The Bullock Texas State History Museum unveiled last week a newly renovated and expanded “Texas Oil and Gas” exhibit, where visitors are invited to learn about cutting-edge innovation, economic impact, and the environmental evolution of the state’s most storied industry over the past 100 years. The new exhibit was made possible with the support of Texas oil and natural gas companies and the Texas Oil & Gas Association (TXOGA). The unveiling of the renovated exhibit coincided with TXOGA’s Centennial Celebration.
“Innovation, perseverance and grit are the hallmarks of being a Texan. Perhaps no one better personifies ‘Texas’ than the fearless oil wildcatters who set out to change the world more than 100 years ago,” said Todd Staples, president of TXOGA. “I am so proud to see their legacy on display at the Bullock Texas State History Museum and encourage everyone to learn more about how Texas know-how, innovation and hard work have catapulted the United States to become the world’s undisputed energy leader.”
“This expanded gallery makes it possible for the Museum to highlight more of the early and contemporary stories of oil and natural gas in Texas than ever before,” said Margaret Koch, director of the Bullock Texas State History Museum. “It’s more interactive and richer in artifacts and personal stories, emphasizing the importance of the industry to Texas’s impact across the world. We’re very excited to bring this experience to our visitors, and are grateful to TXOGA and the numerous companies and archives that provided the access and resources to make it possible.”
Dedicated sections of the exhibit include Economic Booms and Busts, Process to Product, Environmental Impact, and Innovation. Visitors will see a working pumpjack and an immersive flyover of offshore oil rigs, view video interviews of industry employees, operate a Christmas tree to control the flow of oil, learn about the evolution of drill bit and imagining technology, understand the anatomy of a pipeline, and much more in the 1500-square foot exhibit. To learn more, visit https://www.thestoryoftexas.com/visit/exhibits/texas-oil-and-gas.
The 2019 Washington Nationals should be remembered for their resiliency. Every time they seemed down, like they dug themselves in too big of a hole, that there were no more comebacks to be made, they somehow found a way. On the way they retrained a fan base that had so often expected heartbreak in October to dream again, to remember what it feels like to believe.
The season nearly slipped away in May, but these Nationals refused to allow it. They trailed in all five elimination games this month, yet they found a way to win them all. In a way, that made Game 7 of the World Series on Wednesday night seem like a microcosm for the season — the Nats’ offense looked lifeless as they trailed into the seventh inning, until all of a sudden they found life. So maybe it had to be this way for a team that made a habit of taking the hard way out. And now for the first time in franchise history, they can call themselves champions.
The Nationals won the World Series on Wednesday night, knocking off the favored Houston Astros, 6-2, in the decisive Game 7 to win their first championship. They did it by overcoming a 3-2 series deficit to become the first team in MLB history to win all four games on the road to clinch a series.
“Everything that we’ve been through over this past month, you can’t describe a better team than what we have,” Max Scherzer said. “The moments that we all shared. It wasn’t just one guy, it wasn’t just one moment, everybody had a moment. Everybody stepped up.”
The Nats arrived in D.C. in 2005 and revived baseball in a city that had been without it for three decades. They transformed from also-rans into perennial postseason contenders, but their failures in October only offered a tease of what it would be like if they ever reached the pinnacle of the sport. It all made the moment that much sweeter.
That much sweeter for the thousands of fans in Houston who filled the lower-level seats near the visiting dugout after the game, celebrating the team as they filed into the dugout to celebrate. More than 1,400 miles away, fans packed into Nationals Park for a watch party and worked themselves into a frenzy on the final out.
“There’s no better place than this right now,” manager Dave Martinez said.
Remember that this Nationals team wasn’t even supposed to be here, rebounding from such a disappointing start that would have crumpled many teams. The details of that comeback have been cited repeatedly this month, but they’re worth revisiting. After falling to 19-31 on May 23, Washington ripped off the best 80-game stretch in club history. On the way to 93 wins, the Nats secured the top National League Wild Card slot, earning their spot in October on a different path than any previous Nationals team and then traveling farther down that road than any who came before them.
