Amanda Drane is an energy reporter for the Houston Chronicle.
Legislators respond to The Examination and Houston Chronicle investigation of oil companies leaking hydrogen sulfide near families and schools.
Hydrogen sulfide, or H2S, is a poisonous gas that saturates the Permian Basin of West Texas and other oil-production regions. Here's how leaks happen and why they can be dangerous.
Tens of thousands of people live close to oil and gas wells where they risk exposure to hazardous levels of hydrogen sulfide. Regulators do little to protect them.
