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Railroad Commission Sunset Town Hall Meeting in Barnett Shale

July 19, 2016 By TXsharon

Texas Railroad Commission

Now, especially since HB40 took away local control, Texans need the Railroad Commission to reign in the oil and gas industry and protect our basic rights. Are you fed up with the our state regulators turning their backs while the oil and gas industry … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Texas Railroad Commission

Frackquakes new Texas normal

May 10, 2015 By TXsharon

frackquakes

Frackquakes new Texas normal. Thank you fracking: frackquakes new Texas normal. What's undisputable, however, is a new reality for Texans. They need to understand that "some parts of Texas are in earthquake country now," Mark Peterson, chief of the … [Read more...]

Filed Under: earthquakes, fracking's Joe Camel, frackquakes, Texas Railroad Commission

BREAKING: Texas Railroad Commission to start naming DFW earthquakes

January 7, 2015 By TXsharon

The Texas Railroad Commission has just announced they will start naming DFW earthquakes. The Commission will follow the A to Z system used by the National Hurricane Center to name tropical storms. This morning Irving residents experienced … [Read more...]

Filed Under: earthquakes, satire, Texas Railroad Commission

Today in irony from the Railroad Commission of Texas

December 9, 2014 By TXsharon

Brace yourself. This irony will burn. On the same day it was revealed that Texas Railroad Commission inspectors who try to enforce the rules get fired, Christi Craddick issued a press release declaring the commission will "explore" the need to … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Texas Railroad Commission

Citizens meet in response to RRC inaction on fracking earthquakes

January 8, 2014 By TXsharon

The Texas Railroad Commission (RRC) needs to stop delaying and take swift action to protect North Texans from fracking earthquakes. At a recent town hall meeting in Azle Texas, residents called for fracking to stop while the RRC dodged answering … [Read more...]

Filed Under: earthquakes, Texas Railroad Commission

At earthquake town hall meeting, Texans call for fracking to stop

January 3, 2014 By TXsharon

Toto, I have a feeling we're not in Texas anymore. More than 800 rural Texans filled the high school auditorium in Azle  last night. They came to a town hall held by the Texas Railroad Commission (RRC) hoping to get answers about the recent … [Read more...]

Filed Under: earthquakes, Texas Railroad Commission

Railroad Commission whistleblower sues agency for wrongful firing

August 18, 2013 By TXsharon

An engineer who worked for the Texas Railroad Commission and was actually trying to do his job, claims he was fired because he filed a whistleblower complaint against his supervisor. Frederick Wright was promoted several times during his … [Read more...]

Filed Under: global warming, Texas Railroad Commission Tagged With: Barry Smitherman, climate change, global warming, Texas Railroad Commission, Whistleblower

Railroad Commission updates well-integrity rule

May 27, 2013 By TXsharon

The Texas Railroad Commission has updated Statewide Rule 13. Since this rule has had no major updates in the last 30 years--way before the 2002 wedding of horizontal drilling and fracking in my backyard--these are much needed improvements, they … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Texas Railroad Commission

Irony at TX Lege as RRC bill passes Senate

May 3, 2013 By TXsharon

Irony Alert:  Senator Craig Estes tried to amend SB 212 to strip out one of the ethics provisions. Estes was highlighted in the Texas Observer article "Lifestyles of the Corrupt and Elected." The bill will change the RRC name to Texas Energy … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Texas Railroad Commission, TX Leg 83

Attention Texas Railroad Commission: Size matters!

April 29, 2013 By TXsharon

It's a proven fact that everything is bigger in Texas. Texas-sized is an expression that can be used in two ways: to describe something that is approximately the size of the U.S. state of Texas, or to describe something (usually but not always … [Read more...]

Filed Under: hydraulic fracturing, Texas Railroad Commission

UPDATED: Hangmans Noose Photo Tweeted by Texas Railroad Commissioner Smitherman

April 11, 2013 By TXsharon

He has gone too far. Update 2: Today I spoke with Smitherman's assistant and she confirmed that he was in the office yesterday afternoon so he retweeted this from a state computer.   Maybe Smitherman should pay more attention to his … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Texas Railroad Commission

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