“Any oil and gas companies and landowners have already been working to protect the 4% of the Permian Basin that is impacted,” ...

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton filed a federal lawsuit in Midland over the listing of the dunes sagebrush lizard as ...

FILE - A flare burns off methane and other hydrocarbons as oil pumpjacks operate in the Permian Basin in Midland, Texas, Oct. 12, 2021. (AP Photo/David Goldman, File)(David Goldman / AP) Texas ...

The lawsuit claims federal regulators have undermined the Texas oil and gas industry by misusing environmental law, negatively impacting drilling and production. Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton ...

Typically about 2.5 inches long, the lizards are found in the Permian Basin, which is an epicenter of oil and gas production in the U.S. However, Paxton argues that this classification is improper ...

"The Biden-Harris Administration's unlawful misuse of environmental law is a backdoor attempt to undermine Texas's oil and gas industries which help keep the lights on for America," Paxton said.