Pit Stop
by Alex Hannaford / Posted on | 3 CommentsTiny Nordheim, Texas, is reaping the costs of of the South Texas oil boom but little of its profits.
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On the Fracking Ban-Wagon in Denton
by Priscila Mosqueda / Posted on | 13 CommentsOn Nov. 4, Denton will decide whether to become the first city in Texas to ban fracking.
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Top TPPF Analyst: Coal Ended Slavery
by Christopher Hooks / Posted on | 4 CommentsThe Texas Public Policy Foundation’s top energy analyst thinks coal helped end slavery. It didn’t, but the argument says a lot about the state’s discourse.
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Conservatives Cultivate Taste For a Green Tea Party
by Carl Lindemann / Posted on | 4 CommentsIf the conservative green energy movement is out to swap oil and coal for gas and nuclear, it could be seen as another variation of business as usual.
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The Observer Review: Naomi Klein’s This Changes Everything: Capitalism vs. the Climate
by Robert Jensen / Posted on | 7 CommentsNaomi Klein has written a brave book that not only confronts the calamity of climate destabilization, but also examines the crisis’ deep roots in the perverse logic of capitalism and the dehumanizing values underpinning “extractivist” energy and technology.
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Crossing the Line
by Saul Elbein / Posted on | 26 CommentsWhen the Keystone XL pipeline came through Lori Collins’ farm, she welcomed it—until her house flooded with sewage.
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George P. Bush on Climate Change: Yes, No, Maybe So
by Christopher Hooks / Posted on | 7 CommentsIn which George P. Bush suggests he might be concerned about climate change, then runs from it, in less than a week.
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The Battle of the San Jacinto River
by Forrest Wilder / Posted on | 1 CommentIn a city littered with Superfund sites, the San Jacinto River Waste Pits have become a signature environmental justice issue in Houston.
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State of Texas: Swimming in Germs
by Jen Reel / Posted on | 1 CommentHow safe are Texas beaches for swimming? A recent study has us worried.
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Report: Frackers Illegally Injected Diesel Into Wells
by Priscila Mosqueda / Posted on | 5 CommentsAccording to a new report based on industry data, oil and gas companies have injected thousands of gallons of diesel underground without permits.
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