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Texas Oil Drillers Can Bury Toxic Waste on Private Property Without Telling the Landowner. A New Bill Seeks to Change That

House Bill 4572 would introduce new requirements for pits where drillers bury oil and gas waste. Supporters of the bill gave testimony this week at the state capitol.

By Martha Pskowski

Tanks hold oilfield waste for disposal in the Permian Basin. Credit: Jim West/UCG/Universal Images Group via Getty Images
A woman shops for groceries in Brooklyn, N.Y. on Sept. 15, 2023. Credit: Paola Chapdelaine/The Washington Post via Getty Images

Foes of New York Packaging Bill Used Threats of Empty Grocery Shelves to Defeat Plastics Bill

By James Bruggers

Sen. Elizabeth Warren introduced the new Build Green Act, legislation that would invest $500 billion over 10 years in transportation. Credit: Bill Clark/CQ-Roll Call via Getty Images

‘Build Green’ Bill Seeks a Clean Shift in Transportation Spending

By Marianne Lavelle

House of Delegates members gather during the Maryland General Assembly opening session on Jan. 10 in Annapolis, Md. Credit: Mark Gail/The Washington Post

In Final Push to Get Climate Legislation Passed, Advocates Call for Bold Legislative Actions 

By Aman Azhar

A woman works on a farm as it rains with high humidity during a heatwave in Homestead, Fla. on July 15, 2023. Credit: Chandan Khanna/AFP via Getty Images

Florida Legislators Ban Local Heat Protections for Millions of Outdoor Workers

By Amy Green, Victoria St. Martin

Cell-cultivated chicken is made in the pictured tanks at the Eat Just office on July 27, 2023 in Alameda, Calif. Credit: Justin Sullivan/Getty Images

Across the Nation, Lawmakers Aim to Ban Lab-Grown Meat

By Wyatt Myskow, Lee Hedgepeth

A pedestrians walks by trash bags piled on a street in Manhattan. High Acres gets about 90 percent of its waste by train from New York City. Credit: Ed Jones/AFP via Getty Images

In New York, a Legal Debate Over the State’s New Green Amendment

By Peter Mantius

Engineers conduct experimental studies on Small Modular Reactors (SMRs) at CEA Cadarache in Saint-Paul-lès-Durance, France on Nov. 23, 2023. Credit: Nicolas Tucat/AFP via Getty Images

Virginia Utilities Seek Unbridled Rate Adjustments for Unproven Small Modular Nuclear Reactors in Two New Bills

By Jake Bolster

Wind turbines stand in the distance behind Dominion Energy's Mount Storm Power Station in West Virginia. Credit: Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images

New Legislation Aiming to Inject Competition Into Virginia’s Offshore Wind Market Could Spark a Reexamination of Dominion’s Monopoly Power

By Jake Bolster

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