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Martha Pskowski

Martha Pskowski

Reporter, El Paso, Texas

Martha Pskowski covers climate change and the environment in Texas from her base in El Paso. She was previously an environmental reporter at the El Paso Times. She began her career as a freelance journalist in Mexico, reporting for outlets including The Guardian and Yale E360. Martha has a B.A. in Environmental Studies from Hampshire College and a master’s degree in Journalism and Latin American Studies from New York University. She is a former Fulbright research fellow in Mexico. Martha can be reached on Signal at psskow.33.

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An oil pump jack operates in the Permian Basin of West Texas. Credit: Brandon Bell/Getty Images

MethaneSAT Releases First Global Assessment of Oil and Gas Climate Pollution

By Martha Pskowski, Phil McKenna

The Rio Grande and the border wall are seen in Brownsville, Texas, on Jan. 15. Credit: Gabriel V. Cardenas/AFP via Getty Images

Rio Grande Valley Advocates Urge Congress to Restore Protections for Public Lands in Path of Border Wall

By Martha Pskowski

Contractors and attorneys for Chevron watch from above on April 10, 2024 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

New Lawsuit Claims ‘Catastrophic Impacts’ From Permian Basin Injection Wells

By Martha Pskowski

Transmission lines along Stan Roberts Sr. Avenue in Northeast El Paso, adjacent to the construction site of the Meta data center. The Franklin Mountains are visible in the background. Credit: Martha Pskowski/Inside Climate News

Meta Wants Data Center in Sunny El Paso to Rely on Natural Gas

By Martha Pskowski

A water pipeline from the T-Bar Ranch terminates at this water tower on the western side of Midland, Texas, where oil pump jacks operate. Credit: Paul Ratje/Inside Climate News

A Small Oil Company Polluted Midland’s Water Reserve. The Cleanup Has Dragged on for Years.

By Martha Pskowski

Emergency crews respond to a pipeline fire in La Porte, Texas, on Sept. 17, 2024. Credit: Kirk Sides/Houston Chronicle via Getty Images

Greenpeace Scrutinizes the Environmental Record of the Company That Sued the Group

By Martha Pskowski

The Big Bet to Fix the Rio Grande Sewage Problem

By Martha Pskowski, photos by Brenda Bazán

Jim Wright is one of three elected officials who lead the Railroad Commission of Texas. Credit: Jim Wright for Texas

A Rare Recusal by Texas Oil and Gas Regulator Up for Re-election

By Martha Pskowski

A worker stripes an intersection on a hot afternoon in Austin, Texas, on Aug. 6. Credit: Jay Janner/Austin American-Statesman via Getty Images

Texas Workers Keep Dying in the Heat

By Martha Pskowski, Keerti Gopal

Deborah Linn lives near the construction site of a new McBride waste facility for oil and gas disposal in Elysian Fields, Texas. Credit: Shelby Tauber

Pitted Against Waste

By Martha Pskowski, Lise Olsen

From left: Reem Alabali Radovan, Lars Klingbeil and Kristalina Georgiewa sign an agreement for development cooperation at the IMF and World Bank annual meetings in Washington, D.C. Credit: Kay Nietfeld/picture alliance via Getty Images

Task Force Urges World Bank and International Monetary Fund to Prioritize Climate, Restructure Lending Policies

By Martha Pskowski, Aman Azhar

Interior Secretary Doug Burgum (left) and Energy Secretary Chris Wright deliver remarks outside the White House on March 19 in Washington, D.C. Credit: Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images

New Report Examines Fossil Fuel Ties of Dozens of Trump Administration Hires

By Aidan Hughes, Martha Pskowski

‘Clean’ Oil and Chemical Soup

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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

Embattled Texas Oilfield Waste Company Fined After Worker’s Death

By Martha Pskowski

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

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

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