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One Texas-sized loophole is letting Lone Star polluters off the hook
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It’s time for states that grew rich from oil, gas and coal to figure out what’s next
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Super-Polluting Methane Emissions Twice Federal Estimates in Permian Basin, Study Finds
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This 50-year-old policy is communities’ first line of defense against dirty development projects. Trump is about to roll it back.
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Greenpeace Activists Avoid Felony Charges Following a Protest Near Houston’s Oil Port
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In most respects, climate change is a horror show. As the temperature rises, the conditions in which most of human civilization grew in fade away. The shorelines humans have almost always known are changing. Places we prefer to be wet are drying out, and some places we know to be dry are greening up a bit. Storms are getting more severe in some places, and they’re going away in others.
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This month, the capital of Texas voted to support the Green New Deal.
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The fight against a Texas pipeline just got a little more challenging. On Monday, the Texas Senate passed legislation that makes interfering with pipelines and other oil and gas infrastructure a crime punishable by up to a year in prison and $10,000 in fines.
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The Southwestern Electric Power Company announced on Monday that it was seeking proposals for up to 1.2 gigawatts (GW) of wind energy to be brought into commercial operation by the end of 2021.
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“Other countries, namely China, are frantically investing in renewables. For us to crow about our oil wealth, and not focus on renewables, is for us to miss the opportunity to be leaders in the world as it’s going to be.”
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There’s a new term for all the work needed to prepare coasts and cities for the consequences of climate change, and it’s blissfully free of the words “climate change.”
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Victories mark unprecedented level of success for black female judicial candidates in Harris county, which includes Houston
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Travis County received a record 35,000 applications on the final day of voter registration
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Mason, in a case seen as emblematic of voter suppression…
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Award-winning illustrator Molly Crabapple travels to Texas…
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[Translate] environment For Florida, Texas and Puerto Rico, two paths lie ahead. By Maritza Silva-Farrell / AlterNet Rebuilding...
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[Translate] Briefly Stuff that matters Harvey REUTERS/Adrees Latif On Thursday, explosions and black plumes of smoke were seen coming...
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[Translate] Dezeen Magazine Ilan Kelman | Houston’s poor urban planning, not climate change, is to blame for the catastrophic...
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[Translate] Briefly Stuff that matters Harvey Danger GRIST NASA The storm, expected to hit the Texas coast late Friday, just...
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[Translate] NOAA/Colorado State University Houston, We Have A Problem By Eric Holthaus grist.org Update: After a period of rapid...
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[Translate] Bill Moyers appeared on MSNBC’s The Last Word with Lawrence O’Donnell Thursday night to discuss two topics that have...
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[Translate] Jonathan Moor | Bureau of Land Cereal Killer By Eric Holthaus GRIST.ORG It’s peak hurricane season, but the nation’s...
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[Translate] MAILCHI.ORG This is URGENT. Read and act within the next 24 hours. The Texas Medical Board (TMB) is no stranger to...
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[Translate] Apart from building a wall or physical barrier along the United States–Mexico border that was conceived with malevolent...
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[Translate] By Sharon Kelly, DeSmogBlog | Report The prospect of fracking where water is so scarce raises questions about what...
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[Translate] Environment Brave citizens are fighting hard to stop a number of big projects. By Alexandra Rosenmann / AlterNet Photo...
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[Translate] By Melanie Houston THE OEC.ORG Pictured to the right: A map of existing fracking wells in Ohio. Source: Frac Tracker...
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[Translate] Healthby Tara Culp-ResslerTHINK PROGRESS CREDIT: AP Photo/Evan Vucci Bethany Van Kampen, left, hugs Alejandra Pablus as...
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