Abandoned Oil Well Spreads Toxic Fumes, Dread Across San Antonio Subdivision
As new neighborhoods are built in Texas, residents don’t always know they are living on top of old oilfields.
oil and gas
Texas Has a Water Shortage and a Water Glut. They’re the Same Problem.
Every day the Permian Basin brings up more water than nearby communities use, and treats most of it as waste. The state can no longer afford to do so.
Brownsville bajo la influencia
Los registros revelan cómo los intereses especiales del GNL han moldeado las decisiones de los líderes municipales y del condado para ignorar las preocupaciones de la comunidad de Laguna Madre respecto a la expansión de los combustibles fósiles.
The Gas Peddle
Records show how LNG special interests have shaped city and county leaders’ decisions to ignore Laguna Madre community concerns about a fossil fuel build-out.
Climate Activists Confront Iran War Profiteering at Big Oil Confab in Houston
Meanwhile, the U.S. energy secretary tries to soothe an anxious American oil industry, urging them to ramp up production amid shock to global markets.
Man v. Nature
Trump appointees to federal appellate courts are ripping environmental protections to shreds—especially in the ultraconservative 5th Circuit, new analysis shows.
How Radioactive Oil and Gas Waste Could Lie Beneath a North Texas Elementary School
A massive Dallas-Fort Worth subdivision and a school have risen atop layers of oil and gas drilling waste. One worker who helped spread the material is speaking out.
Get the newsletter
Mirando hacia el futuro: Los combustibles fósiles en el Valle del Río Grande
Mientras el sur de Texas se prepara para su primera instalación de exportación de gas, comunidades alrededor de la costa del golfo ofrecen relatos de advertencia.
Peering Into the Rio Grande Valley’s Fossil Fuel Future
As deep South Texas prepares for its first gas export facility, communities along the Gulf Coast offer cautionary tales.
Pitted Against Waste
East Texans are uniting to fight oil waste pits in bucolic areas near the Louisiana line—all run by an operator who’s been cited for dozens of violations, and a worker’s death.