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Embattled Texas Oilfield Waste Company Fined After Worker’s Death

A 26-year-old employee at McBride Operating in Waskom, Texas, 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

The Harrison County Sheriff’s Office documented the scene of a workplace fatality at McBride Operating in Waskom, Texas, on the night of Feb. 6, 2024. Credit: Harrison County Sheriff’s Office
Along Texas' Gulf coast, the oil and gas infrastructure in Corpus Christi. Credit: Sarah L. Voisin/The Washington Post via Getty Images

Corpus Christi Folds on Its Desalination Gamble

By Dylan Baddour

A blackened pipe with a large gout of flame swirling out of the top.

Trump Says America’s Oil Industry Is Cleaner Than Other Countries’. New Data Shows Massive Emissions From Texas Wells

By Martha Pskowski, Inside Climate News, and Mark Olalde, ProPublica

In El Paso, the Rio Grande, with concertina wire and law enforcement along the U.S. side of the border. Credit: Brandon Bell/Getty Images

Settlement Signed in Texas v. New Mexico Rio Grande Case

By Martha Pskowski

Employees walk the floor and supervise machines at the T1 Energy plant near Dallas. Credit: T1 Energy

Despite Everything, US Solar Manufacturing Continues to Power Up

By Dan Gearino, Arcelia Martin

The border wall is seen in the Lower Rio Grande Valley National Wildlife Refuge. Credit: Steve Hillebrand/USFWS

Environmental Laws Waived to Build Border Wall in Texas Wildlife Refuge

By Martha Pskowski

A vendor sells bottled water while shading himself with an umbrella at the exit of the Paso del Norte International Bridge during triple-digit temperatures in El Paso on Aug. 7.

El Paso’s Heat Is Killing in Record Numbers. It May Only Get Worse

Story by Martha Pskowski, photos by Paul Ratje

Manning Rollerson speaks in front of a crowd of demonstrators outside Chubb Insurance’s Midtown Manhattan headquarters in New York City. Credit: Ryan Krugman/Inside Climate News

A Week of Gulf South Solidarity in New York City

By Ryan Krugman

580 EV battery packs are deployed in B2U’s SEPV Cuyama energy storage project in Santa Barbara County, Calif. The system charges from on-site solar and from the grid. Credit: Courtesy of B2U Storage Solutions

Hundreds of Old EV Batteries Have New Jobs in Texas: Stabilizing the Grid

By Arcelia Martin

Texas Division of Emergency Management Chief Nim Kidd (left) has urged the state to improve warning systems. Credit: Jon Shapley/Houston Chronicle via Getty Images

Texas Emergency Management Chief Raises Disaster Communication Concerns With State Lawmakers

By Martha Pskowski

An offshore oil drilling rig is seen in the Gulf of Mexico. Credit: Ron Buskirk/UCG/Universal Images Group via Getty Images

Former BP Spokesperson Is Now EPA Region 6 Chief of Staff

By Martha Pskowski

A man stands with his back to the camera near an American flag at the bank of the river, looking at the damage

As Deadly Floods Hit America, a Meteorologist Looks Ahead

Interview by Aynsley O’Neill, Living on Earth

The Blue Jay solar and storage plant in Iola, Texas. Credit: Jon Shapley/Houston Chronicle via Getty Images.

What Risks Texas’ Grid Faces

By Arcelia Martin

A white vehicle peeks out of the water, its reflection around it

Why Calling the Texas Flooding ‘An Act of God’ Is a Dangerous Form of Political Denial

By Kiley Bense

In Kerrville, Texas, the sun sets over the Guadalupe River on July 6. Heavy rainfall caused severe flooding along the Guadalupe River in central Texas, leaving more than 120 people reported dead. Credit: Brandon Bell/Getty Images.

Despite Catastrophic Flooding, Drought Persists in Parts of Central Texas

By Dylan Baddour

People hold candles in a park. In the foreground, a woman weeps.

Climate Change Helped Fuel Heavy Rains That Led to Devastating Texas Flood

By Arcelia Martin

Traci Donatto outside her home in Deer Park, Texas. After 20 years away, she returned to the Houston suburb to care for her father, a former contract welder for the petrochemical industry who is dying of cancer. Credit: Mark Felix/Public Health Watch

Trump Pollution Exemptions Would Shield Lawbreakers, Endanger Millions

By Shelby Jouppi

A view of the Prairie View A&M University Solar Lab in Prairie View, Texas. Credit: Melissa Phillip/Houston Chronicle via Getty Images

Trump’s Legislation Will Constrict the Growth of Texas’ Clean Energy Industry and its Power Grid

By Arcelia Martin

El Paso, Texas (left) and Juárez, Mexico (right) are seen from Mount Cristo Rey in Sunland Park, N.M. Credit: Justin Hamel

Border Wall Plans at New Mexico’s Mount Cristo Rey Raise Environmental Concerns

By Martha Pskowski

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