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Democrat running for Texas agency that regulates the energy industry focusing his campaign on furor over power grid failure
BY PATRICK SVITEK NOV. 10, 2021 Sign up for The Brief, our daily newsletter that keeps readers up to speed on the most essential Texas news. A 32-year-old former top staffer for the Texas Democratic Party is running for a spot on the three-person commission regulating the state’s oil and gas industry, hoping to unseat Republican incumbent
Biden’s infrastructure plan will set aside about $35 billion for Texas projects
BY REESE OXNER at The Texas Tribune, NOV. 9, 2021 Sign up for The Brief, our daily newsletter that keeps readers up to speed on the most essential Texas news. The White House estimates that Texas will receive about $35.44 billion over five years for roads, bridges, pipes, ports, broadband access and other projects after federal lawmakers
As world leaders seek to rein in methane, Texas' oil and gas industry pressured to cut emissions
BY ERIN DOUGLAS at The Texas Tribune, NOV. 2, 2021 Sign up for The Brief, our daily newsletter that keeps readers up to speed on the most essential Texas news. The Environmental Protection Agency proposed tighter controls Tuesday on the oil and gas industry’s emissions of methane, one of the most potent greenhouse gases that causes climate
Power companies required to better prepare plants for winter in first phase of rule approved by Texas regulators
BY ERIN DOUGLAS OCT. 21, 20211 PM CENTRAL Sign up for The Brief, our daily newsletter that keeps readers up to speed on the most essential Texas news. Texas utility regulators on Thursday approved a rule requiring power companies to better prepare for winter weather — based on recommendations that were made, but never acted upon, a
