Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. About a dozen anti-fracking activists held up signs in the back of the room during the Aug. 12 Ohio Oil and Gas Land Management ...

JOHNSON COUNTY, Texas — For Texas farmers and ranchers, clean land and water aren’t luxuries — they’re lifelines. But a new state law has farmers and environmental advocates raising serious concerns.

CARRIZO SPRINGS — In this South Texas stretch of mesquite trees and cactus, where the land is sometimes too dry to grow crops, the local aquifer is being strained in the search for oil. The reason is ...