Clark Smith, one of five members of the commission, stepped down Friday as lawmakers have raised questions about the role of ...

Electricity congestion creates big problems when demand rises. This crowding costs Texans $2 billion per year in charges.

The state is aggressively pushing to deploy the next generation of atomic energy that would power big industrial operations.

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Two strong earthquakes hit the Permian Basin, the largest U.S. oilfield, this week, shaking the Texas oil industry and ...

Pipeline failures, and inability of the RRC restrictions to stop M5 earthquakes, are troubling as earthquakes up to M6 might ...

An arctic blast has enveloped Texas, plunging temperatures well below freezing in many regions of the state. Despite the ...

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Oilmen against limits on oil production attacked a state representative at the Stephen F. Austin hotel in 1933. The attack ...

Scientists launch a new research center to study what they say is now a leading disease risk factor: corporations.

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The earthquake struck an area where the Texas Railroad Commission has worked to curb wastewater injection -- a practice it ...