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Barry Smitherman

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Name: Barry Smitherman

First reported May 16 2013 - Updated May 16 2013 - 1 reports

Texas Department of Transportation

URESTI: Still time in session to help county roads

AUSTIN, Texas -Now that House and Senate budget writers have tentatively agreed to fund $2 billion for water projects — a top legislative priority — they must spend the precious little time remaining in the session to address another big ticket item: ... [Published KSAT 12 - May 16 2013]

Entities: Barry Smitherman, Taxes, Texas Department of Transportation, Permian Basin

First reported May 15 2013 - Updated May 15 2013 - 1 reports

FULL COMMITTEE FORUM: Shale Development: Best Practices and Environmental Concerns

Anadarko – Clay Bretches, Vice President, Exploration and Production Services and MineralsBaker Hughes – Alan Crain, Senior Vice President/Chief Legal and Governance OfficerEnvironmental Defense Fund – Mark Brownstein, Associate Vice President & Chief ... [Published U.S. Senate Energy Committee - May 15 2013]

Entities: Best Practices, Environment, Marc Edwards, Barry Smitherman, Charles Davidson

First reported May 11 2013 - Updated May 11 2013 - 1 reports

Shale boom has major impact on Texas' budget

The impact of the recent boom in shale drilling is hard to miss in some remote Texas towns, where hotels and home builders scramble to keep up with the influx of oil and gas workers.But the most significant effect from the boom may be seen in the state's ... [Published MySanAntonio - May 11 2013]

Entities: Taxes, Barry Smitherman, Oil Production

First reported May 09 2013 - Updated May 09 2013 - 1 reports

Many shales still to be explored

SWEETWATER — About a year ago, talk began circulating in this West Texas town about a huge oil-producing formation called the Cline Shale, east of the traditional drilling areas around Midland.Then the oilmen and their rigs arrived. Now homes and hotels ... [Published MySanAntonio - May 09 2013]

Entities: Permian Basin, Oil Production, Barry Smitherman

First reported May 07 2013 - Updated May 07 2013 - 1 reports

Sierra Club

Can Oil Save Us?

Texas and California have been competing for years as U.S. growth models, and one of the less discussed comparisons is on energy. The Golden State has long been one of America's big three oil producing states, along with Texas and Alaska, but last year ... [Published U-T San Diego - May 07 2013]

Entities: Barry Smitherman, Sierra Club, Hydraulic Fracturing, Oil Production

First reported Apr 30 2013 - Updated May 01 2013 - 1 reports

Shale boom has major impact on Texas' budget

Kate Galbraith - The Texas TribuneAustin —The impact of the recent boom in shale drilling is hard to miss in some remote Texas towns, where hotels and homebuilders scramble to keep up with the influx of oil and gas workers.But the most significant effect ... [Published KDBC Channel 4 - Apr 30 2013]

Entities: Taxes, Oil Production, Barry Smitherman

First reported Apr 21 2013 - Updated Apr 21 2013 - 1 reports

ASHBY: Somber but busy week at your state capitol

Rep. Trent Ashby (R), District 57 By TRENT ASHBY/The Lufkin News The Lufkin NewsDespite continued productivity, it has been a somber week at your state capitol. The devastating events that took place this week in Boston and in West have weighed heavily ... [Published Lufkin Daily News - Apr 21 2013]

Entities: Houston (Texas, United States), Barry Smitherman, David Porter, House Natural Resources Committee

First reported Apr 12 2013 - Updated Apr 12 2013 - 1 reports

Hanging With Barry Smitherman

Twitter has often been described as a rope by which pubic figures routinely hang themselves. Barry Smitherman, chairman of the Texas Railroad Commission, took that statement a little too literally. He tweeted a picture of a noose with the word “treason”, ... [Published Fwweekly - Apr 12 2013]

Entities: Barry Smitherman, Rick Perry, Treason

First reported Apr 12 2013 - Updated Apr 12 2013 - 5 reports

Railroad Commission Chairman Apologizes for Re-tweeting Noose Image

Chairman of the Railroad Commission, Barry Smitherman, talks with Evan Smith at TribLive on December 13, 2012.Texas Railroad Commission Chairman Barry Smitherman apologized on Friday for weighing in on the gun-control developments in Washington on Thursday ... [Published The Texas Tribune - Apr 12 2013]

Entities: Barry Smitherman, Gun Control, Evan Smith, United States, Tom Coburn

First reported Apr 12 2013 - Updated Apr 12 2013 - 1 reports

Texas Railroad Commissioner Barry Smitherman Posts Awful Tweet

Barry Smitherman, a Perry appointee, is the Chair of the Texas Railroad Commission. Today, Smitherman made his views known on something having nothing to do with his office: Republicans' voting earlier today to move gun control measures to a vote. Smitherman ... [Published Burnt Orange Report - Apr 12 2013]

Entities: Barry Smitherman, Gun Control

First reported Apr 12 2013 - Updated Apr 12 2013 - 1 reports

Perry appointee’s noose tweet sparks outrage

Barry Smitherman, who was appointed by Texas Gov. Rick Perry to chair the state?s powerful oil and gas industry regulator, retweeted a picture of the names of the 13 Republican senators who voted for cloture on a gun bill this week, along with a noose ... [Published Salon - Apr 12 2013]

