Texas Railroad Commissioner Jim Wright led the agency’s efforts to reform oilfield waste rules. Oil billionaires are now backing Bo French to unseat him.
America's beloved national parks and public lands face conservation rollbacks and sell-offs as the Trump administration pushes for fossil fuel and timber extraction.
Recent satellite monitoring revealed that actual emissions from the West Texas and southeast New Mexico basin are four times higher than official estimates.
Oklahoma took on an ambitious project to catalog all of the state’s injection wells, which shoot toxic waste generated by oil drilling back into the ground. Despite records showing risk of drinking water pollution, the state chose not to act.
The state concluded there is “no current cause for concern.” Experts worried about the long-term impacts of fracking waste say more research is required.
