Lack of a state floodplain policy enabled oil companies to build in parts of Texas hit by an epic inundation less than 30 years ago.

Texas leads the United States in oil and gas production, including producing 43% of the nation’s crude oil and 27% of its ...

Harris promised early on in her initial 2019 bid for the presidency to ban the practice if she were elected, and has since recanted that position. Tuesday’s debate moderators questioned the switch. “I ...

We in the Western Hemisphere have been trained to think of earthquakes as a West Coast thing, or at least a not-Texas thing. The United States Geological Survey (USGS) produces National Seismic Hazard ...

MIDLAND — On any given day, energy companies across the vast Permian Basin in West Texas inject millions of gallons of water into the dry brown earth, breaking up layers of rock on the hunt for crude ...

Sign up for the daily CJR newsletter. AUSTIN — Earlier this month, the residents of Denton, Texas–located on one of the country’s largest natural gas reserves ...

CARRIZO SPRINGS — In this South Texas stretch of mesquite trees and cactus, where the land is sometimes too dry to grow crops, the local aquifer is being strained in the search for oil. The reason is ...

ARLINGTON, Texas — Community leader and activist Ranjana Bhandari shared her concerns about a proposal for more fracking in East Arlington. “The pollution from fracking, the fumes, the noise, the ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Texas Agriculture Commissioner Sid Miller in his office with Texas flag in background. The state’s two main sources of water — ...

When it comes to hydrofracking, it’s the fracturing that gets a lot of the attention, but in fact it’s the hydro part of that is particularly troublesome. Even if fears over the contamination of ...

Lack of a state floodplain policy in Texas enabled oil companies to build in areas hit by an epic inundation less than 30 ...

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