The three-member board oversees Texas’ oil and gas industry. It has faced criticism over concerns linked to fracking, well blowouts and groundwater protection.
Republican Christi Craddick cruised to reelection, defeating three challengers to keep her seat on the state agency that regulates Texas’ oil and gas industry — one of the biggest fossil fuel industries in the world. Craddick’s reelection comes as the commission struggles to keep up with the growing number of wells bursting with oil field wastewater infused with toxic chemicals.
Oil and gas production releases greenhouse gases into the air, which contribute to climate change. Recent geysers and pipeline fires gave this year’s Railroad Commission race a new prominence. Texas has more than 9,000 orphan wells, which can sometimes leak or burst and emit toxic chemicals that can contaminate soil and groundwater. New wells are continually added to the list. Last month in Toyah, a well gushed out toxic water dozens of feet into the air for 19 days.
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