How Green Billionaire Tom Steyer’s Policies Would Destroy the Texas Economy
Steve Everley | Omar Garcia | Texans for Natural Gas | July 19, 2018
This week, San Francisco billionaire and activist Tom Steyer held a town hall in San Antonio, part of his extreme campaign to impeach President Trump. But Steyer is better known for another fringe effort: he has spent millions of dollars bankrolling the “Keep it in the Ground” movement to ban oil and natural gas production.
As founder of NextGen Climate, Steyer launched a crusade against affordable energy, trying (unsuccessfully) to implement bans on fracking and indeed all fossil fuels.
Read moreThe Permian Basin – By the Numbers
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Texas is known for oil and natural gas, and thanks to the Permian Basin in West Texas, the Lone Star State isn’t just the top U.S. producer of these resources, but one of the top producers in the world. Just how big is the most prolific shale play?
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Gov. Greg Abbott: Corpus Christi Helps Texas Rank No. 1 for Business by CNBC
Texas Governor Greg Abbott | Corpus Christi Caller Times | July 10, 2018
The future looks bright in our coastal communities. While businesses are still recovering from Hurricane Harvey, tourists are returning, retail sales are trending up and real estate sales are rebounding. A recent survey shows that business conditions are improving and business leaders are optimistic.
Read moreTexas is CNBC's Top State for Business in America This Year
Scott Cohn | CNBC | July 10, 2018
Riding the rising tide of energy prices—and the job growth that goes with it—Texas claims the top spot in CNBC’s 2018 America’s Top States for Business rankings.
Read moreWhy is a ‘Local’ Texas Activist Group Raising Money for DC Environmentalists?
Texans for Natural Gas | July 11, 2018
A Texas activist group under scrutiny for its connections to out-of-state environmental interests is now asking its supporters to donate to a D.C.-based organization known as the Environmental Integrity Project (EIP). Portland Citizens United, the Texas group fundraising for EIP, is trying to stop construction of what would be the world’s largest ethane cracker north of Corpus Christi.
Read moreMethane Emissions from Venting and Flaring Are Lower than Previously Thought
Texans for Natural Gas | July 9, 2018
In its waning months, the Obama administration finalized controversial regulations on methane emissions from oil and gas production on federal lands. But a review of federal data by Texans for Natural Gas reveals how the Obama administration may have relied on inflated estimates of methane emission levels to justify its rule-making.
Read moreThanks to Natural Gas, US CO2 Emissions Lowest Since 1985
Jude Clemente | RealClearEnergy | July 6, 2018
At 80 billion cubic feet per day (Bcf/d), the U.S. just hit another record for dry natural gas production, a 46 percent increase since 2008 when the “shale gas revolution” started. The economic and energy security advantages are well known, but what has gotten less attention is how huge the environmental benefits of producing and using more natural gas have been.
Read moreThe Texas Well That Started a Revolution
Russell Gold | Wall Street Journal | June 29, 2018
DISH, Texas—Twenty years ago this month, a well was drilled here that changed the world.
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