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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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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

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

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

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

The skyline of Van Horn, Texas, where residents are raising concerns about a proposed natural gas pipeline. Credit: Martha Pskowski/Inside Climate News

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

An oil drilling rig works in the Permian Basin oil field in Midland, Texas. Credit: Joe Raedle/Getty Images

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

By Martha Pskowski

Storage tanks for wastewater and crude oil in Midland, Texas. Credit: Joe Raedle/Getty Images

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

By Martha Pskowski

Oil and gas lawyer Sarah Stogner visits Lake Boehmer in Pecos County where abandoned wells have brought produced water to the surface for decades. The Railroad Commission considers these water wells and therefore not under their jurisdiction. Credit: Martha Pskowski/Inside Climate News

Oil and Gas Companies Spill Millions of Gallons of Wastewater in Texas

By Martha Pskowski, Peter Aldhous

Excess natural gas is burned off in a process known as "flaring" an oil well where it is not economically feasible to capture the gas. Credit: (Photo by Robert Daemmrich Photography Inc/Corbis via Getty Images.

Texas Continues to Issue Thousands of Flaring Permits

By Martha Pskowski

Farm workers weigh jalapeño peppers after a day of work in San Francisco de Conchos, Chihuahua in August 2023. Many farm workers in the Delicias region are Rarámuri from the Sierra Tarahumara.

Tensions Rise in the Rio Grande Basin as Mexico Lags in Water Deliveries to the U.S.

By Martha Pskowski, Inside Climate News, photos by Omar Ornelas, El Paso Times    

Limestone canyons line the lower Pecos River near its confluence with the Rio Grande. The Pecos flows from New Mexico into the Permian Basin in Texas before eventually flowing into the Amistad Reservoir at the Rio Grande. The river has been discussed as a potential target for produced water discharges. Credit: Robert Daemmrich Photography Inc/Corbis via Getty Images.

Standards Still Murky for Disposing Oilfield Wastewater in Texas Rivers

By Martha Pskowski

The view from Guadalupe Peak, the highest point in Texas, is often obscured by haze from both local and regional air pollution sources. Credit: Martha Pskowski/Inside Climate News.

EPA Overrules Texas Plan to Reduce Haze From Air Pollution at National Parks

By Martha Pskowski

Dymond Black sits with a towel over his head in the shade on June 19, 2023 in Austin, Texas. Credit: Brandon Bell/Getty Images

Emergency Room Visits and 911 Calls for Heat Illness Spike During Texas Heat Wave

By Martha Pskowski, Gina Jiménez

Olga Thomas and other residents of Hueco Tanks rely on a private company to haul water to their neighborhood. Now she can count on her hydro panels for drinking water. Credit: Omar Ornelas/El Paso Times

This Texas Community Has Waited Decades for Running Water. Could Hydro-Panels Help?

By Martha Pskowski

In a 2018 file photo, workers in Midland, Texas, extracting oil from oil wells in the Permian Basin. Credit: Benjamin Lowy/Getty Images.

Operator Error Caused 400,000-Gallon Crude Oil Spill Outside Midland, Texas

By Martha Pskowski

A new fracking rig operates behind a house Feb. 10, 2016 in an Oklahoma City, Oklahoma neighborhood. Credit: J Pat Carter/Getty Images

North Texas Suburb Approves New Fracking Zone Near Homes and Schools

By Dylan Baddour, Martha Pskowski

A pump jack works in Texas' Permian Basin as the EPA proposes a new rule to reduce methane leaks in oil and gas operations. Credit: Joe Raedle/Getty Images.

Methane Mitigation in Texas Could Create Thousands of Jobs in the Oil and Gas Sector

By Martha Pskowski

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