That road included five potential elimination games and three winner-take-all contests. The Nats trailed the Brewers by two runs in the eighth inning of the NL Wild Card Game, staring down Josh Hader and just six outs away from an early offseason, but they survived. They trailed 2-1 in the NL Division Series against the heavily favored Dodgers, but they responded to win the next two games, including a Game 5 in Los Angeles where they trailed, once again, by two runs in the eighth inning with Clayton Kershaw on the mound. That stretch began one of the most blissful runs for any team in MLB postseason history, eight consecutive victories to knock off the Dodgers, steamroll past the Cardinals in the NL Championship Series and capture the first two games of the World Series in Houston.
And then once again the Nationals found themselves with their backs against the wall, down 3-2 in the World Series against the juggernaut Astros and needing to win Games 6 and 7 on the road. But they were not interested in becoming a footnote to the making of a dynasty.
“We stunk,” right fielder Adam Eaton said, thinking back to the start of the season. “But for us, it’s like you fail early, you come together as a group, you struggle as a group to be able to succeed later. You learn from the mistakes. … All of a sudden we start to accelerate and then when our backs are against the wall, it’s like, ‘Well, we’ve done this before.’ We stunk in April and May and everyone counted us out. We’re used to this, this is nothing new.”
To win this championship, the Nationals were carried by their stars.
Scherzer and Stephen Strasburg pitched in 10 games this postseason and the Nats won all 10 of them. Seven years after a shutdown, Strasburg rewrote his own postseason legacy and was named the World Series Most Valuable Player. Two days after Scherzer needed help dressing himself, he gutted through five innings of two-run ball without his best stuff in Game 7. Patrick Corbin, the third member of this dominant rotation trio, spent most of the month pitching out of the bullpen, helping to turn the team’s weakest link into a strength. Aníbal Sánchez might have had the best start all month, just missing out on a no-hitter in Game 1 of the NLCS.
That model built around starting pitching was crafted by general manager Mike Rizzo, who saw the 2001 Arizona Diamondbacks ride the arms of Curt Schilling and Randy Johnson to a title and believed in the value of a rotation ,ever since.
“We have a really good process of how we do things and I would say that we have been a really good team since 2012,” Rizzo said. “It’s time we’ve gotten to the top of the mountain and I just feel happy about it.”
And then there was Juan Soto introducing himself to a national audience as a star before his 21st birthday, shuffling and smiling and bat dropping and putting on a performance well beyond his years. Anthony Rendon remained calm and collected even in the biggest moments, and his homer Wednesday night helped ignite the offense, just like he did in Game 5 of the NLDS. Or Howie Kendrick, who tore his Achilles tendon and missed most of last season, delivering two of the biggest home runs in Nationals postseason history, a grand slam in extra innings to beat the Dodgers in Game 5 and a go-ahead two-run homer off the foul pole in right field in the seventh inning Wednesday.
They rallied behind their manager Martinez, who missed a series in September to receive a cardiac catheterization and had to lay off caffeine during this postseason run, even if that didn’t mean taking it easy on umpires.
“It’s not a mystery that we just kept fighting to the end and now look at us, we’re raising the trophy and we’re world champs,” catcher Kurt Suzuki said. “It feels like we had to come back in every game that we won, especially the elimination games. It just says a lot about this team and the character.”
And remember these Nationals for how much fun they had along the way.
How they smashed cabbages on the clubhouse floor after victories — a tradition that began on national cabbage day, they’ll say, as if that makes it more normal. They had a full-on dance party in the dugout to celebrate home runs, where everyone got involved, even the normally stoic Strasburg. They gave awkward hugs and wore colored glasses in the dugout. They got a stadium full of people to clap their hands in unison along to “Baby Shark.”
Their clubhouse champagne celebrations — five in the past month now — included lightsabers and football helmets, random whistles, corn on the cob and bottles of tequila. Scherzer, so giddy for most of the night he could not control himself, smiled when dared to match the Washington Capitals’ celebration after winning the Stanley Cup.
