1.2 Million Oil Wells Are Buried Underneath Texas. Do You Live on Top of a Dangerous One?
Our state's homes are built above a hundred years of drilling by an industry that was never made to clean up after itself.
Saul Elbein
Saul Elbein is the director of Future Heist, a watchdog group focused on oil and gas. As an energy journalist, he's written for the New York Times, National Geographic, and the Hill, but the Texas Observer is his truest home.
Articles by Saul Elbein
Friend in Need
The tragedy of my friend's life and death is that he lived in a society that left him to deal with it alone.
Crossing the Line
When the Keystone XL pipeline came through Lori Collins’ farm in Paris, Texas, she welcomed it—until her house flooded with sewage.
Licensed to Kill
What legal responsibility does a hospital have to keep a dangerous doctor from operating? Under Texas law, none.
Skeptics Gone Wild: Navigating America’s Conspiracy Theory Culture
There’s no longer anything especially irrational about believing that shadowy actors are subverting American democracy.
Anatomy of a Tragedy
Dr. Christopher Duntsch’s patients ended up maimed and dead, but the real tragedy is that the Texas Medical Board couldn’t stop him.