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An Oilfield Leak Springs Under a Permian Basin Baptist Church

Pressure underneath the West Texas oilfields has caused blowouts and geysers in recent years. Now, salty water is spewing out of the ground in the town of Grandfalls.

By Martha Pskowski

 Water pooling is seen on Tuesday at the First Baptist Church in Grandfalls, Texas. Credit: Courtesy of Schuyler Wight
Pumpjacks operate in an oilfield on March 16 in Midland, Texas. Credit: Brandon Bell/Getty Images

Oil Tycoon Funds Far-Right Candidate Challenging Texas Oilfield Regulator

By Martha Pskowski
Faithful from across the state joined a trio of pilgrims with New Mexico Interfaith Power & Light during their 25-day journey advocating for the passage of the Clear Horizons Act. Credit: Desirée Bernard

A New Mexico Religious Pilgrimage Rode a Global Wave Hoping for Ripple Effects for the Environment

By Tina Deines
Blake Muir and his niece, Jennifer Sullivan, stand near a tank battery on his land in Gonzales County. Data shows it could come under nearly 15 feet of water in a 500-year flood. Credit: Dylan Baddour/Inside Climate News

‘A Disaster Waiting to Happen’: How the Fracking Boom Put an Oil Field in the Guadalupe River Floodplain

By Dylan Baddour, Peter Aldhous
The Salinas River flows through California’s San Ardo Oil Field. Credit: George Rose/Getty Images

Green California’s Big Oil Problem

By Liza Gross
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
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
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
Loretta Johnson stands by a water well on the Navajo Nation in New Mexico. According to an EPA report, the well produces water tainted with arsenic. Credit: Jerry Redfern/Capital & Main

On the Navajo Nation, the List of Mystery Wells Continues to Grow

By Jerry Redfern, Capital & Main
A sign warns of dangerous hydrogen sulfide gas at a drilling site in the Permian Basin in August 2023. Exposure to high concentrations of the gas can be lethal. Credit: Martha Pskowski/Inside Climate News

Texas Oilfield Company and Executive Plead Guilty in Hydrogen Sulfide Deaths

By Martha Pskowski
Evaporation ponds hold produced water amid the oil wells of the Permian Basin. Credit: Jim West/UCG/Universal Images Group via Getty Images

Treating Texas’ Oilfield Wastewater Could Require More Energy Than Most US States

By Dylan Baddour
Two wells of the Paxton Water Supply Corporation sit about 1,000 yards away from the proposed oilfield waste disposal site. Credit: Dylan Baddour/Inside Climate News

Railroad Commission Approves More Waste Disposal in East Texas

By Martha Pskowski
An aerial view of produced water ponds, used to treat and recycle wastewater from fracking, in Lenorah, Texas. Credit: Julian Mancha for The Texas Tribune/Inside Climate

Texas Regulators Finalize Oilfield Waste Rule

By Martha Pskowski
Children play soccer next to active oil wells in Los Angeles County’s Inglewood Oil Field, the largest urban oil field in the nation. Credit: Gary Kavanagh

California Governor Signs Bills to Tighten Restrictions on Oil and Gas Drillers

By Liza Gross
Brandon Horton, a driver for Allied Eagle Transports, monitors the transfer of a load of salt water, a byproduct of fracking, to a disposal site south of Midland, Texas, on June 25. Credit: Eli Hartman/The Texas Tribune

Study Links Permian Blowouts With Wastewater Injection

By Dylan Baddour, Inside Climate News, and Carlos Nogueras Ramos, Texas Tribune
Water flows from an orphaned oil well on Schuyler Wight’s ranch in Pecos County, Texas. Credit: Courtesy of Schuyler Wight

Another Blowout Adds to Mystery of Permian Basin Water Pressure

By Dylan Baddour

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