Join Us Tonight For ‘The Fracking Boom and the Texas Legislature’

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The rise of drilling techniques like hydraulic fracturing, or "fracking," has led to new economic prosperity as well as concern. What's the legislature to do? Join us Tuesday, Feb. 26th on the UT Austin campus for a panel discussion.

What role will state lawmakers have in shaping the current oil and gas drilling boom?

Please join us and a panel of several state lawmakers in Austin tonight, Tuesday, Feb. 26 for some answers. We’ll talk about how the historic increase in drilling has impacted different parts of the state and what role lawmakers could play in regulating the rapid increase in drilling. The panel will feature State Senators Rodney Ellis and Carlos Uresti and State Representatives Phil King and Van Taylor, moderated by Mose Buchele of StateImpact Texas.

We’ll look at issues like economic and environmental impacts, road damage and traffic, water use and property rights. And you’ll have the opportunity to ask your own questions of the lawmakers during an audience Q&A at the end of the panel.

The event takes place tonight in the 2nd floor auditorium of the Belo Center for New Media on the University of Texas at Austin campus, at the corner of Dean Keeton and Guadalupe. (And if you can’t join us in person, stay tuned here — we’ll be posting videos from the panel in the days following the event.)

This event is free and open to the public. Doors at 6 pm, and it begins at 6:30. You can RSVP on Facebook here.

Drilling Down: The Fracking Boom and the Texas Legislature

A conversation with State Senators Rodney Ellis, Carlos Uresti and State Representatives Phil King and Van Taylor, moderated by StateImpact Texas

Tuesday, February 26th, 6:30-7:30 p.m. (Doors at 6)

Belo Center for New Media, UT Austin, 2nd Floor Auditorium