News & Politics
March 1, 1996
Current Affair
Why electricity is a supercharged political issue. Plus: Who cares about the Democrats running for U.S. Senate?…
Energy
Reporting and commentary on the Texas energy industry and innovations shaping its future
Environment
August 31, 1995
Waterworld
Roberts County landowners are battling to save the Ogallala Aquifer—;and what remains of heir agrarian past.
Business
August 31, 1983
The Big Con
From his early days in Big Spring, Eugene Anderson wasn’t what he seemed; neither was the mysterious element he later claimed turned water into fuel.
Business
June 30, 1983
The Journeyman
Ed Jones rode the oil boom to a white-collar job. It was a short trip.
Business
June 30, 1983
And Yet the Dream Endures
Don’t give up! There’s still money to be made finding oil. Up in Graham the Creswells are striking it rich with the help of Jesus and, er, creekology.
Energy
June 30, 1983
The Gambler
Jack Young was the eighties’ oil boom in the flesh. Unfortunately, he also personifies the aftermath of the bust.
Business
February 1, 1981
Old Oil: The Ranger Revival
Ranger was the most romantic field in the early oil boom. Now a major company is risking its future to prove that romance still lives.
Energy
December 1, 1978
So You Want to Be Chairman of Exxon?
How the world’s largest corporation decides who will make it too the top—and who won’t.
Energy
April 1, 1976
Did You Hear The One About The Farmer’s Daughter?
A strip-mining company made her an offer she couldn’t refuse.
Energy
May 31, 1975
The Deadly Smell of Success
A new method of oil recovery means more energy, more wealth, and . . . death.
News & Politics
January 1, 1975
The Best Show in Town
Here’s the plot for the legislature’s 140-day run, opening soon.
Energy
January 1, 1975
A Place in the Sun
Can Texas still make it as a nation? Can Dolph Briscoe make it as a sheik?…
