Two environmental groups asked the federal government on Tuesday to list the dunes sagebrush lizard as threatened or endangered.
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Texas regulator says “misunderstanding” is making millennials shun oilfield jobs
Texas Railroad Commissioner Wayne Christian told House lawmakers on Wednesday that the biggest threat to a burgeoning oil boom is “the acceptance of the politically-correct-driven environmental anti-oil and gas science.”
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Texas is making billions from oil and gas drilling, but counties say rural roads are being destroyed
Damage from heavy trucks has battered local roads in and around the state’s oil fields, and many counties want the state to help pay for repairs and maintenance. Will lawmakers take action?
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This Texas school that inspired “Friday Night Lights” is overcrowded amid oil boom. One class has 63 kids.
Record enrollment is putting a strain on the already low-performing Ector County Independent School District. In Odessa, school administrators and teachers are parents are asking: Where are we going to put all of these kids?
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Reports: Trump considers Rick Perry for Veterans Administration post
The current energy secretary and former Texas governor’s name is being floated as Trump mulls another major shakeup in his cabinet.
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At Houston energy conference, Texas is the focus of American oil optimism as the last bust fades
The Permian Basin in West Texas is the driving force behind what some key energy players say is a coming milestone: The United States passing Russia as the world’s top oil producer.
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Will Texans see sky-high electric bills this summer? Grid operator sends dire warning
A day after the state’s main electric grid operator warned that a variety of factors including record high demand could lead to pricier and dicier electric service, experts added a grain of salt to the predictions.
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Audit: Company behind Texas “clean coal” project used federal funds for liquor, limousines and lobbying
The U.S. Department of Energy’s inspector general says that a now-bankrupt company behind a defunct West Texas “clean coal” power plant spent more than $1.3 million in federal stimulus funds on things like spa service, alcohol, first-class travel and limousine services.
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Amarillo-area nuclear weapons plant affected by cost overruns for federal program
Millions of dollars in promised savings at the Pantex Plant in the Panhandle and another nuclear weapons facility in Tennessee haven’t appeared. But the federal government has still awarded a contractor extra profits.
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White House to withdraw controversial nominee to head Council on Environmental Quality
Kathleen Hartnett White, who once headed the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality, may no longer be in line to serve as a top White House environmental official.