Press Release from Senator Wendy Davis.TCEQ Press ReleaseThis is great news, folks! No more rubber stamp permits for Big Gas. … [Read more...]

Some policy wonks are analyzing the language to see what it actually means. The Clean Energy Jobs and Oil Company Accountability Act of 2010 … [Read more...]

Workers have shut down flow in an energy pipeline after a blast early this morning near Sealy forced Austin County officials to warn nearby residents to stay inside and avoid creating sparks.The road are closed and residents who can't go home were … [Read more...]

About a year ago, I posted a blog about an attempt to nuke the frack out of some shale gas and they fracked it up so bad it's still radioactive. Well, it seems the mineral owners want to develop their property and the gas companies want to extract … [Read more...]

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‎"We spend money we don't have on things we don't need to create impressions that won't last on people we don't care about." Quote from Tim Jackson at TED … [Read more...]

Peter Gorman does a little well deserved bragging on his blog:Good News While I Was Gone...the Houston Press Club, a big deal here in Texas, named me Print Journalist of the Year for last year's body of work. I also took first prize in the Public … [Read more...]

A coalition of nearly 75 environmental groups is lobbying Democratic leaders to include onshore oil and gas reforms in broad packages of offshore reforms the House and Senate could consider next week.In a letter yesterday to House Speaker Nancy … [Read more...]

When 'Drill, Baby, Drill' Turns To 'Spill, Baby, Spill...' Updated With Video! Seeger composed a song for the occasion with refrain "God's counting on Me." "And when 'drill baby drill' turns to 'spill baby bill' - … [Read more...]

Thank you to Mrs. Burns, Rancho Los Malulos, for this informative video. I try to stress the dangers of breathing steam from water with drilling contaminates.No more hot showers, wash dishes and clothes in cold water only. … [Read more...]

A change in disposal well permits: Use it or lose itPipelines: Grand Prairie vs Midstream … [Read more...]