Commentary: University Lands should commit to end flaring
Luke Metzger, For the Express-News
May 8, 2021
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Apache Corp., one of the largest oil producers in the Permian Basin, says it plans to eliminate all routine onshore flaring in the U.S. by the end of the year. Texas is considering legislation that would direct the UT System to eliminate routine methane flaring on its land by 2025.Spencer Platt /TNS
Last month, BP announced its plans to end routine flaring by 2025. Flaring, the practice of burning unwanted gas in the oilfields, is dirty and the damage it causes to the planet has given Texas’ reputation a black eye.
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California and Texas Took Different Routes to Vaccination. Who’s Ahead?
Vaccine hesitancy instead appears high among Republicans, particularly white evangelicals, according to several polls.
California has trumpeted its reliance on science and policies it says are aimed at improving social equity.
Texas state officials have emphasized individual rights and protecting the economy, often ignoring public health warnings but encouraging vaccination while calling it a personal choice.
Susan Valadez looks at a Texas Department of State Health Services advertisement encouraging people to get the COVID-19 vaccine before she enters a Walmart in Fort Worth on April 30, 2021. Credit: Shelby Tauber for The Texas Tribune
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At its peak, the mass COVID-19 vaccination site at the Kelly Reeves Athletic Complex in Williamson County was administering about 4,000 doses per day.
Now it’s half that.
County health officials will close the North Austin drive-thru hub in mid-May, shifting the responsibility to a growing number of doctors, pharmacies, public health offices and other smaller providers who have closer relationships with and easier access to the county’s estimated 200,000 eligible residents who haven’t yet gotten vaccinated.
/ Susan Valadez looks at a Texas Department of State Health Services advertisement encouraging people to get the COVID-19 vaccine before she enters a Walmart in Fort Worth on April 30, 2021.
At its peak, the mass COVID-19 vaccination site at the Kelly Reeves Athletic Complex in Williamson County was administering about 4,000 doses per day.
Now it’s half that.
County health officials will close the North Austin drive-thru hub in mid-May, shifting the responsibility to a growing number of doctors, pharmacies, public health offices and other smaller providers who have closer relationships with and easier access to the county’s estimated 200,000 eligible residents who haven’t yet gotten vaccinated.