Oklahoma gets help from the FEDS! Hey, please don't forget about Texas.EPA Region 6 press release:EPA Orders Robinowitz Oil Company to Stop DischargingRelease date: 09/11/2009Contact Information: Dave Bary at 214-665-2200 or r6press@epa.gov(Dallas, … [Read more...]

With the start of the new football season, the Texas Progressive Alliance invites you to read this week's roundup of blog highlights in the voice of John Facenda.Last week, Texas got some much needed help from the Feds when the EPA slapped down … [Read more...]

Another story of signed mineral leases that never paid off.Driller’s leases have yielded little for property owners … [Read more...]

You can see an up-to-date map showing all the oil and gas wells in each state at NRDC.Unfortunately, as stated in a study of state regulations by the Hastings College of the Law, "many of the state regulatory schemes date from earlier waves of … [Read more...]

I had to post this. It's just to clever!I haven't heard the entire speech yet but a friend told me that he encouraged children and said they could even become writers and write books or be journalists and write for newspapers--writing, thinking, … [Read more...]

Rational Radio was nice enough to have Andrew Teeter and I back on the "Rational Radio Report" w/ Jack Bishop this morning to discuss drilling practices in Texas. … [Read more...]

The Texas Progressive Alliance hopes everyone has a Happy Labor Day, and notes that it won't be any work at all to read this week's roundup of blog highlights. ExxonMobil! Free Mrs. Burns!Like TXsharon, Elizabeth Burns is a reluctant activist forced … [Read more...]

Once it starts, you'll never get it stopped.Tragedy at Gateway ParkFort Worth’s elected officials have become crack shots at foot shooting. (See: "$28 million in bonds OK’d for fixing park facilities," Aug. 28) The real tragedy facing Gateway Park is … [Read more...]

It's not like Texas doesn't already have enough to be embarrassed about. … [Read more...]

Denton citizens do not want 5 gas wells 200' from their homes.Rally today at City Hall215 McKinney5:00On facebookPublic health risks … [Read more...]

It's the week before Labor Day, and the Texas Progressive Alliance is hard at work bringing you the best of the Texas blogosphere. Here are this week's highlights.The Texas Cloverleaf wonders why only one person showed up to a budget meeting where … [Read more...]