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Another Blowout Adds to Mystery of Permian Basin Water Pressure

By Dylan Baddour

Texas Droughts Are Getting Much More Expensive

By Dylan Baddour, Inside Climate News, and Alejandra Martinez, Texas Tribune

Jennifer Scalise, wife of U.S. House Majority Leader Steve Scalise, christens the ECO EDISON, the first American-built offshore wind service operations vessel on May 11 in New Orleans. The ECO EDISON will be the floating home base for offshore wind technicians at Ørsted's Northeast offshore wind farms. Credit: Tyler Kaufman/Ørsted

Is US Offshore Wind Dead in the Water—Or Just Poised for the Next Big Gust?

By Pam Radtke, Floodlight

La otra disputa fronteriza es sobre un tratado de aguas de 80 años

By Martha Pskowski

The Other Border Dispute Is Over an 80-Year-Old Water Treaty

By Martha Pskowski

El Paso Residents Rally to Protect a Rio Grande Wetland

By Martha Pskowski

Forgotten Keepers of the Rio Grande Delta: a Native Elder Fights Fossil Fuel Companies in Texas

Story and photos by Dylan Baddour

Texas Companies Eye Pecos River Watershed for Oilfield Wastewater

By Martha Pskowski, Dylan Baddour

An American white ibis lands on marshy wetlands of the South Padre Island Birding Center in Texas. Credit: Jon G. Fuller/VW Pics/ Universal Images Group via Getty Images

The Transatlantic Battle to Stop Methane Gas Exports From South Texas

By Aaron Cantú, Capital & Main

As Climate Change Intensifies Wildfire Risk, Prescribed Burns Prove Their Worth in the Heat-Stressed Plains of the Texas Panhandle

By Keaton Peters

Water Scarcity and Clean Energy Collide in South Texas

By Dylan Baddour

Operators peer into the reactor pool where Texas A&M University’s Training, Research, Isotopes, General Atomics (TRIGA) nuclear research reactor emits a blue glow on March 11, 2024 in College Station. Credit: Eli Hartman/The Texas Tribune

Small Nuclear Reactors May Be Coming to Texas, Boosted by Interest From Gov. Abbott

By Emily Foxhall, The Texas Tribune

Cindy Taff, chief executive officer of Sage Geosystems, at a testing site in Starr County on March 22, 2023. The startup is testing storing energy in the ground. “There’s some people that believe that there’s a climate crisis, and some people don’t believe it," Taff said. "We want this to be the energy of choice whether you believe in it or not because it’s cost-effective as well.” Credit: Verónica Gabriela Cárdenas/The Texas Tribune

In Texas, Ex-Oil and Gas Workers Champion Geothermal Energy as a Replacement for Fossil-Fueled Power Plants

By Emily Foxhall, The Texas Tribune

Air Liquide’s facility manager Craig Allen at the company's hydrogen storage facility near the site of the historic Spindletop oil well on Sept. 5, 2023 in Beaumont. Credit: Mark Felix/The Texas Tribune

Texas Energy Companies Are Betting Hydrogen Can Become a Cleaner Fuel for Transportation

By Emily Foxhall, The Texas Tribune

When Natural Gas Prices Cool, Flares Burn in the Permian Basin

By Martha Pskowski

Texas Lawmaker Seeks to Improve Texas’ Power Capacity by Joining Regional Grid and Agreeing to Federal Oversight

By Keaton Peters

Flaring and Venting at Industrial Plants Causes Roughly Two Premature Deaths Each Day, a New Study Finds

By Victoria St. Martin

Gulf Coast Petrochemical Buildout Draws Billions in Tax Breaks Despite Pollution Violations

By Dylan Baddour

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