The Republican primary contest has been characterized by twists and turns, accusations of corruption and some light nudity. | MoseBuchele
Sarah Stogner is challenging Wayne Christian for the Republican nomination for a seat on the Railroad Commission.
It was after that experience that Stogner says she understood the scope of the problem facing the Texas oil patch. Thousands of abandoned wells dot the Permian Basin, threatening water supplies, air quality and even the future of the earth’s atmosphere.“They're essentially a captive agency of the industry.” she said.
“I knew if I hadn't done that we weren't going to a runoff,” she said. “No one was getting enough traction, because they didn't have enough money. And I was like, 'We don't need money. We have other assets.'" “Fighting them, I think is probably my preeminent job,” he said in an interview with San Angelo Live. “I need to defend Texas oil and gas.As a commissioner, he decries federal regulation, fights the expansion of renewable energy and opposes efforts to combat climate change, calling it “green environmental extremism catastrophism” in a recent interview.
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