When the Nationals were down earlier in what looked like might become a lost season, black T-shirts were draped over every chair in the clubhouse with red letters that read “Stay in the Fight.” Fast forward to Wednesday night: As the Nats stood on the field at Minute Maid Park for the World Series trophy presentation, they were handed out new T-shirts that read: Fight. Finished.
The Astros, who led the Majors with a club-record 107 wins, are poised to take home some hardware after four players — third baseman Alex Bregman, pitchers Gerrit Cole and Justin Verlander and designated hitter Yordan Alvarez — were named finalists for Baseball Writers’ Association of America awards.
Bregman joins the Angels’ Mike Trout and the Athletics’ Marcus Semien as finalists for the American League MVP Award. Alvarez is the favorite for the AL Rookie of the Year Award, joining Rays infielder Brandon Lowe and Orioles pitcher John Means as finalists. Verlander and Cole are finalists for the AL Cy Young Award with the Rays’ Charlie Morton, who was their teammate in Houston in 2018.
“I’m proud of these guys,” Astros manager AJ Hinch said. “We’re going to expect to have at least a couple of victories in the voting. It will probably be a photo finish in the MVP. Just an incredible group of guys being recognized for the individual things they’ve done, and they deserve it. I’ll be pulling hard for them.”
Bregman, who hit .296, led all AL players in WAR (8.4) and walks (119), ranked second in on-base percentage (.423), third in slugging percentage (.592) and OPS (1.015), tied for third in homers (41), was fourth in runs (122) and fifth in RBIs (112). Bregman also started 59 games at shortstop in addition to his 91 starts at third base.
“He’s certainly made a case for it, and especially after Trout got hurt, he put up pretty amazing numbers,” Astros president of baseball operations and general manager Jeff Luhnow said. “We’ll see what happens, but he’s certainly going to get a lot of consideration.”
Cole went 20-5 and led the AL in ERA (2.50), strikeouts (326) and K’s per nine innings (13.8, a Major League record) while throwing 212 1/3 innings. He finished the season on a 16-game winning streak, including a Major League-record nine consecutive double-digit strikeout games. Cole was the fourth player in Major League history to have at least 21 double-digit strikeout games.
Verlander, who is seeking his second Cy Young, went 21-6 and led the Majors in wins, opponents’ batting average (.172), innings pitched (223) and WHIP (0.80) while ranking second behind Cole in the AL with a 2.58 ERA. He reached 300 strikeouts for the first time in his career while throwing his third career no-hitter in a season in which he reached 3,000 career strikeouts.
“It’s going to be a close finish,” Luhnow said. “I don’t know who’s going to win it, but I’m pretty sure it’s going to be someone who played for us this year. I’m just holding my breath and anticipating like everybody else. They both deserve it. Maybe they’ll be co-[winners]. That will be nice.”
Alvarez made his debut June 9 and hit .313 with 27 homers and 78 RBIs in 87 games. He led MLB rookies in on-base percentage (.412), slugging percentage (.655) and OPS (1.067), which was the highest by a rookie since Shoeless Joe Jackson (1.058) in 1911. His 78 RBIs ranked as the seventh-highest total through a player’s first 87 games.
“He should get recognition for what he did, but mostly I’m just excited he’s going to be back next year hitting the ball hard for our team,” Luhnow said.
The AL Rookie of the Year will be announced next Monday, the Cy Young winner will be revealed Nov. 13 and the MVP on Nov. 14 – all on MLB Network.
The Houston Dynamo have named U.S. Men’s National Team legend and National Soccer Hall of Famer Tab Ramos as head coach, the club announced today.
Ramos, 53, joins the Dynamo after serving as the head coach of the United States Under-20 National Team since 2011 and as the U.S. Soccer Youth Technical Director since 2013. During that time, he led the U-20s to the FIFA U-20 World Cup in 2013, 2015, 2017 and 2019 and three consecutive quarterfinal appearances. He was also Assistant Coach to Jurgen Klinsmann including the 2014 FIFA World Cup in Brazil where the U.S. team advanced to the Round of 16.
