ICN Texas Archives - Page 9 of 17 - Inside Climate News

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

‘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

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

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

By James Bruggers

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

By Victoria St. Martin

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

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

El Paso Challenges Oil Refinery Permit

By Martha Pskowski

‘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

Worried About Safety, a Small West Texas Town Challenges Planned Cross-Border Pipeline

By Martha Pskowski, Inside Climate News, and Alejandra Martinez, the Texas Tribune

Thousands of Oil and Gas Wastewater Spills Threaten Property, Groundwater, Wildlife and Livestock Across Texas

By Martha Pskowski

As Texas leads the nation in Black growth, Tiara Dawson, a newcomer, acknowledges that many lack the survival skills needed for the state's increasing number of climate disasters. Credit: Riot Muse

Moving South, Black Americans Are Weathering Climate Change

By Adam Mahoney, Capital B

Texas Court Strikes Down Air Pollution Permit for Gulf Coast Oil Terminal

By Dylan Baddour

From Fracked Gas in Pennsylvania to Toxic Waste in Texas, Tracking Vinyl Chloride Production in the U.S.

By Kiley Bense

Texas Violated the Law with Lax Emissions Limits, Federal Court Rules

By Dylan Baddour

Oil or Water? Midland Says Disposal Wells Could Threaten Water Supply

By Martha Pskowski

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