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"Texas Officials Target Climate Science In Textbooks" [1]

"The Texas State Board of Education altered its internal guidance to schools last month to emphasize the “positive” aspects of fossil fuels in science textbooks."

Climate Change [2]
Energy & Fuel [3]
Environmental Politics [4]
Laws & Regulations [5]
Science [6]
Public [7]
National (U.S.) [8]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [9]
Source: E&E News [10], 03/29/2023
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Thousands of Pounds of PFAS Chemicals” Have Been Injected Into Texas Wells [11]

"A new report from a public health watchdog found that more than 40,000 pounds of PFAS has been injected into more than 1,000 wells across Texas — and warned that the chemicals could pose a risk to public health".

Chemicals [12]
Energy & Fuel [3]
Pollution [13]
Water & Oceans [14]
Public [7]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [9]
Source: Floodlight [15], 03/28/2023
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Group Says Texas Fails To Hold Polluters Accountable For Unexpected Emissions [16]

"A new report found that companies in Texas have had 21,000 unexpected pollution releases that emitted 400,000 tons of air pollution over six years, but only 1% of them prompted action by the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality."

Air [17]
Chemicals [12]
Disasters [18]
Environmental Health [19]
Environmental Justice [20]
Laws & Regulations [5]
Pollution [13]
Public [7]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [9]
Source: Texas Tribune [21], 03/27/2023
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Musk's Company Plans To Dump Wastewater In The Colorado. Locals Concerned [22]

"Residents of a small Texas town view the controversial billionaire's Boring Company with suspicion."

Environmental Politics [4]
Pollution [13]
Water & Oceans [14]
Public [7]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [9]
Source: HuffPost [23], 03/23/2023
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"A Black Community In Arizona Battles Power Expansion Plans Again" [24]

"A handful of weary residents gathered at the windowless Randolph church to mull over the latest effort by an electric utility to expand its power station – a polluting gas-fired plant next door to the community that the state regulator has blocked on environmental and health grounds."

Energy & Fuel [3]
Environmental Health [19]
Environmental Justice [20]
Environmental Politics [4]
Laws & Regulations [5]
Public [7]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [9]
Source: Guardian [25], 03/21/2023
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"Biden To Create 2 National Monuments, In Nevada And Texas" [26]

"President Joe Biden on Tuesday will designate two landscapes — Nevada’s Spirit Mountain, an area that is sacred to a dozen Native American tribes, and Castner Range, a former military weapon testing facility in West Texas — as America’s newest national monuments."

Biodiversity [27]
Environmental Justice [20]
Laws & Regulations [5]
Natural Resources [28]
Public [7]
National (U.S.) [8]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [9]
Source: HuffPost [29], 03/21/2023
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"Texas Officials Target Climate Science In Textbooks" [30]

"The Texas State Board of Education altered its internal guidance to schools last month to emphasize the “positive” aspects of fossil fuels in science textbooks."

Climate Change [2]
Environmental Politics [4]
Journalism & Media [31]
Science [6]
Public [7]
National (U.S.) [8]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [9]
Source: E&E News [10], 03/16/2023
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Many Worry Companies Are Flouting New Mexico’s Landmark Gas Flaring Rules [32]

"Last year, New Mexico adopted regulations that were viewed as a model for reducing methane emissions from the flaring and venting of natural gas. But on the ground, watchdogs say they don’t see much of a change in oil and gas companies’ practices."

Climate Change [2]
Energy & Fuel [3]
Laws & Regulations [5]
Pollution [13]
Public [7]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [9]
Source: Inside Climate News [33], 03/13/2023
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What Will It Take for Geothermal To Heat Up the Renewable Energy Sector? [34]

Geothermal has long been hyped as the next big thing in renewable energy, but its breakthrough moment hasn’t happened yet. Barriers to expansion include the elusiveness of sites offering the magic trio of heat, water and permeability and concern for unique ecosystems. Contributor Jessica McKenzie on geothermal energy’s possibilities and challenges and the government funding that may finally fire it up.

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Technology [38]
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Europe [45]
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Will Thousands of Orphan Wells Be Safely Plugged? [47]

Abandoned oil and gas wells are found in significant numbers in some 27 states. Reporters who want to track their status can dig into several databases, but will need to support their data crunching with lots of shoe-leather and ground-truth reporting. Reporter’s Toolbox has insights into what the databases offer. Plus, a primer on API numbers.

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Journalism & Media [31]
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