Regionally, Ramos led the United States to two consecutive titles at the Concacaf U-20 Championships, including the country’s first Concacaf U-20 title in 2017 with a win over Honduras in the final. Ramos followed that up by repeating as champion in 2018 with a 2-0 defeat of arch-rival Mexico in the final.
“I’m excited to join the Houston Dynamo organization and I’m looking forward to the challenge of leading this group of players,” Ramos said. “This is a club that has winning in its DNA, a club with a clear vision for the future centered around development and a team-first mentality, and Houston is a city that has tremendous untapped potential as a soccer market, both on and off the field. This is a fantastic opportunity, and I can’t wait to get started.”
Ramos was one of the greatest and most decorated players in American soccer history. Playing in a variety of roles in the midfield, the Uruguay native earned 81 caps with the U.S. Men’s National Team and represented the United States in the 1990, 1994 and 1998 FIFA World Cups, the 1995 Copa América and the 1988 Seoul Olympics.
Ramos was inducted in the National Soccer Hall of Fame in 2005. He was named U.S. Soccer Athlete of the Year in 1990 and was the Concacaf Player of the Year in 1994 after leading the United States to the knockout stages of the World Cup for the first time since 1950.
“I am incredibly excited that we were able to bring a coach with Tab’s résumé and background in to lead our team,” said Dynamo controlling owner Gabriel Brener. “He has a deep understanding of the needs, wants, goals and challenges that our players face, having been an elite player himself; and he has a deep understanding of how to develop young players from his tenure with the Under-20 national team. Most importantly, we believe he will be a great fit within the club culture that we are working to create on and off the pitch.”
After retiring in 2002, Ramos began his coaching career at the grassroots level and has steadily worked his way up the coaching ladder. In 2004 he founded the youth club NJSA 04 in his home state of New Jersey, building it into one of the strongest clubs in the Garden State. He joined the U-20 National Team as an assistant on Thomas Rongen’s staff in 2009.
While serving as the U-20 National Team head coach, Ramos mentored numerous future professionals and national team stars such as Christian Pulisic, Weston McKennie, Tyler Adams, Paul Arriola, Kellyn Acosta and Matt Miazga, among others. That background of teaching and coaching young players aligns with the culture of development that the Dynamo have created under Senior Vice President and General Manager Matt Jordan’s leadership.
“We are very pleased to welcome Tab to the Houston Dynamo. He brings a wealth of coaching experience to our club, having led the U.S. U-20 National Team program to unprecedented success over the last eight years,” Jordan said. “As we went through the search process, we were impressed with how his approach to the game aligned with our club’s goals and objectives. We are confident that his experience, coaching philosophy, and ability to teach and relate to players make him the right coach to lead our team moving forward.”
On the pitch, Ramos was a trailblazer among American soccer players. He was the first player signed to a contract by Major League Soccer on January 3, 1995 as the then-fledgling league began building toward its launch in 1996. He went on to make 121 appearances for the New York/New Jersey MetroStars from 1996-2002 and was a three-time MLS All-Star.
Prior to joining MLS, Ramos was one of the first Americans to play in Europe, helping to open the door for scores of talented domestic players who have followed in his footsteps. All told, he played more than 270 matches as a professional in Spain, Mexico and the United States.
Ramos spent five seasons in Spain, playing for Figueres in the Spanish Second Division from 1990-92 before transferring to Real Betis in 1992. He helped Betis earn promotion to La Liga in the 1993-94 campaign. After signing with MLS in January 1995, he joined LigaMX powerhouse Tigres U.A.N.L. on loan for their 1995-96 campaign. He was the first American to play for Tigres and helped the club capture its first championship in 20 years when they won the 1996 Copa Mexico.
