1.2 Million Oil Wells Are Buried Underneath Texas. Do You Live on Top of a Dangerous One?
Our state's homes are built above a hundred years of drilling by an industry that was never made to clean up after itself.
Fracking
The Lite Guv and the Frack Master
Chris Faulkner brings his brand of bravado and lots of cash to the Texas Capitol. So, what's he really after?
The Holdouts
Three families who took a pass on the fracking boom — and what it cost them
Pit Stop
Nordheim inherits the waste, and few of the profits, from the South Texas oil boom.
On the Fracking Ban-Wagon in Denton
The North Texas town will soon decide whether to become the first city in Texas to ban fracking.
Crossing the Line
When the Keystone XL pipeline came through Lori Collins’ farm in Paris, Texas, she welcomed it—until her house flooded with sewage.