Texas Flares 12,000 Permits, 75 Residents Stay Unsure
Hakim Dermish moved to Catarina, TX in 2002 for a no-electricity, no-sewer 'rural budget lifestyle' and ended up near 12,000 flaring permits from 2021-2024 approved by the Texas Railroad Commissionâwhere rejection is basically a fire drill rumor. Despite 280 flares in his Dimmit County 'hamlet' of 75 souls, state reps boast 'significant progress' while fields smell like 'burnt rotten eggs' via toxic hydrogen sulfide. The Railroad Commissionâs 99.6% permit approval rate makes you wonder if those plugs have GPS set to 'rubber stamp.' Meanwhile, President Trumpâs admin took Earth Day bows claiming cleaner energy while Texans literally inhale the opposite.
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Texas approves 12,000 flaring permits with a 99.6% thumbs-up rate, so residents basically live under a methane campfire. Toxic eggs-scented air included free! Whoâs ready to inhale the 'clean energy' Trump bragged about on Earth Day?
Why reject 53 permits when rubber stamping 11,947 feels just right? Texas is setting new records for flaring and ignoring pesky smells in its 'progress' playbook.
75 Catarina residents vs. 280 flares: spoiler alert, the flares light up the night and the air smells like an evil deli special called 'Hydrogen Sulfide Surprise.'
Source: Propublica | Published: 9/3/2025 | Author: by Martha Pskowski, Inside Climate News, and Mark Olalde, ProPublica
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