After a stellar collegiate career at North Carolina State in which he was a three-time All-American and four-time All-ACC selection, Ramos began his pro career with the New Jersey Eagles of the American Soccer League in 1988 and played briefly for the Miami Sharks in 1989 before making the move overseas.
Born in Uruguay, Ramos moved with his parents to Harrison, New Jersey at the age of 11 and later to Kearny, New Jersey. He became a naturalized United States citizen in 1982 and earned his Bachelor’s in Foreign Language and Literature from NC State in 2001. He is fluent in English and Spanish.
Ramos becomes the fourth full-time head coach in club history, following Dominic Kinnear (2006-14), Owen Coyle (2015-16) and Wilmer Cabrera (2017-19). Ramos will assume his duties beginning on Tuesday, Oct. 29 and will be introduced to the Houston-area media shortly thereafter.
Octubre fue el primer mes en al menos 18 años que Estados Unidos no admite a ningún refugiado. Y esto está íntimamente relacionado a la gestión del presidente Donald Trump.
El pasado martes, el Departamento de Estado notificó notificó a las agencias de reasentimiento de refugiados que posponía por tercera vez los vuelos con inmigrantes a los que el gobierno ya había aceptado la protección. Estos retrasos han dejado completamente paralizado el programa de reasentimiento y los refugiados han quedado en un limbo en algunas de las partes más peligrosas del mundo. Muchos de ellos son menores de edad que ya se han enfrentado a un duro proceso de escrutinio.
La llegada de refugiados queda generalmente detenida la primera semana de octubre mientras las instituciones federales, internacionales y gubernamentales hacen los ajustes para implementar un nuevo plan para las admisiones en Estados Unidos. El presidente suele firmar la orden oficial de este plan en septiembre, al final de cada año fiscal.
“Nunca hemos visto una moratoria tan larga como esta“, dijo Krish O’Mara Vignarajah. Vignarajah es presidenta y CEO de los servicios luteranos para inmigrantes refugiados, una de las agencias más grandes del país enfocada en esta materia.
“De acuerdo a la ley, no se puede admitir a ningún refugiado en ningún año fiscal hasta que el presidente firme la Decisión Presidencial sobre Admisiones de Refugiados”, dijo a principios de semana un vocero del Departamento de Estado a Yahoo News. “Ahora hemos extendido [la firma del permiso del presidente] hasta el 5 de noviembre”, explicó.
Sin embargo, de acuerdo con este medio, el pasado viernes 1 de noviembre, Trump aún no había firmado dicha resolución para el año fiscal 2020 que comenzó a principios de octubre.
Es la primera vez, desde que en 2001 el Departamento de Estado empezara a registrar las llegada de refugiados, que en octubre no se admite la entrada de ninguno a EEUU. Incluso aquel año, después de los atentados terroristas del 11 de septiembre, llegaron al país ocho refugiados entre octubre y noviembre.
La nueva cara del género urbano y el ganador del Latin AMA al Nuevo Artista del Año, LUNAY, acaba de estrenar su nuevo videoclip “La Cama” x Myke Towers. Para verlo ahora haga clic AQUÍ.
El video de “La Cama” fue filmado en Los Angeles, California por el director Fernando Lugo. La canción ha acumulado millones de streamings y el video del audio de la canción tiene 17 millones de visualizaciones desde que se estrenó hace sólo dos semanas.
“La Cama” se desprende del álbum debut de LUNAY titulado ÉPICO, el cual ya está disponible en todas las plataformas de música digital.
Producido por los renombrados y multi-premiados Chris Jeday y Gaby Music junto a Nino (Nino Karlo Segarra) y Dulce Como Candy (Jorge Cedeño), entre los singles que ya son hits (como “Soltera”, “A Solas”, “Fin de Semana”) y sus canciones inéditas, ÉPICO tiene colaboraciones con Daddy Yankee, Ozuna, Wisin y Yandel, Bad Bunny, Anuel AA, Myke Towers y Darell. ÉPICO es un lanzamiento de la discográfica independiente Star Island, distribuido por Ingrooves.