Entities: Barry Smitherman, Rick Perry, Appointed, Big Brother, Treason

First reported Apr 12 2013 - Updated Apr 12 2013 - 1 reports

Barry Smitherman Retweets Image of Noose, Accompanied by Names of Senators Who Voted To Consider Gun Safety Proposals

RT @psychscriv: Make sure none of these people have seats in 2014. twitter.com/PsychScriv/sta...We are in trouble when these Rs side w/ Sen Reid Barry Smitherman (@SmithermanTX) The U.S. Senate voted only to consider gun safety legislation Thursday, which ... [Published Dallas Observer - Apr 12 2013]

Entities: Barry Smitherman, Ted Cruz, Big Brother, Treason

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Inside Intelligence: About the End Games... [Published The Texas Tribune - 22 hours ago]
URESTI: Still time in session to help county roads [Published KSAT 12 - May 16 2013]
FULL COMMITTEE FORUM: Shale Development: Best P... [Published U.S. Senate Energy Committee - May 15 2013]
Shale boom has major impact on Texas' budget [Published MySanAntonio - May 11 2013]
Wyden, Murkowski Announce Diverse Group of Witn... [Published TradingCharts.com - May 09 2013]
Many shales still to be explored [Published MySanAntonio - May 09 2013]
Eclipsed by Cruz, Perry finds his ambitions ove... [Published Austin American Statesman - May 07 2013]
Can Oil Save Us? [Published U-T San Diego - May 07 2013]
Why The Texas Shale Boom Has Only Just Begun [Published Business Insider - May 02 2013]
Why The Texas Shale Boom Has Only Just Begun [Published Clusterstock - May 02 2013]
Shale boom has major impact on Texas' budget [Published KDBC Channel 4 - Apr 30 2013]
In Texas and nationwide, many areas like Cline ... [Published Lubbock Online - Apr 29 2013]
Drumbeat: April 29, 2013 [Published The Oil Drum - Discussions about Energy and Our ... - Apr 29 2013]
Legislative quick hits [Published Off the Kuff - Apr 25 2013]
ASHBY: Somber but busy week at your state capitol [Published Lufkin Daily News - Apr 21 2013]
Audio: Bill Casts Light on Mental Health Care i... [Published The Texas Tribune - Apr 18 2013]
Audio: Bill Would Stop Lawyers Who Help Countie... [Published The Texas Tribune - Apr 16 2013]
Audio: Teachers' Groups Lobbying House to Nix C... [Published The Texas Tribune - Apr 16 2013]
Agenda Texas: Ethics, Guns and Taxes Lead the Week [Published The Texas Tribune - Apr 15 2013]
Video: Triblive: A Conversation with Two County... [Published The Texas Tribune - Apr 15 2013]
The Playlist: Kumbaya [Published The Texas Tribune - Apr 13 2013]
Atlantic Records Signs The Unlikely Candidates [Published Fwweekly - Apr 13 2013]
Hanging With Barry Smitherman [Published Fwweekly - Apr 12 2013]
Railroad Commission Chairman Apologizes for Re-... [Published The Texas Tribune - Apr 12 2013]
Texas Railroad Commissioner Barry Smitherman Po... [Published Burnt Orange Report - Apr 12 2013]
Of Tweets and Nooses [Published Crooks and Liars - Apr 12 2013]
Texas Railroad Chairman Barry Smitherman Tweets... [Published Opposing Views - Apr 12 2013]
Rick Perry Appointee Tweets A Picture Of A Noos... [Published Think Progress - Apr 12 2013]
Texas GOPer Tweets Image of Noose for Republica... [Published Mojo Feed \| Mother Jones - Apr 12 2013]
Perry appointee’s noose tweet sparks outrage [Published Salon - Apr 12 2013]

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Why The Texas Shale Boom Has Only Just Begun [Published Clusterstock - May 02 2013] SWEETWATER — About a year ago, talk began circulating in this West Texas town about a huge oil-producing formation called the Cline Shale, east of the traditional drilling areas around Midland. Then the oilmen and their rigs arrived. Now homes and ...
Drumbeat: April 29, 2013 [Published The Oil Drum - Discussions about Energy and Our ... - Apr 29 2013] Ready (or Not?) for a Great Coming Shale Boom The Cline Shale, thousands of feet underground in a roughly 10-county swath, is just one of many little-tapped shale formations in Texas and across the nation, geologists say. That means the potential ...
Legislative quick hits [Published Off the Kuff - Apr 25 2013] This is the time of the session where there’s lots happening, and there isn’t always the time or space to stay on top of it all. So here are a few quick updates on things that are happening in an attempt to at least not be too far behind. A bill to ...
Texas Railroad Commissioner Barry Smitherman Po... [Published Burnt Orange Report - Apr 12 2013] Barry Smitherman, a Perry appointee, is the Chair of the Texas Railroad Commission. Today, Smitherman made his views known on something having nothing to do with his office: Republicans' voting earlier today to move gun control measures to a vote. Smitherman ...
Of Tweets and Nooses [Published Crooks and Liars - Apr 12 2013] In 2011, Gov. Rick Perry appointed Barry Smitherman to lead the board that regulates the state’s oil and gas industry, which is called, oddly, the Texas Railroad Commission. Smitherman then ran for the board and was elected in 2012. He, of course, ...