As of September 7, 2024, Katherine Culbert’s website did not contain information on this issue.

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Believes the Railroad Commission's mission should focus on personal and community safety.

- Believes the Railroad Commission's mission should focus on personal and community safety.

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Ballotpedia, Katherine Culbert

Katherine earned a bachelor's degree in paper science and engineering from the State University of New York College of Environmental Science and Forestry, a master's degree in business administration from University at Albany, and a master's degree in law from Northwestern University.

Katherine is a process safety engineer from Houston with over 20 years of experience in the oil and gas industry.

Katherine Culbert's campaign for railroad commissioner is her first run for public office.

Believes in protecting the environment, holding oil and gas corporations accountable, and increasing transparency at the Texas Railroad Commission.

Supports strict accountability for oil and gas corporations, especially regarding regulatory exceptions. Plans to enforce policies ensuring companies safely plug orphan wells, protecting Texas's groundwater, air quality, and quality of life.

Plans to enforce policies ensuring companies safely plug orphan wells, protecting Texas's groundwater, air quality, and quality of life.

- Believes in protecting the environment, holding oil and gas corporations accountable, and increasing transparency at the Texas Railroad Commission.
- Plans to enforce policies ensuring companies safely plug orphan wells, protecting Texas's groundwater, air quality, and quality of life.

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Believes the Texas Railroad Commission is a "powerful agency" that plays a crucial role in regulating the oil and gas industries.

Believes in the importance of oil and gas for the Texas economy, but also supports holding corporations accountable, enforcing safety standards, and protecting the environment.

As a member of the Commission, focused on energy, particularly overseeing the exploration, production, and environmental safety of oil and natural gas.

Believes the Texas Commission is crucial for both Texas and the global energy market, influencing energy prices, environmental health, and economic stability through its regulatory role in drilling, industry regulations, and natural resource conservation.

Supports strict adherence to safety protocols in oil and gas operations to prevent accidents and environmental damage.

Believes transparency is crucial and plans to "question how decisions are made, especially when it comes to corporate influence and campaign contributions."

Believes transparency is essential and opposes actions driven by corporate donations.

As of September 12, 2024, Katherine Culbert’s website did not contain information on this issue.

Katherine Culbert is a Process Safety Engineer from Houston with over 20 years of experience in the oil and gas industry.

- The railroad commissioner is one of three members of the Texas Railroad Commission, which regulates the oil and natural gas industry, pipeline transporters, liquified petroleum gas, coal and uranium mining, and oversees clean drinking water. Despite its name, the commission no longer regulates railroads.
- Railroad commissioners are elected in statewide partisan elections for six-year, staggered terms, with one seat up for election every two years. The commissioners elect the chairman, and the Governor appoints replacements if a vacancy arises.

One of three commissioners who oversee the oil and gas industry, coal and uranium mining, and clean drinking water. 