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Commission Shift is working to reform oil and gas oversight in Texas.
Commission Shift focuses on holding the Railroad Commission of Texas accountable in a shifting energy landscape, since -- despite its name -- the Railroad Commission oversees the oil and gas industry.
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With people across our state dealing with the impacts of the oil and gas industry, Commission Shift will bring together Texans to spur changes at the Railroad Commission to improve the agency’s function, transparency, and accountability.
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We value the dedicated staff at the Railroad Commission and look forward to engaging with them thoughtfully to address our state’s needs.
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The leaders of Commission Shift bring decades of experience as researchers and Texas landowners. Financial support for Commission Shift comes from a broad range of institutional and individual donors who are aligned with the mission.
Rancher Schuyler Wight spoke to the Railroad Commission about the threat posed by produced water leaking onto his property and urged the commission to take the issue seriously.
Here’s why we stir up stink: the Railroad Commission continues to antagonize members of the public like Kaiba White with Public Citizen Texas just for pointing out their own violations of their decorum policy.
Keep the pressure on the Railroad Commission: https://secure.everyaction.com/tkZnf7St7kaQuUv8MUrSQw2
10/07/2026
🥣 We're stirring up stink alright! 🥣
After today's open meeting of the Railroad Commission, a coalition of public health and environmental advocates and community members gathered to stress the importance of listening to Texans, reminding officials that respectful public input is a key part of their duty and should not be dismissed as optional or a nuisance.
Let's keep the pressure on — click here to send a letter to the Legislature urging the RRC to keep open meetings open: https://secure.everyaction.com/tkZnf7St7kaQuUv8MUrSQw2
The Railroad Commission, our state oil and gas agency, just took away our only guaranteed opportunity to speak directly to commissioners. Got questions? We’re here to help — but we have questions too.
Let’s keep the pressure on and continue to hold our elected officials accountable.
10/05/2026
🚨Last day to register to vote in Texas!🚨
Be sure to register to vote and vote down-ballot for the often-overlooked positions that have a deceptively large impact on our daily lives. One of the commissioners of the Railroad Commission of Texas, our state oil and gas agency which has nothing to do with railroads, will be elected in just a month. This election is a crucial part of safeguarding our state — over 120,000 inactive and orphaned oil and gas wells pose a direct threat to our groundwater and our atmosphere.
Check your registration and fill out a printable, mailable registration form at votetexas.gov.
10/02/2026
The next open meeting of the Railroad Commission, our state oil and gas agency, is this Tuesday, October 6th.
Inactive wells pose a huge risk to Texans, and thanks to the Texas Legislature’s passage of SB 1150 last year, the Railroad Commission has new tools to address these wells. Agenda item 477 will finally begin the rulemaking to implement SB 1150. Twenty-three companies with over 600 inactive wells cited at their hearing appear to be out of compliance with Rule 15 inactive well requirements.
We'll also be following an agenda item related to proposed amendments to Class VI injection well oversight.
RSVP for open meeting reminders at bit.ly/RRCOpenMeetingRSVP.
10/02/2026
At the last meeting of the House Energy Resources Committee, Commission Shift's Julie Range 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.
Read Julie's full testimony: https://commissionshift.org/news/testimony-to-the-house-energy-resources-committee-september-2026/
Who’s making the bed for the oil and gas industry?
IInstead of asking the Legislafure for more staff inspectors and funding to enforce a new law that will require active operators to plug their oldest inactive wells, the RRC asked the legislature for 10x more money to plug emergency wells.
10/01/2026
Public Hearing on Agency's proposed Repeal of Greenhouse Gas (GHG) Standards for Fossil Fuel-fired Electric Generating Units (EGUs) Public Hearing on Agency's proposed Repeal of Greenhouse Gas (GHG) Standards for Fossil Fuel-fired Electric Generating Units (EGUs).
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