This month, the state’s Sunset Advisory Commission released a series of recommendations on how the Railroad Commission — which governs the oil and gas industry, not railroads — could better serve the state. Among the recommendations: a name change.
Texas Railroad Commission
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Energy
Does It Matter Who Wins the Railroad Commission Runoffs?
The four Republican Railroad Commission candidates sound remarkably similar on the big-ticket topics. But that doesn’t mean they will vote the same way on everything once they get into office.
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University of Texas/Texas Tribune Polls
UT/TT Poll: Craddick, Parker Ahead in Railroad Commission Races
The two crowded primary races for the Texas Railroad Commission could be headed for runoffs, as candidates try to win attention from voters who haven’t tuned in to those contests.
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Energy
Increase in Natural Gas “Flaring” Tied to Pipeline Shortages
With oil production on the rise in Texas, drilling companies are increasingly burning off the natural gas that surfaces with the oil, because they can’t get pipelines in place fast enough to transport it.
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Health care
TribWeek: In Case You Missed It
Aguilar on the House District 77 primary, Batheja on the HD-101 and SD-9 primaries, Galbraith on the GOP candidates for two Railroad Commission slots, Grissom on the latest in the Kerry Max Cook case, Hamilton on Texas A&M’s new accountability website, Murphy and M. Smith on how much superintendents make, Ramsey interviews a would-be Democratic Party chair, Root on that nice Ted Nugent, M. Smith on the resignation of the state’s education commissioner and Tan on the continuing court fight over Planned Parenthood: The best of our best content from April 30 to May 4, 2012.
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State Government
Railroad Commission Hopeful Goes With the Flow in New Ad
“Isn’t it about time we elected political leaders that have enough sense not to pee on an electric fence?” asks Roland Sledge, a Houston lawyer vying for a seat on the Texas Railroad Commission, in a funny new online ad.
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Energy
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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Energy
GOP Candidates for Railroad Commission Share a Target: The EPA
One overriding theme unifies the multiple Republican candidates for two Texas Railroad Commission slots: The Environmental Protection Agency has overreached and must be scaled back.
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Energy
Texas Sees Renewed Push for Uranium Mining
Texas is one of the nation’s only producers of uranium, and mining companies are gearing up for expansion. That’s causing concern among environmental groups, some of which have been battling uranium mining for decades.
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State Government
Perry Appoints Buddy Garcia to Railroad Commission
Former Texas Commission on Environmental Quality Commissioner Buddy Garcia will fill a seat on the Railroad Commission that was vacated by Elizabeth Ames Jones, who is now a candidate for state Senate.
