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oil and gas

Embattled Texas Oilfield Waste Company Fined After Worker’s Death

A 26-year-old employee at McBride Operating in Waskom was killed when a valve blew off a pump last year. Another worker had sued the company two years earlier after being injured on the job.

by Martha Pskowski

Keep Reading

‘Drill Baby Drill’: Arlington Approves New Site for Fracking Near Daycare and Schools

by Dylan Baddour

A Legal Fight over Legacy Oil Industry Pollution Heats Up in West Texas

by Martha Pskowski

Gulf Coast Petrochemical Buildout Draws Billions in Tax Breaks For Polluters

by Dylan Baddour

July 2016 book report pipeline Jul 15, 2016

Hiking the Keystone XL Pipeline and Hoping for Dialogue

'Trespassing Across America' grapples with the damage inflicted on the planet by tar sands oil.

by Naveena Sadasivam

Ken Paxton Jul 14, 2016

Continuing Texas GOP Tradition of Defending Big Industry, Paxton Claims an Exxon-eration

Republican attorneys general stood up for Big Tobacco and lead paint manufacturers; now, Ken Paxton's sticking up for an oil and gas giant.

by Naveena Sadasivam

Oil spill on the lower Trinity River Jun 23, 2016

Senator Rodríguez Demands Answers on Flood-Related Oil Spills

by Naveena Sadasivam

Jun 15, 2016

App Lets Texans Find Out How Close They Live to Polluters

Searchable tool places 2.3 million Texans within a half mile of potentially hazardous oil and gas operations.

by Naveena Sadasivam

June 2016 feature May 31, 2016

Company Town

How big business turned a Gulf Coast beach town into an industrial zone.

by Naveena Sadasivam

Big Bend -- Pete Gallego and Will Hurd district May 10, 2016

Dozens Caught in Land Rights Fight Over Trans-Pecos Pipeline

by Naveena Sadasivam

State of Texas April 2016: Bottom of the Barrel, about oil prices and production Apr 05, 2016

State of Texas: Bottom of the Barrel

by Naveena Sadasivam

lon burnam Mar 02, 2016

Lon Burnam Missed the Railroad Runoff. What Happened?

The former Fort Worth Democrat had major newspaper endorsements, environmental groups’ support and outspent his opponents, only to lose by double-digits.

by Naveena Sadasivam

May 22, 2015

Q&A with Dawn Paley, Author of Drug War Capitalism

In new her book, Paley breaks from a tired narrative to connect U.S. policy, free trade and the devastating war on drugs in Colombia and Mexico.

by Melissa del Bosque

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