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El cantante juvenil originario de Puerto Rico, Jefnier Osorio, mejor conocido como LUNAY; desde los 15 años posee talento no solo como artista sino también como deportista. Antes de que la música llegara a su vida Lunay estaba enfocado en el fútbol y conforme pasó el tiempo descubrió su pasión por este arte. Comenzó haciendo “freestyle” en redes sociales y fue así que logró llamar la atención de los productores multi-platino: Chris Jeday y Gaby Music, quiénes actualmente son sus managers y mentores.
Con tan sólo 18 años, LUNAY logró el #1 en el listado Latin Airplay de Billboard con su sencillo “Soltera” que se mantuvo en la primera posición por dos semanas. Este año ha ganado el Latin American Music Award al Nuevo Artista del Año y el Premio Juventud “On the Rise”. Apple Music lo escogió como su artista “Up Next” convirtiéndolo en solamente el segundo artista latino en ser elegido para esta campaña y documental de la empresa que reconoce talentos sobresalientes en la industria.
A principios de este mes cantó en el programa estadounidense Jimmy Kimmel Live de la cadena ABC.
Noche histórica para la superestrella global Becky G! En la misma noche lanzó su álbum debut Mala Santa, recibió el Premio Evolución Extraordinaria por lograr un éxito meteórico en la
industria de la música a tan temprana edad; y por segundo año consecutivo, el Premio a la Artista Favorita Femenina en los Latin American Music Awards, que fueron transmitidos en vivo por Telemundo desde el Dolby Theatre.
La joven de veintidós años originaria de Inglewood, California, caminó por la alfombra roja por primera vez con toda su familia y pronunció un discurso de corazón agradeciendo a sus padres, hermanos, equipo directivo y fanáticos. Dedicó su premio Evolución Extraordinaria a sus abuelos que emigraron a éste país de México para luchar por un mejor futuro para sus familias.
Becky G se presentó dos veces durante el show, primero cantó un increíble “Medley”, lleno de baile, con sus éxitos desde “Shower” y “Mayores” hasta “Sin Pijama” y su nuevo álbum titulado Mala Santa; y más tarde durante la transmisión regresó al escenario para presentar su más reciente sencillo “DOLLAR” junto a Myke Towers.
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La joven cantante, compositora y actriz Becky G nació para estar en tarima y su carrera multifacética promete convertirla en una figura icónica. Los logros de la estrella de veintidós años de edad incluyen dos éxitos #1 en el listado Latin Airplay de Billboard (“Mayores” y “Sin Pijama”), un papel protagónico en “Power Rangers” y de estrella invitada en la serie ganadora del premio Emmy, “Empire”.
Ha ganado dos Latin American Music Awards 2018 por Artista Femenina Favorita y por Canción Urbana Favorita (por “Mayores”) y fue galardonada con el premio Diamond Play Button de parte de YouTube por haber sobrepasado 10 millones de suscriptores en la plataforma digital. Becky G ha participado en giras junto a Katy Perry, Demi Lovato, J Balvin y Jason Derulo y ha grabado colaboraciones con Pitbull, Daddy Yankee, Maluma, Bad Bunny, ZAYN, Natti Natasha, Anitta y CNCO, entre otros.
Esta noche Becky será honrada con el premio Evolución Extraordinaria en los Latin American Music Awards por el éxito fenomenal que ha logrado a su joven edad.
At a conference hosted by County Attorney Vince Ryan last week, experts described the environmental challenges facing Harris County when storms like Hurricane Harvey strike the Texas coast, the home of hundreds of chemical companies and oil refineries.
The symposium titled “Environmental Disasters in Harris County,” held on Oct. 10 featured scientists, lawyers, and other experts who discussed what government and industry were doing and could do to prevent the loss to life and property from flooding and severe weather events.
“Our office is willing to take the lead in protecting our community with respect to the environment,” said County Attorney Ryan. “This symposium was a great effort to keep all parties focused, engaged, and up-to-date with the latest information and efforts by our office and other agencies.”
