/tags/fracking Fracking en-US Copyright KUT News 2025 Mon, 21 Nov 2022 19:56:54 GMT /energy-environment/2022-11-21/texas-oil-and-gas-agency-investigating-5-4-magnitude-quake-largest-in-three-decades The quake was the third largest in Texas history, according to the U.S. Geological Survey. An increase in seismic activity in Texas has been linked to injecting fracking wastewater underground. Mon, 21 Nov 2022 19:56:54 GMT /energy-environment/2022-11-21/texas-oil-and-gas-agency-investigating-5-4-magnitude-quake-largest-in-three-decades Erin Douglas, The Texas Tribune, and Dylan Baddour, Inside Climate News /energy-environment/2019-12-12/new-government-earthquake-hazard-map-excludes-data-on-manmade-quakes Earthquake activity has skyrocketed in Texas over the last dozen years because of increased oil and gas activity. But those manmade quakes are not� Thu, 12 Dec 2019 20:32:48 GMT /energy-environment/2019-12-12/new-government-earthquake-hazard-map-excludes-data-on-manmade-quakes Mose Buchele /energy-environment/2019-05-02/environmental-groups-call-bill-to-treat-oil-wastewater-corporate-welfare On its face, you might think a bill to treat wastewater from oil and gas operations would get the support of environmental groups. But you'd be wrong.To� Thu, 02 May 2019 22:37:19 GMT /energy-environment/2019-05-02/environmental-groups-call-bill-to-treat-oil-wastewater-corporate-welfare Mose Buchele /energy-environment/2019-02-04/hill-country-town-picks-up-pieces-after-sand-plants-head-west Texas� oil and gas industry is seeing a boom � thanks in large part to the relatively new oil-drilling method called fracking. Late last year, Texas oil� Mon, 04 Feb 2019 12:01:00 GMT /energy-environment/2019-02-04/hill-country-town-picks-up-pieces-after-sand-plants-head-west Jimmy Maas /texas/2018-06-25/midland-has-struck-a-new-deal-with-pioneer-natural-resources-to-improve-its-water-infrastructure From Texas Standard.The Permian Basin is in another oil boom. Output is reaching record highs and it’s expected to grow even more. But one issue facing� Mon, 25 Jun 2018 18:34:55 GMT /texas/2018-06-25/midland-has-struck-a-new-deal-with-pioneer-natural-resources-to-improve-its-water-infrastructure Kevin Wheeler /texas/2018-05-11/in-west-texas-fracking-companies-face-a-tough-challenger-the-dunes-sagebrush-lizard From Texas Standard.Out in the sand dunes of west Texas, a tiny lizard has been wrapped up in a big controversy for years. The four-inch long dunes� Fri, 11 May 2018 17:01:06 GMT /texas/2018-05-11/in-west-texas-fracking-companies-face-a-tough-challenger-the-dunes-sagebrush-lizard Natalie Krebs /energy-environment/2017-11-28/study-shows-how-oil-and-gas-activity-re-awaken-long-dead-texas-fault-lines Over the last 10 years, Texas has experienced a massive upsurge in earthquakes linked to oil and gas activity. Now, research is showing how that activity� Tue, 28 Nov 2017 23:32:31 GMT /energy-environment/2017-11-28/study-shows-how-oil-and-gas-activity-re-awaken-long-dead-texas-fault-lines Mose Buchele /energy-environment/2017-10-18/new-website-lets-you-monitor-earthquakes-in-texas A major earthquake-monitoring network is up and running across Texas.Thanks to an interactive website hosted by TexNet, you can now see where quakes are� Wed, 18 Oct 2017 10:01:00 GMT /energy-environment/2017-10-18/new-website-lets-you-monitor-earthquakes-in-texas Mose Buchele /energy-environment/2016-12-13/epa-fracking-can-harm-drinking-water From the Texas Tribune: The controversial oil and gas extraction technique known as hydraulic fracturing can contaminate drinking water under certain� Wed, 14 Dec 2016 02:44:53 GMT /energy-environment/2016-12-13/epa-fracking-can-harm-drinking-water Kiah Collier /energy-environment/2016-09-23/scientists-use-satellites-to-show-how-oil-and-gas-activity-causes-texas-quakes Over the last several years, scientists, including those at the U.S. Geological Survey and the Environmental Protection Agency, have linked an increase in� Fri, 23 Sep 2016 14:23:26 GMT /energy-environment/2016-09-23/scientists-use-satellites-to-show-how-oil-and-gas-activity-causes-texas-quakes Mose Buchele