ICN Texas Archives - Page 9 of 18 - Inside Climate News

Texas Companies Eye Pecos River Watershed for Oilfield Wastewater

By Martha Pskowski, Dylan Baddour

An American white ibis lands on marshy wetlands of the South Padre Island Birding Center in Texas. Credit: Jon G. Fuller/VW Pics/ Universal Images Group via Getty Images

The Transatlantic Battle to Stop Methane Gas Exports From South Texas

By Aaron Cantú, Capital & Main

As Climate Change Intensifies Wildfire Risk, Prescribed Burns Prove Their Worth in the Heat-Stressed Plains of the Texas Panhandle

By Keaton Peters

Water Scarcity and Clean Energy Collide in South Texas

By Dylan Baddour

Operators peer into the reactor pool where Texas A&M University’s Training, Research, Isotopes, General Atomics (TRIGA) nuclear research reactor emits a blue glow on March 11, 2024 in College Station. Credit: Eli Hartman/The Texas Tribune

Small Nuclear Reactors May Be Coming to Texas, Boosted by Interest From Gov. Abbott

By Emily Foxhall, The Texas Tribune

Cindy Taff, chief executive officer of Sage Geosystems, at a testing site in Starr County on March 22, 2023. The startup is testing storing energy in the ground. “There’s some people that believe that there’s a climate crisis, and some people don’t believe it," Taff said. "We want this to be the energy of choice whether you believe in it or not because it’s cost-effective as well.” Credit: Verónica Gabriela Cárdenas/The Texas Tribune

In Texas, Ex-Oil and Gas Workers Champion Geothermal Energy as a Replacement for Fossil-Fueled Power Plants

By Emily Foxhall, The Texas Tribune

Air Liquide’s facility manager Craig Allen at the company's hydrogen storage facility near the site of the historic Spindletop oil well on Sept. 5, 2023 in Beaumont. Credit: Mark Felix/The Texas Tribune

Texas Energy Companies Are Betting Hydrogen Can Become a Cleaner Fuel for Transportation

By Emily Foxhall, The Texas Tribune

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

By Martha Pskowski

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

By Keaton Peters

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

By Victoria St. Martin

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

By Dylan Baddour

New Lake Will Fuel Petrochemical Expansion on Texas Coast

By Dylan Baddour

LNG Exports From Mexico in Limbo While Pipeline Project Plows Ahead

By Martha Pskowski

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

‘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

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