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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
The Mi Vida gas plant is seen on March 18 in the Permian Basin of West Texas near Pecos. Credit: Brandon Bell/Getty Images

Senator Launches Investigation Into Methane Pollution in the Permian Basin

By Phil McKenna
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
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
In Deer Park, Texas, flaring at plants near the Houston Ship Channel in below freezing temperatures on Monday, Jan. 26. Credit: Brett Coomer/Houston Chronicle via Getty Images

Oil, Gas and Petrochemical Facilities in Texas Emitted 1.6 Million Pounds of Regulated Pollutants During Last Week’s Icy Weather

By Dylan Baddour, Peter Aldhous
Natural gas power plants at the WA Parish Generating Station in Richmond, Texas. More like this are on the way as Texas becomes the epicenter of America's gas buildout. Credit: Kirk Sides/Houston Chronicle via Getty Images

Developer Calls GW Ranch in Pecos County, Texas, the ‘Largest Power Project’ in U.S.

By Dylan Baddour
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
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
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
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
Tanks hold oilfield waste for disposal in the Permian Basin. Credit: Jim West/UCG/Universal Images Group via Getty Images

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

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
The development of a pipline system is seen in an oil field in the Permian Basin of New Mexico. Credit: Sherman Hogue/Bureau of Land Management, New Mexico

Bureau of Land Management Trims Environmental Review Before $20 Million Oil and Gas Lease Sale

By Marianne Lavelle
A cargo ship passes the Cheniere Energy liquefied natural gas plant on Feb. 10 in Port Arthur, Texas. Credit: Brandon Bell/Getty Images

New Pipeline Will Bring More Permian Gas to Texas Industrial Corridor

By Dylan Baddour
An oil pumpjack operates in the Permian Basin oil field in Odessa, Texas. Credit: Joe Raedle/Getty Images

Project 2025 Advisor Takes the Reins at EPA Region 6

By Martha Pskowski
A view of a storage pond near Mentone in West Texas. Credit: Jon Shapley/Houston Chronicle via Getty Images

Oil and Gas Waste ‘Oiled’ the Feathers of White Pelicans in Texas’ Permian Basin

By Martha Pskowski
The race for the open seat of the Railroad Commission of Texas includes (from left) Republican incumbent Christi Craddick, Democrat Katherine Culbert, Libertarian Hawk Dunlap and Eddie Espinoza of the Green Party.

Who’s Running in the Big Money Election for the Texas Railroad Commission?

By Martha Pskowski
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
Pump jacks operate in a Permian Basin oilfield near Eddy County, New Mexico. Credit: Paul Ratje/AFP via Getty Images

New Mexico Debates What to Do With Oil and Gas Wastewater

By Martha Pskowski

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