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Signs point to the entrance of the San Miguel Electric Cooperative power plant and the San Miguel Lignite Mine on April 29, 2019.

Ignoring Water Worries, Texas Permits Lignite Mine Expansion

The state has issued only two new coal mining permits in 10 years to a company with a controversial environmental legacy.

by Dylan Baddour

The Texas Railroad Commission Is A ‘Captive Agency’

The Environmental Protection Agency Wants to Repeal its Methane Emissions Limits

After Eight-Year Battle Over Reforming the Railroad Commission, Oil and Gas Industry Wins

by Naveena Sadasivam

A fracking operation in the Eagle Ford Shale region.

Will the Railroad Commission Ever Be Accurately Named?

by Naveena Sadasivam

Hospitals, nursing homes and schools in Texas in close proximity to fracking operations put children at particular risk, say environmental groups.

Enviros to Texas Lawmakers: What About the Fracking Kids?

Louis XIV

WTF Friday: Mind Playing Tricks On Me

by Christopher Hooks

An oil field south of Odessa, TX.

House Committee Pledges to do Very Little About ‘Frackquakes’

by Christopher Hooks

Anti-Federal Sentiment Dominates Discussion of Texas Oil and Gas Industry

by Beth Cortez-Neavel