems or what to do about them these prroblems when they happen.
They ae still using elementary ways to contain disasterous spills.
Exxon, with millions of dollars of fines imposed on them for the Valdez disaster, have not, as of August 30, 2011 paid one penny of the fines.
Adele Roberson
http://www.rigzone.com/news/article.asp?hpf=1&a_id=117679
We do not enjoy criticizing companies and their managements, but there are situations where the criticism is warranted due to the fallout from the events underway on the image of all other energy companies.
BigOil is running amok... we are slow in noticing this.