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Midland, Texas, is in the midst of an oil boom. Homes are selling for over $1 million. Real estate prices shot up almost 9 percent in the past year, and…
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The hydraulic fracturing process of extracting oil and natural gas—better known as “fracking”—requires that millions of pounds of sand be pumped down each…
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A professor of Energy Management at Rice University in Houston is warning that Hurricane Harvey may have a bigger effect on the nation’s oil supply that…
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The oil and gas industry has largely been supportive of the Trump administration’s efforts to deregulate energy. But now, as POLITICO reports, some in the…
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From The Texas Tribune:The state's endangered species chief says a plan to protect the dunes sagebrush lizard is facing a "significant threat" from…
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For The Amarillo Globe-News, John Mark Beilue has written a remembrance of a bygone place that still holds a lot of nostalgia for some former…
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Oil rigs in Oklahoma are being taxed through a dual-rate structure that may not be the best method of insuring that oil and gas profits are benefiting the…
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In a new report, the top scientists in Texas have concluded that the hydraulic drilling process known as fracking pollutes the air, erodes soil and…
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The oil market is featured in a New York Times article that highlights the years-long tug-of-war between the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting…
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For decades, the oil and gas industry has been promoting the benefits of fossil fuels in America’s public-school classrooms.As StateImpact Oklahoma…