April 19, 2019
The Texas House of Representatives and Senate saluted several respected members of the Petroleum Hall of Fame this week….
April 18, 2019
With an eye toward future water use needs and development, a bill moved out of the Texas House on Thursday that would create a regulatory framework for controlling brackish water through groundwater districts….
April 17, 2019
A move to streamline existing Railroad Commission regulations on compressed natural gas and liquefied natural gas occupational licenses passed the House 135-4 on Wednesday….
April 17, 2019
A bill to give the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality, rather than the Railroad Commission, the power it needs to ensure water discharges from oil and gas operations passed to engrossment in the house 92-47 on Tuesday…..
April 17, 2019
The committee substitute for Rep. Drew Darby‘s bill to clarify who owns the water produced from oil and gas wells when that water is picked up for recycling or other good use passed the state House on Tuesday and is now in the Senate Natural Resources and Economic Development committee after its first Senate reading….
April 17, 2019
Rep. Ed Thompson‘s bill to help keep plastics out of landfills has passed the Texas House and had a first reading in the Senate….
April 16, 2019
A bill to “clean up” the primary method of funding the Railroad Commission of Texas passed the Texas House on Tuesday and is now in the Senate Natural Resources and Economic Development Committee after a first reading in the Senate..,..
“National Astroelectricity” — A Reasonable Proposal to Solve Questions Of Our Energy Future?
Avoiding politics but considering all available power sources to date, one engineer says he’s convinced that a smooth transition to sustainable energy must include all of the above for a certain period of time, but the commitment to controlling climate change will eventually require space-based multi-GW solar panels
April 17, 2019
The United States can maintain energy independence and still hold off much of the effects of global warming while still enjoying stable economic and civil systems through planning, ingenuity and use of new technologies — among them, space-based geo-synchronized solar panels that can link electricity to the Earth below along with sustainable electric power to generate synthetic carbon fuels.
That’s the contention in a proposal by a professional engineer and Associate Fellow of the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics, who says he believes the US has appropriately avoided joining the Paris Climate Agreement but still has an obligation to address climate change and can do so efficiently by the year 2100….
April 17, 2019
As state Senator Robert Nichols‘ plan to involve electricity coops in future distribution of Internet connectivity moves through the Legislature, the federal government is announcing new funding for a similar project….
April 16, 2019
Sen. Kel Seliger‘s SB 1394 — once referred to as the “haircut bill” — is set to go before the full Senate after being passed out of the Business and Commerce committee on April 4th…
April 16, 2019
The Texas Senate is preparing to take up a bill to protect the “integrity in the construction of critical electrical infrastructure” and maintain state utility commission jurisdiction over electrical transmission lines that are not in the ERCOT area….
April 16, 2019
Rep. Lyle Larson‘s bill to set out specific provisions for Texas groundwater districts to keep them from violating private property rights by unduly impeding, delaying, or denying the issuance of groundwater permits passed to engrossment in the Texas House on Monday….
April 16, 2019
A bill aimed at lessening the number of lawsuits over how people are paid at natural gas utilities passed 103-38 in the Texas House on Monday….
April 16, 2019
A bill to create a group charged with studying the interaction between groundwater and surface water in Texas has passed from the House Natural Resources committee to the House floor….
Witnesses, including one in litigation with San Miguel Electric Coop, say they fear bill will undermine private property rights; Texas Mining and Reclamation Association argues that bill does not
April 16, 2019
Just who might have interested legal standing in Railroad Commission hearings in contesting permit renewals and bond releases was the center of testimony before the Texas House Energy Resources committee on Monday….
April 16, 2019
A bill giving the Railroad Commission of Texas the ability to make direct purchases in connection with abandoned mines moved from the state House Energy Resources committee to the full House on Monday….
April 16, 2019
The Texas House Energy Resources committee on Monday passed to the full House two bills on pipeline reporting requirements sponsored by District 103 state Rep. Rafael Anchia, described as a direct response to pipeline explosions in North Texas….
April 16, 2019
ExxonMobil has three new blocks for exploration after winning Agentina’s first offshore bid round, adding about two-and-a-half million net acres to the Irving-based company’s existing Argentine holdings….
April 16, 2019
Misinformation could be environmental and anti-fossil fuel activists’ weapon of choice in the future, according to legal experts speaking at a Houston convention.,,,
April 11, 2019
The Texas Emission Reduction Program (TERP) extension bill has passed the Texas Senate….