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 ...

Advocates for the reuse of so-called produced water — a group that includes the governor — have been handed a big loss with not much time left in the legislative session. After more than four and a ...

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.

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 ...

“Fracking” is a common name for hydraulic fracturing, which is a process that uses a high-pressure mix of water, chemicals ...

A newly minted bill in the legislative session that would allow the discharge of treated oil and gas wastewater into New ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Hydraulic fracturing to drill for oil and natural gas has not caused widespread harm to drinking water in the United States, the Environmental Protection Agency said Thursday in a ...

Read full article: Breezy Tomorrow with Calm Weather Next Week San Antonio firefighters respond to a fire that spread from a small West Side home on Saturday, Feb. 14, 2026. Read full article: No ...

Hydraulic fracturing to drill for oil and natural gas has not caused widespread harm to drinking water in the United States, the Environmental Protection Agency said Thursday in a report that also ...

Read full article: Father of 9-year-old Arlene Alvarez testifies in emotional first day of trial for accused shooter Tony Earls Jr. Read full article: Large fire significantly damages building housing ...