This story was produced in partnership with the Pulitzer Center. It is part two in a four-part series. Read part one here.

Douglas McIntyre, Editor-in-Chief at Climate Crisis 24/7, reports on the increasing fatalities in Texas’s oil industry as ...

The Trump administration has expended a lot of energy into sparking the idea that there is a looming energy crisis in the U.S ...

The Railroad Commission of Texas issued a total of 665 original drilling permits in February 2025. The total includes 563 to drill new oil or gas wells, 11 to re-enter plugged wellbores, 16 field ...

The Permian Basin has long been at the heart of America’s energy industry, fueling economic growth with its vast reserves of oil and gas. But as drilling ...

Drilling activity posted its first decline in six weeks during the first week of March. Oilfield services firm Baker Hughes ...

This story was produced in partnership with the Pulitzer Center. It is part one of a four-part series. Jose Gonzalez* wore no mask, despite the toxic chemicals he worked with in the oil field.

A table showing January 2025 Texas oil and gas new drilling permits and completions by RRC district, which was included in the statement and comprised 12 districts, showed that Midland had the ...

It's a new sight: the longest conveyer belt in America.

Drilling for oil and gas ... They’re an important piece of a rare duneland ecosystem, he said. Other people in Texas oil country, however, see them as a nuisance—as only an impediment to ...

Elliott Reporting from Midland, Texas, and Weld County, Colo. President Trump’s promise during last year’s election to make it far easier to drill for oil and gas thrilled energy executives ...

AUSTIN The Railroad Commission of Texas issued a total of 665 original drilling permits in February 2025. The total includes 563 to drill new oil or gas wells, 11 to re-enter plugged wellbores ...