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California voters cast their ballots at the Joslyn Park voting center on Tuesday in Santa Monica. Credit: Apu Gomes/Getty Images

Climate Initiatives Fare Well Across the Country Despite National Political Climate

By Lee Hedgepeth, Kristoffer Tigue, Lisa Sorg, Liza Gross, Martha Pskowski, Wyatt Myskow
The Elephant Butte Reservoir near Truth or Consequences, New Mexico stores Rio Grande water to be distributed to irrigation districts in Southern New Mexico and far West Texas. Credit: Martha Pskowski/Inside Climate News

Texas Sued New Mexico Over Rio Grande Water. Now the States are Fighting the Federal Government

By Martha Pskowski
The Rio Grande winds through the Chihuahuan Desert in far west Texas. Diversions for agriculture and cities have reduced the flow by at least 70 percent compared to historical flow levels. Credit: Omar Ornelas

Holding Out Hope On the Drying Rio Grande

By Martha Pskowski
The race for the open seat of the Railroad Commission of Texas includes (from left) Republican incumbent Christi Craddick, Democrat Katherine Culbert, Libertarian Hawk Dunlap and Eddie Espinoza of the Green Party.

Who’s Running in the Big Money Election for the Texas Railroad Commission?

By Martha Pskowski
The Conquistador Apartments in Brownsville has central air and shaded walkways. Still, the apartment occupied by Joaquin Galvan, 82, his 78-year-old sister and his 60-year old daughter grew hot enough to put them at grave risk, given their chronic medical conditions.

Chronic Health Problems Amplify Heat Risk in the Rio Grande Valley

Story by Martha Pskowski, photos by Chris Lee
A view of Deer Park Stadium with refineries in the background in Deer Park, Texas. Credit: Mark Felix/The Texas Tribune

How Texas Diminished a Once-Rigorous Air Pollution Monitoring Team 

By Dylan Baddour, Peter Aldhous
Cheryl Shadden stands at the edge of her property across the street from the Wolf Hollow II power plant, which provides electricity for the Marathon Digital Bitcoin mining facility, in Granbury, Texas. Credit: Keaton Peters/Inside Climate News

Neighbors of Bitcoin Mine in Texas File Nuisance Lawsuit Over Noise Pollution

By Keaton Peters
A cow stands next to a non-producing oil well in Caldwell County, Texas. Gas was venting out of the well even though oil is not being produced. Credit: Courtesy of Abigail Edgar

Study Finds High Levels of Hydrogen Sulfide in Central Texas Oilfield

By Martha Pskowski
A view of the Wolf Hollow II power plant, owned by Constellation Energy, in Granbury, Texas. Credit: Keaton Peters/Inside Climate News

A Power Plant Expansion Tied to Bitcoin Mining Faces Backlash From Conservative Texans

By Keaton Peters
An aerial view of produced water ponds constructed by Martin Water in Lenorah, Texas. Credit: Julian Mancha for The Texas Tribune/Inside Climate News

Debate Flares Over Texas’ Proposed Oil and Gas Waste Rule

By Martha Pskowski
Cindy D. Taff, Chief Executive Officer of Sage Geosystems, explains how they use a well to store energy on March 22, 2023 in Starr County Santa Elena, Texas. The startup is testing storing energy in the ground. Credit: Gabriel Cárdenas/The Texas Tribune

How a Technology Similar to Fracking Can Store Renewable Energy Underground Without Lithium Batteries

By Dylan Baddour
Wright Waste Management in July. Credit: CBS News

Houston’s Plastic Waste, Waiting More Than a Year for ‘Advanced’ Recycling, Piles up at a Business Failed Three Times by Fire Marshal

By James Bruggers
Robert Shipp, 75, of Bastrop, sweats while receiving treatment from Austin-Travis County EMS first responders inside an ambulance during a 102 degree day in Del Valle, Texas, on July 7, 2023. According to the EMS crew, he passed out while searching for car parts under the hot sun. Credit: Joe Timmerman/The Texas Tribune

Texas Likely Undercounting Heat-Related Deaths

By Yuriko Schumacher, Emily Foxhall, Alejandra Martinez, Martha Pskowski, Dylan Baddour
A view of the Rio Grande LNG site in February 2024. Credit: Dylan Baddour/Inside Climate News

Federal Appeals Court Reverses Approval of Massive LNG Export Plants in South Texas

By Dylan Baddour, Inside Climate News and Berenice Garcia, The Texas Tribune
Brandon Horton, a driver for Allied Eagle Transports, monitors the transfer of a load of salt water, a byproduct of fracking, to a disposal site south of Midland, Texas, on June 25. Credit: Eli Hartman/The Texas Tribune

Study Links Permian Blowouts With Wastewater Injection

By Dylan Baddour, Inside Climate News, and Carlos Nogueras Ramos, Texas Tribune
Contractors and attorneys for Chevron watch from above as Hawk Dunlap, Daniel Charest and Sarah Stogner (from left) inspect an excavated well on April 10 at Antina Ranch in Crane County, Texas. Credit: Mitch Borden/Marfa Public Radio

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

By Martha Pskowski
An aerial view of the ExxonMobil Baytown Complex in Houston. Credit: Mark Felix/The Washington Post via Getty Images

Three Facilities Contribute Half of Houston’s Chemical Air Pollution

By Dylan Baddour
A Tesla charging station is seen at a travel plaza off Interstate-95 in Cecil County, Maryland. One of the funded projects includes efforts to deploy new electric vehicle charging stations along the Interstate-95 corridor in New Jersey, Connecticut, Delaware and Maryland. Credit: Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images

New Federal Grants Could Slash U.S. Climate Emissions by Nearly 1 Billion Metric Tons Through 2050

By Kristoffer Tigue, Marianne Lavelle

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