Posted on · On Monday's show: Student loan forgiveness hangs in limbo as court challenges play out. We discuss newly proposed rules for methane emissions. And we talk with Joy Harjo, the first Native American U.S. Poet Laureate.
Posted on · Oil and gas operations make up the largest industrial source of methane emissions in the U.S. — and much of those emissions come from Texas, the country’s top oil and gas producer.
Posted on · On Friday's Houston Matters: Videos from a chemical plant in West Texas shed new light on methane emissions. We break down The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly of the week's news. And British composer Howard Goodall presents the world premiere of his new Christmas Cantata.
Posted on · Water wells with high levels of methane can be at risk of exploding, but researchers who looked at the issue in the Dallas-Fort Worth area say fracking isn't to blame.
Posted on · The agency wants to ease rules on monitoring and fixing oilfield methane leaks
Posted on · The company says it will only allow .2 percent of methane released in its gas operations to escape into the atmosphere
Posted on · Industry representatives suggest it's a way to show companies can police themselves
Posted on · The industry says the rules, as written, aren't feasible to implement.
Posted on · The Obama Administration estimates implementing the rule would cost industry up to $420 million, but that lower health care costs and other savings would more than compensate.
Posted on · A new research project is finding a down-side to all the "clean" natural gas being produced in in Texas.
Posted on · Among the more intriguing results in Tuesdayâs election was the approval by voters in Denton of a ban on fracking. The north Texas city is the first in Texas to approve such a ban. The Texas Oil and Gas Association has already asked for an injunction to stop the measure from being enforced. Attorney Tom […]