September 2024 NEWS

Life Forms Homes, started by son of Woodlands founder George Mitchell, still popular with resellers

When he began building his first set of homes — three years after his father founded the township in 1974 — Scott Mitchell wanted to cater to people looking to raise their children, custom-built to the homeowner. To Scott Mitchell, building a neighborhood means so much more to... Read More >

Geothermal energy could outperform nuclear power: Tricks from the oil industry have produced a hot-rocks breakthrough

GEOTHERMAL ENERGY may be approaching its Mitchell moment. George Mitchell, a scrappy independent oilman, is known as the father of fracking. Nearly three decades ago, he defied Big Oil and the conventional wisdom of his industry by making practical the hitherto uneconomic technique of pumping... Read More >