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5 Things Texas: 2021 Economic outlook, Vaccine rollout, Access to care DJ Wilson | Feb 1, 2021
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When we build our agendas for our annual conferences, we wait until as late as possible to get started. Then, we ask our Convening Panel, sponsors and readers this question: What are you spending your mental energy on? We then ask our network to tell us who has the best story to tell about the topics we heard about. This makes our agenda as practical and as actionable as possible.
So, with our 2021 Texas State of Reform Virtual Health Policy Conference coming up later this week, it’s no surprise that the topics we’re watching this month in Texas health care are also topics teed up on our agenda on Thursday, as you’ll see below.
Thousands Of Laid-Off Oil Workers Struggle To Start Again
With one of the highest unemployment rates in the nation, hovering around 7 percent, laid-off oil workers are struggling to find their footing in new jobs. Oil prices are down because fewer people are flying or commuting, which has driven down production. There were similar downturns in the 1980s and in 2015, and the state has steadily become less reliant on oil and gas.
Daniel Autin worked as a slickline operations manager at TETRA Technologies, where he decommissioned old oil rigs, for many years.
“I thought I had a job for the rest of my life,” he said.
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As part of a sweeping slate of climate policies announced Wednesday, the Biden Administration has banned all new oil leases on federal lands and water. Advocates are celebrating the move to curtail carbon emissions, while industry advocates in Louisiana worry it could decimate an already-struggling industry.
Biden’s executive order directs the Secretary of the Interior to stop issuing new oil and gas leases on federal waters and lands and prioritizes the preservation of public lands. He reiterated that the administration does not plan to ban fracking.
Tyler Gray, president of the Louisiana Mid-Continent Oil & Gas Association (LMOGA), warned in a press release that limiting energy production on federal lands and waters threatens the state economy.
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