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Study Finds High Levels of Hydrogen Sulfide in Central Texas Oilfield

The smell of oil wells has long permeated Caldwell County, within 50 miles of Austin and San Antonio. Now researchers have documented wells releasing dangerous amounts of hydrogen sulfide gas.

By Martha Pskowski

A cow stands next to a non-producing oil well in Caldwell County, Texas. Gas was venting out of the well even though oil is not being produced. Credit: Courtesy of Abigail Edgar
A view of the Wolf Hollow II power plant, owned by Constellation Energy, in Granbury, Texas. Credit: Keaton Peters/Inside Climate News

A Power Plant Expansion Tied to Bitcoin Mining Faces Backlash From Conservative Texans

By Keaton Peters

An aerial view of produced water ponds constructed by Martin Water in Lenorah, Texas. Credit: Julian Mancha for The Texas Tribune/Inside Climate News

Debate Flares Over Texas’ Proposed Oil and Gas Waste Rule

By Martha Pskowski

Cindy D. Taff, Chief Executive Officer of Sage Geosystems, explains how they use a well to store energy on March 22, 2023 in Starr County Santa Elena, Texas. The startup is testing storing energy in the ground. Credit: Gabriel Cárdenas/The Texas Tribune

How a Technology Similar to Fracking Can Store Renewable Energy Underground Without Lithium Batteries

By Dylan Baddour

Wright Waste Management in July. Credit: CBS News

Houston’s Plastic Waste, Waiting More Than a Year for ‘Advanced’ Recycling, Piles up at a Business Failed Three Times by Fire Marshal

By James Bruggers

Robert Shipp, 75, of Bastrop, sweats while receiving treatment from Austin-Travis County EMS first responders inside an ambulance during a 102 degree day in Del Valle, Texas, on July 7, 2023. According to the EMS crew, he passed out while searching for car parts under the hot sun. Credit: Joe Timmerman/The Texas Tribune

Texas Likely Undercounting Heat-Related Deaths

By Yuriko Schumacher, Emily Foxhall, Alejandra Martinez, Martha Pskowski, Dylan Baddour

A view of the Rio Grande LNG site in February 2024. Credit: Dylan Baddour/Inside Climate News

Federal Appeals Court Reverses Approval of Massive LNG Export Plants in South Texas

By Dylan Baddour, Inside Climate News and Berenice Garcia, The Texas Tribune

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

Contractors and attorneys for Chevron watch from above 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

A Legal Fight Over Legacy Oil Industry Pollution Heats Up in West Texas

By Martha Pskowski

An aerial view of the ExxonMobil Baytown Complex in Houston. Credit: Mark Felix/The Washington Post via Getty Images

Three Facilities Contribute Half of Houston’s Chemical Air Pollution

By Dylan Baddour

A Tesla charging station is seen at a travel plaza off Interstate-95 in Cecil County, Maryland. One of the funded projects includes efforts to deploy new electric vehicle charging stations along the Interstate-95 corridor in New Jersey, Connecticut, Delaware and Maryland. Credit: Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images

New Federal Grants Could Slash U.S. Climate Emissions by Nearly 1 Billion Metric Tons Through 2050

By Kristoffer Tigue, Marianne Lavelle

Workers remove an AC unit from a mobile home in order to tow it out of Congress Mobile Home Park in Austin, Texas, on Aug. 29, 2022. Credit: Evan L'Roy/The Texas Tribune

Funds to Help Low-Income Families With Summer Electric Bills Are Stretched Thin

By Martha Pskowski, Jenaye Johnson

Texas ranks third in the country in electricity generation from small-scale solar, including rooftop solar, trailing California and Arizona. Credit: Joe Raedle/Getty Images

Rooftop Solar Was Having a Moment in Texas Before Beryl. What Happens Now?

By Dan Gearino

A pilot walks away from an American Airlines plane at Dallas Fort Worth International Airport in Texas. Credit: Cooper Neill/AFP via Getty Images

Employees Suing American Airlines Don’t Want Their 401(k)s in ESG Funds

By Mathilde Augustin

CenterPoint foreign assistance crews work to restore power lines on Thursday in Houston after Hurricane Beryl knocked out power for millions of people in the city. Credit: Danielle Villasana/Getty Images

Hurricane Beryl Was a Warning Shot for Houston

By Dylan Baddour

Computers “mine” for Bitcoin at a facility in Rockdale, Texas. Credit: Mark Felix/AFP via Getty Images

US Government Launches New Attempt to Gather Data on Electricity Usage of Bitcoin Mining

By Keaton Peters

Cheryl Shadden stands outside her home in Granbury, Texas, with a view of Constellation Energy's Wolf Hollow II power plant in the background. Credit: Keaton Peters/Inside Climate News

Texas Leaders Worry That Bitcoin Mines Threaten to Crash the State Power Grid

By Keaton Peters

The Tomoka Correctional Institution is seen in Daytona Beach, Florida. Credit: Paul Hennessy/NurPhoto via Getty Images

US Prisons and Jails Exposed to an Increasing Number of Hazardous Heat Days, Study Says

By Sarah Hopkins

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott and former President Donald Trump shake hands during a briefing on June 30, 2021 in Weslaco, Texas. Credit: Brandon Bell/Getty Images

Former Pioneer CEO and Son Make Significant Political Contributions to Trump, Abbott and Christi Craddick

By Martha Pskowski

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