CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas — Today elected officials and energy industry leaders from across the state met at the Emerald Beach Hotel for their annual “State of Energy” luncheon.
Panelists discussed everything from oil and natural gas production to innovations in water conservation and renewable energy sources like nuclear and geothermal. There was also lots of talk about the responsibility local industry has to help alleviate the coastal bend’s water crisis.
Texas General Land Office Commissioner Dawn Buckingham was at today’s event and explained how desalination and reusing water when drilling for fossil fuels could become key ways to reduce our water shortage…