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Sharon Wilson of Oilfield Witness sets up her Optical Gas Imaging camera outside a ONEOK compressor station near the Waha Hub in Pecos County, Texas on March 16. Credit: Martha Pskowski/Inside Climate News

When Natural Gas Prices Cool, Flares Burn in the Permian Basin

By Martha Pskowski

Service technicians work to install the foundation for a transmission tower at the CenterPoint Energy power plant on in Houston, Texas. Credit: Brandon Bell/Getty Images

Texas Lawmaker Seeks to Improve Texas’ Power Capacity by Joining Regional Grid and Agreeing to Federal Oversight

By Keaton Peters

Natural gas is flared off during an oil-drilling operation in the Permian Basin in Stanton, Texas. A new study examined flaring and venting during oil and gas production. Credit: Joe Raedle/Getty Images

Flaring and Venting at Industrial Plants Causes Roughly Two Premature Deaths Each Day, a New Study Finds

By Victoria St. Martin

Gulf Coast Growth Ventures, a $10 billion plastics plant built by ExxonMobil and SABIC, started operations this year on 1,300 acres of previously undeveloped land in San Patricio County, across the bay from Corpus Christi, Texas. Credit: Dylan Baddour/Inside Climate News

Gulf Coast Petrochemical Buildout Draws Billions in Tax Breaks Despite Pollution Violations

By Dylan Baddour

Formosa Plastic Corp's complex on Lavaca Bay in Point Comfort, Texas, pictured on June 7, 2023. Credit: Dylan Baddour/Inside Climate News

New Lake Will Fuel Petrochemical Expansion on Texas Coast

By Dylan Baddour

A network of insulated pipes that carry liquified natural gas from ships to giant storage tanks at Sempra Energy's Costa Azul LNG terminal located about 50 miles south of the U.S.-Mexico border. Credit: Don Bartletti/Los Angeles Times via Getty Images

LNG Exports From Mexico in Limbo While Pipeline Project Plows Ahead

By Martha Pskowski

Cattle graze on small islands of hay surrounded by pastureland burned by wildfires tearing through the Texas Panhandle. Credit: Scott Olson/Getty Images

Texas Panhandle Wildfires Wreak Havoc on the State’s Agriculture Industry

By Kiley Price

Smoke hangs in the Canadian River Valley south of Stinnett, Texas after multiple days of wild fires on March 1. Credit: Justin Rex/The Texas Tribune

Record Winter Heat, Dry Air Helped Drive Panhandle Fire Risk

By Emily Foxhall, The Texas Tribune

Bill Wight looks at the well that leaked enormous volumes of saltwater on his property. It took crews over a month to seal the well and stop the leak. Credit: Sarah M. Vasquez/The Texas Tribune

‘Nobody Really Knows What You’re Supposed to Do’: Leaking, Abandoned Wells Wreak Havoc in West Texas 

By Martha Pskowski, Inside Climate News and Carlos Nogueras, Texas Tribune

A Waste Management dumpster is seen at the company's facility on Feb. 12 in Austin, Texas. In 2021, Waste Management sought to expand the Hawthorne Park Landfill in Houston. Credit: Brandon Bell/Getty Images

After Fighting a Landfill Expansion, Houston Residents Await EPA Consideration of Stricter Methane Regulations

By Keaton Peters

Circle 6 Baptist Camp, bottom, and produced water ponds, constructed by Martin Water, top, in Lenorah on Feb. 24, 2024. The Railroad Commission approved the construction of the ponds, used to treat and recycle produced water from fracking, next to the Circle 6 Baptist Camp in the Permian Basin. Credit: Julian Mancha for The Texas Tribune/Inside Climate News

Railroad Commission Approves Toxic Waste Ponds Next to Baptist Camp

By Martha Pskowski

The Motiva oil refinery, the largest in the United States, looms over a residential neighborhood in Port Arthur, Texas. Credit: James Bruggers/Inside Climate News

 ‘A Dream Deferred:’ 30 Years of U.S. Environmental Justice in Port Arthur, Texas

By James Bruggers

Construction workers rebuild the I-69 Southwest/I-610 West Loop Interchange during a heat wave in Houston, Texas, on July 14, 2023. Credit: Mark Felix/AFP via Getty Images

After Another Year of Record-Breaking Heat, a Heightened Focus on Public Health

By Victoria St. Martin

A house in the Hillcrest neighborhood in Corpus on Feb. 7, 2022. Houses in this neighborhood have co-existed with oil refineries like Flint Hills that spew air pollutants for decades. Credit: Michael Gonzalez for The Texas Tribune

Companies in Texas Exploit ‘Loopholes,’ Attribute 1 Million Pounds of Air Pollution to Recent Freezing Weather

By Dylan Baddour, Inside Climate News, and Alejandra Martinez, Texas Tribune

Stagnant water sits below the dry spillway of Falcon Dam in Starr County on Aug. 18, 2022. Credit: Michael Gonzalez/The Texas Tribune

Another Hot, Dry Summer May Push Parts of Texas to the Brink

By Dylan Baddour

Clean Energy Debate Reignites After Texas Endures Another Brutal Cold Snap

By Kristoffer Tigue

Marathon Petroleum's El Paso refinery contributes to local air pollution and greenhouse gas emissions. Credit: Martha Pskowski/Inside Climate News

El Paso Challenges Oil Refinery Permit

By Martha Pskowski

The GAF roofing shingles factory in West Dallas on Dec. 13. The factory reclassified itself as minor and averted public participation requirements in 2022. Credit: Shelby Tauber/Inside Climate News

‘Major’ Problem in Texas: How Big Polluters Evade Federal Law and Get Away With It

By Dylan Baddour, Martha Pskowski, Inside Climate News; and Alejandra Martinez, Texas Tribune

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