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Texas Currents - Fall 2016
Texas Breaks Promise to Track Oilfield Waste
A Clean Water Action report recently revealed that the Texas Railroad Commission (RRC) has failed to protect groundwater from injection of oilfield wastewater, as it promised to do in 1982, as federal law requires. The RRC regulates most oil and gas operations in Texas. Texas has more than 55,000 injection wells for oilfield waste.
Wastewater from drilling contains a toxic mix of chemicals used to extract fossil fuels, especially in fracking. To dispose of this waste, federal law allows it to be injected into the ground, often into an aquifer — but
Texas Aquifer Exemptions
The Railroad Commission of Texas has failed to implement Safe Drinking Water Act protections and allowed injection activity into underground sources of drinking water — removing them from future supplies at a time of rapid population growth and recurrent drought.
Texas Currents - Spring 2016
In this issue: Bureau of Land Management Bails on Leases for Fracking; Let the Sun Shine on the Texas Railroad Commission; What on Earth is Happening With Our Groundwater?; Don’t Mess With Onion Creek!; Austin Makes Once-a-Week Lawn Watering Permanent.
Texas Currents Fall 2015
In this issue: Not enough conservation in the North Texas Water Plan, Austin goes big on solar, Big Coal make a big investment in solar, and more.
Texas Currents - Summer 2015
In this issue: The Legislature stops cities from regulating fracking, state legislators cave to polluters, Georgetown proves 100% clean energy is a reality, and more.