“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 ...

In June, the Railroad Commission of Texas asked Paxton to challenge the endangerment status. The commission regulates the state’s oil and gas industry. The organization argues the endangerment status ...