Energy & Environment
Avoiding water scarcity: Lessons from California
Texas has the opportunity to learn from California’s failures and to avoid the mired path that California set itself on.
May 28, 2015
Energy & Environment
Denton needs to respect Texas law
In this instance, however, with the barest glimpse at the facts, it becomes apparent that health and safety concerns are nothing but a convenient veil for municipalities looking to expand their power.
May 27, 2015
Energy & Environment
Just say no to Clean Power Plan
Recently, squabbles over which states intend to comply with the Clean Power Plan have emerged. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, through the Clean Power Plan, seeks to extend its regulatory tentacles out to everything that has an effect on carbon dioxide emission.
May 5, 2015
Energy & Environment
Testimony: Regulation & Reduction of Greenhouse Gas Emissions
"Testimony: Regulation & Reduction of Greenhouse Gas Emissions" is Center for Energy & the Environment Policy Analyst Leigh Thompson's testimony before the International Trade and Intergovernmental Affairs Committee of the House of Representatives in opposition to House Bill 2080.
April 29, 2015
Energy & Environment
Testimony: Rights of a Groundwater Owner
"Testimony: Rights of a Groundwater Owner" contains Armstrong Center for Energy & the Environment Policy Analyst Leigh Thompson's testimony on House Bill 4112 before the Texas Legislature Natural Resources Committee of the House of Representatives.
April 15, 2015
Energy & Environment
Federal government continues to limit energy production in Texas
The Obama Administration rolled out the latest threat to the U.S. energy boom in the form of a methane emissions reduction plan.
April 14, 2015
Energy & Environment
Testimony: Express Preemption of Regulation of Oil and Gas Operations
Leigh Thompson's testimony in support of House Bill 40 and Senate Bill 1165 before the Texas Legislature Energy Committee of the House of Representatives.
March 30, 2015
Energy & Environment
Oklahoma quakes are nothing new
Citing a 2011 earthquake with a 5.6 magnitude, the USGS researchers point at fracking as the cause of the largest quake in Oklahoma’s history. What they fail to mention is that the 2011 quake is the largest by .1 – and the next to largest occurred in 1952.
March 20, 2015
Energy & Environment
Fracking and Texas earthquakes
Yes, the number of earthquakes in Texas and globally has increased. Yes, the numbers of fracking wells and wastewater injection wells being used in Texas has increased. Are the two related? Frankly, no one knows and those who say definitely one way or the other are being disingenuous or deceptive.
March 16, 2015
Energy & Environment
EPA targeting oil & gas industry even though emissions down
The EPA estimates that 10% of the total greenhouse gases emitted in 2012 came from methane and that 30% of those emissions were derived from the oil and gas industry. Notably, the second largest contributor to methane emissions is livestock.
February 3, 2015