Right or Wrong

June 4th the Fort Worth Star-Telegram daily newspaper had an article that said,

"State environmental officials say that an SMU researcher was correct: Gas drilling in the Barnett Shale contributes about as much air pollution to the Dallas-Fort Worth area as car and truck traffic".

Today the same newspaper has an article that says the state believes that the Al Armendariz study is flawed. How quickly they forget.

"As debate continues about how much gas drilling contributes to air pollution in North Texas, state regulators want to make sure it’s clear that they disagree with a study that concluded that drilling creates about as much pollution as car and truck traffic.
The study by SMU professor Al Armendariz used data from the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality’s inventory of air pollution. Commission officials say that although his numbers might be correct, Armendariz took them out of context, and they think his conclusions are flawed.
"I don’t know that we agree nor disagree with the numbers," agency spokeswoman Andrea Morrow said. "We certainly don’t agree with the conclusions."

Say what? First he's right, then he's wrong. His numbers are correct but they don't know if they agree with them or not. Who are these people???

Is this about face due to the fact the state is taking heat over saying Al is right but they aren't going to do anything?

Or is it once again, all about the money?

Thank goodness for people like Al and Wendy Davis, she was quoted in the article as well,
"State Sen. Wendy Davis, a frequent critic of the commission, said it is ignoring the fact that a lot of Barnett Shale gas production is taking place inside Fort Worth. She said the agency might be hurting the effort to fix the Metroplex’s ozone problem.
"For TCEQ to respond that they are simply going to ignore those numbers when we are in a nonattainment area — doing everything we can do to get into attainment — it’s absurd," Davis said."