On September 14th and 15th, Commission Shift’s Julie Range and Virginia Palacios delivered testimony on several topics to the House Energy Resources Committee.
Policy manager Julie Range spoke about the importance of safeguarding our communities from pollution as a result of produced water.
View a full PDF of Julie’s testimony here.
Executive director Virginia Palacios also spoke about the inadequacies in SB 1150, the newly passed legislation meant to address the orphaned well crisis in Texas.
View a full PDF of Virginia’s testimony here.
Virginia delivered testimony about the importance of making sure that carbon capture use and storage technology protects the safety of the public, not just companies and the oil and gas industry.
View a full PDF of Virginia’s testimony here.
Virginia spoke about the Railroad Commission’s new public input policy and how the September open meeting quickly grew hostile when Virginia asked for increased opportunity for public input.
View a full PDF of Virginia’s testimony here.
Julie shed light on the underreported P-13 well phenomenon and how the Railroad Commission needs to take responsibility for this increasing threat to our groundwater.
