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The approximately 60-acre body of water was created by a leak from a former oil well. Now, a local groundwater conservation district is trying to prove the Railroad Commission of Texas has the authority and responsibility to plug it.
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At least $102 million dollars. That’s just an initial estimate of the hit Panhandle ranchers took after an outbreak of wildfires in late February — including the Smokehouse Creek Fire, the largest in state history.
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Reviving streams means addressing the root causes of their decline. A new initiative aims to do just that by restoring the high grasslands where these desert lifelines begin.
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The “ghost prints” of White Sands National Park are among the century's most remarkable archeological discoveries. And new findings strengthen the case that these Chihuahuan Desert footprints are also the oldest evidence of people in the Americas.
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In Far West Texas, hours away from the state’s major cities, there’s a fight brewing over plans for a major natural gas pipeline. The oil-and-gas-rich state already has hundreds of thousands of miles of pipelines, but the industry’s expansion into new rural regions has prompted some pushback.
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For the second time in the last 13 years, the federal government is proposing protections for the dunes sagebrush lizard. Oil and gas companies have long feared this designation could cost the industry millions.