Oil, Water, and Drones: Practicing Energy & Environmental Law in Texas
Richmond Law alum Andrew Jacobs joins the Journal of Law and Technology podcast to talk about practicing energy and environmental law in Austin, Texas. He covers permitting fights before the Railroad Commission, the EPA, and the TCEQ, plus Texas’s unusual water and mineral rights rules, where one person can own the surface while another owns everything underneath. He also explains how drones and helicopters with methane sensors have changed enforcement, and why new energy technology is outpacing the regulators who have to permit it.