Tracking the players in the ever-growing energy and environmental world.
New numbers were released by the Railroad Commission of Texas this week, which oversees oil and gas drilling in the state. And not surprisingly, they show growth in drilling in Texas. Here are some of the big takeaways from the latest numbers: Drilling permits are up over last year, with 1,581 issued in January versus […]
TransCanada announced it will start construction on a section of its Keystone XL pipeline from Cushing, Oklahoma to Texas.
With oil surpassing $100 a barrel, drivers are feeling the pain at the pump and some wonder if it’s simply a case of supply and demand. Or maybe something else.
A petroleum coke power plant planned near the Gulf Coast community of Point Comfort has lost its permit to build, according to environmental groups. Petroleum coke is a fossil fuel used like coal. Today the Sierra Club, Public Citizen andĀ The Sustainable Energy and Economic Development [SEED] Coalition released a statement saying that the Joslin power […]
The company is planning to build one of the country’s more innovative pollution control projects. It will use some of its pollution to pump oil out of the ground.
Seizures of land and seizures of the heart. This week on StateImpact Texas, we looked at why a Texas town ran dry (and who could be next), how pipeline companies are using eminent domain to take over private land, and what a Masterpiece Theatre television show set in the past can teach us about the […]
There’s a showdown taking place over a fifty-foot wide swath of farmland in northeast Texas, and the outcome could have a significant effect on the future of the Keystone XL pipeline and how it’s perceived by the public. As we reported last week, the company behind the pipeline, TransCanada, has won an eminent domain claim […]
A report from UTās Energy Institute on shale gas drilling found no link between hydraulic fracturing and water contamination, but the findings might not all be good news for oil and gas drilling. āThe report shines a light on the fact that there are a number of aspects of natural gas development that can cause […]
What happens when “drill baby drill” meets peak oil prognostication? An audience found out firsthand this week, when two power policy pugilists faced off at the University of Wisconsin. In one corner was Texas’ own Dr. Tad Patzek, incoming president of the Association of the Study of Peak Oil, and Chair of UT’s Department of […]
We recently spoke with the director of the Texas League of Conservation Voters to learn more about the environmental movementās stance on the project.
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