State of Denial How Texas’ Environmental Regulators Enable Big Oil and Other Polluters The One-Mile Rule: Texas’ Unwritten and Arbitrary Policy Protects Big Polluters from Citizen Complaints The policy has been denounced in lawsuits and petitions, but the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality denies that it exists. By Dylan Baddour Standards Still Murky for Disposing Oilfield Wastewater in Texas Rivers By Martha Pskowski Texas Quietly Moves to Formalize Acceptable Cancer Risk From Industrial Air Pollution. Public Health Officials Say it’s not Strict Enough. By Dylan Baddour Oil and Gas Companies Spill Millions of Gallons of Wastewater in Texas By Martha Pskowski, and Peter Aldhous Thousands of Oil and Gas Wastewater Spills Threaten Property, Groundwater, Wildlife and Livestock Across Texas By Martha Pskowski ‘Major’ Problem in Texas: How Big Polluters Evade Federal Law and Get Away With It By Dylan Baddour, Martha Pskowski, Inside Climate News; and Alejandra Martinez, Texas Tribune Railroad Commission Approves Toxic Waste Ponds Next to Baptist Camp By Martha Pskowski Newsletters We deliver climate news to your inbox like nobody else. Every day or once a week, our original stories and digest of the web’s top headlines deliver the full story, for free. ICN Weekly Inside Clean Energy Today’s Climate Breaking News Email Address I agree to the terms of service and privacy policy.
The One-Mile Rule: Texas’ Unwritten and Arbitrary Policy Protects Big Polluters from Citizen Complaints The policy has been denounced in lawsuits and petitions, but the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality denies that it exists. By Dylan Baddour
Texas Quietly Moves to Formalize Acceptable Cancer Risk From Industrial Air Pollution. Public Health Officials Say it’s not Strict Enough. By Dylan Baddour
Oil and Gas Companies Spill Millions of Gallons of Wastewater in Texas By Martha Pskowski, and Peter Aldhous
Thousands of Oil and Gas Wastewater Spills Threaten Property, Groundwater, Wildlife and Livestock Across Texas By Martha Pskowski
‘Major’ Problem in Texas: How Big Polluters Evade Federal Law and Get Away With It By Dylan Baddour, Martha Pskowski, Inside Climate News; and Alejandra Martinez, Texas Tribune