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 ...

Fracked wells in West Texas don't just produce petroleum. Much more than anything else, they spit up salty, mucky water. Typically, companies have discarded that fluid, hundreds of millions of gallons ...

Harris promised early on in her initial 2019 bid for the presidency to ban the practice if she were elected, and has since recanted that position. Tuesday’s debate moderators questioned the switch. “I ...

The state’s two main sources of water — groundwater in aquifers and surface water such as lakes, rivers and reservoirs — are susceptible to depletion from climate change. To combat the state’s looming ...

Sign up for the daily CJR newsletter. AUSTIN — Earlier this month, the residents of Denton, Texas–located on one of the country’s largest natural gas reserves ...

CARRIZO SPRINGS — In this South Texas stretch of mesquite trees and cactus, where the land is sometimes too dry to grow crops, the local aquifer is being strained in the search for oil. The reason is ...

AUSTIN (CBSDFW.COM/AP) - A University of Texas study says there's no direct link between groundwater contamination and a controversial process to extract oil and gas known as fracking. UT's Energy ...

RENO, Texas -- A Texas hamlet shaken by its first recorded earthquake last year and hundreds since then is among communities now taking steps to challenge the oil and gas industry's traditional ...

Fracked wells in West Texas don’t just produce petroleum. Much more than anything else, they spit up salty, mucky water. Typically, companies have discarded that fluid, hundreds of millions of gallons ...

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This article is part of Running Out, an occasional series about Texas’ water crisis. Read more stories about the threats facing Texas’ water supply here. MIDLAND On any given day, energy companies ...