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The legislative package was inspired by the state’s largest wildfire in history. The Smokehouse Creek fire scorched more than ...

The EPA has scheduled a July 24 hearing on Texas' efforts to receive primacy over Class VI CO2 injection wells ...

This time, Houston-based Blackbuck Resources must immediately stop operating its disposal well in Culberson County, in an area where the Texas Railroad Commission banned the practice in December 2023.

Image by FreezeFrames via iStock The Railroad Commission (RRC) of Texas has issued new regulations ... will be introduced for saltwater disposal well (SWD) permit applications in the area.

FILE – Oil well workers prepare to plug an orphaned ... the only party left to deal with them is the Texas Railroad Commission, the state agency that oversees the oil and gas industry.

California’s controversial rail project is about to lose federal funding, but powerful Democrats are doubling down on their ...