Attorney Charles Irvine, lead counsel in a lawsuit against the Army Corps of Engineers, for flood damage to hundreds of homes located upstream of the Barker and Addicks Reservoirs in west Harris County, said the Corps knew that torrential rain storms regularly occurred in Harris County and that the areas upstream from the dams would flood. He described the devastating impact of flooding to homeowners.
Jim Blackburn, Co-Director of the SSPEED Center, Rice University, showed the catastrophic impact of a Hurricane Ike-type storm moving up the Ship Channel. He said it would be one of the worst environmental disasters ever to occur in the United States, jeopardizing over 200 chemical plants, shutting down refining capacity for six to 12 months, and placing the lives of 800,000 people at risk. He called for the construction of the Galveston Bay Park, a series of islands extending from Houston Point down the ship channel to Texas City, to provide protection from storm surge.
Arturo Blanco, Director, Office of Communities, Tribes and Environmental Assessment, EPA Region 6, shared the EPA’s environmental justice outreach and emergency response initiatives. Rodrigo Cantú, Environmental Justice Team, Lone Star Legal Aid, discussed protecting communities from environmental hazards – especially low-income, marginalized communities. Randy Palachek, Senior Technical Expert, and Kirk Dean, Ph.D., Principal Scientists, Parsons, discussed dioxin contamination at the San Jacinto River Waste Pits.
Other presenters included Dr. Latrice Babin, Interim Director of Harris County Pollution Control Services, Anne Hutson, Assistant District Attorney, and Bethany Dwyer, Assistant County Attorney.
The symposium is part of the County Attorney’s continued environmental protection efforts. Last week, County Attorney Ryan swore-in environmental attorney Clarissa Kay Bauer as an assistant county attorney to help with environmental cases against several large corporations, including ITC, KMCO, Valero and ExxonMobil.
“We can only effect the change necessary to protect our environment if we work together,” said County Attorney Ryan. “We had a great turnout today, and we will continue to work with all interested agencies and organizations to keep the focus on our environment.”
Governor Greg Abbott today delivered remarks at the grand re-opening of BP’s main building at its Westlake Campus in Houston, which was damaged by flooding from Hurricane Harvey in August 2017. The Governor spoke of the strong and resilient partnership between BP and the state of Texas, and discussed Texas’ continued efforts to cultivate an innovative and prosperous energy sector.
“The re-opening of BP’s campus is illustrative of the Houston community’s resilience following Hurricane Harvey, and it is more proof that Texas continues to come back stronger than ever before,” said Governor Abbott. “BP’s presence in Houston is vital to this community, and to Texas’ role as the national leader in energy production. I am grateful to BP for their continued investment, and for their work to foster an even stronger partnership with the Lone Star State.”
BPengages in the development, production, and exploration of oil and natural gas. Their U.S. headquarters is located in Houston. The Houston area represents BP’s largest employee base anywhere in the world. BP’s operations in Texas include oil and gas exploration and production, research and technology development, natural gas power and natural gas liquids trading, petrochemical production, wind power generation, and shipping.
Governor Greg Abbott today delivered remarks at the groundbreaking of the new Uber Hub in Dallas. The Governor thanked Uber for their investment in Texas and highlighted the growth of technological innovation by companies in the state. Governor Abbott was joined by Uber CEO Dara Khosrowshahi and Dallas Mayor Eric Johnson for the event.
“Through the investments made by companies like Uber, Texas continues to flourish as a hub of innovation, technological advancement, and economic prosperity,” said Governor Abbott. “I am proud to welcome Uber to Dallas and I am grateful for the vital role they are playing in the Texas success story. Together, we will continue to keep our economy the strongest in the nation, and ensure a prosperous future for the city of Dallas and the entire state of Texas.”
This new location will serve as a general and administrative hub for Uber Technologies, Inc, and will generate 3,000 new jobs and over $75 million in capital investment. A Texas Enterprise Fund (TEF) grant of $24,000,000 was extended to Uber in August 2019.
