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Interactive map shows oil, gas health threat in Texas. Fort Worth Star-Telegram Big Bend landowners awarded millions, but pipeline fight rages on. Texas Observer Texas launches new effort to sue the EPA over methane regulations. ClimateProgress Environmental group alleges scientific fraud in disputed methane studies. InsideClimate News Will Texas be the home of the low-money-down microgrid? Greentech Media ExxonMobil may face many millions in fines after court reverses Baytown refinery decision. KUHF In Texas’ Flash Flood Alley, problems extend beyond terrain. Austin American-Statesman
More Climate News June 2, 2016
Scorching hot Southwest is climate change in action. Huffington Post Oil canals in national preserve in Louisiana to be filled. Associated Press 150 NM coal workers laid off as concerns over industry rise. Santa Fe New Mexican Is coal ash killing this Oklahoma town? InsideClimate News
More Climate News June 2, 2016
Why the GOP is trying to stop the Pentagon's climate plan. Politico California is on the verge of closing its last nuclear plant. Is that really a good idea? Vox German government agrees to ban fracking indefinitely. Reuters Supreme Court rejects case challenging key White House air pollution regulation. Washington Post A power plant in Iceland deals with carbon dioxide by turning it into rock. MIT Technology Review Delay pregnancy in areas with Zika, WHO suggests. New York Times Bay Area voters approve tax to fix marshes as seas rise. Climate Central
More Climate News June 2, 2016
Climate change front and center when Dallas hosts Exxon annual meeting. Dallas Morning News State officials investigated over their inquiry into Exxon Mobil’s climate change research. New York Times Texas' water future: More toilet-to-tap, aquifer storage. Associated Press Climate change, runaway development worsen Houston floods. Associated Press UT study: Fracking-related activities have caused majority of recent Texas earthquakes. Dallas Morning News Texas, Alabama attorneys general join Exxon's battle against climate probe. InsideClimate News
More Climate News May 12, 2016
When oil boom went bust, Oklahoma helped drillers and squeezed schools. Reuters Prosperous Mexican farms suck up water, leaving villages high and dry. New York Times How fast is New Orleans sinking? Faster and faster, says new study. Christian Science Monitor Insurers shun risk as oil-linked quakes soar in Oklahoma. Reuters
More Climate News May 12, 2016
Crocodiles and palm trees in the Arctic? New report suggests yes. National Geographic News 'Sleeping giant' Antarctic glacier is melting fast, may lift seas 2 meters, study says. Japan Times The day coal power dropped out of the national grid for the first time in more than 100 years. Independent New solar plants generate floating green power. New York Times Record-breaking heat grips India amid rash of farmer suicides. ABC Far from turning a corner, global co2 emissions still accelerating. InsideClimate News
More Climate News May 12, 2016
What do Texas and California have in common? 'Negative power' caused by renewables glut. Bloomberg A Texan solar CEO who wants to eliminate subsidies is now a Fox News darling. Co.Exist TCEQ head argues lessening smog is pointless. Houston Press CPS Energy sets one-day record for wind energy powering San Antonio. San Antonio Current The big bust in the oil fields. Washington Post Wind energy technology booms, increases role in Texas electricity power. Lubbock Avalanche-Journal
More Climate News April 7, 2016
New Mexico groups push for more renewable energy. Associated Press Suing and doing: Louisiana developing strategy to meet federal Clean Power Plan, despite court challenge. Advocate A climate change Catch 22. WNYC Mexico awards 1,720 megawatts of wind & solar in first power auction. PlanetSave
More Climate News April 7, 2016
EPA’s 2016 agenda focused on methane, carbon emissions. Hill Antarctic model raises prospect of unstoppable ice collapse. Nature Climate change threat to public health worse than polio, White House warns. Guardian Tesla says Model 3 orders top $10 billion in first 36 hours. Reuters Climate change will wipe $2.5 trillion off global financial assets: study. Guardian Saudi Arabia plans to sell state oil assets to create $2 trillion wealth fund. Guardian
More Climate News April 7, 2016
USGS forecasts high earthquake risk linked to oil and gas activity. Houston Chronicle Railroad Commission close to industry it regulates. Austin American-Statesman The $2.5 Billion US power line that no state can stop. Bloomberg Exxon Mobil ordered to let shareholders vote on climate change disclosure. Dallas Morning News Wind energy technology booms, increases role in Texas electricity power. Lubbock Avalanche-Journal Why the sun-drenched state of Texas isn't No. 1 in solar energy. Dallas Morning News
More Climate News March 30, 2016
USGS report: Oklahoma among highest earthquake risk. Oklahoman. Oil-dependent New Mexico joins climate-change coalition. Associated Press For sale: 44m acres for oil drilling, but not if Louisiana's Bucket Brigade can help it. Guardian Can sewage save wetlands? one Louisiana city decided to find out. WWNO
More Climate News March 30, 2016
Sea ice in melting Arctic dwindles to another record low. InsideClimate News Obama admin defends climate rule as 'eminently reasonable'. The Hill If a power plant is built in US, it's likely to be renewable. Climate Central Earth hasn't heated up this much since the dinosaurs' end. National Geographic McConnell: Obama climate plan hinges on next president. Associated Press Lawyer tormenting scientists revealed working for coal company. PR Watch Greenhouse gas could be used to help produce renewable biopolymers. Ars Technica
More Climate News March 30, 2016
Texas congressman interrogates NOAA head on climate change research. Houston Chronicle Ground broken on emission-free, gas power plant near Houston. Houston Chronicle Why NRG's green crusade faltered. EnergyWire Oil and gas industry has pumped millions into Republican campaigns. Guardian Scott Kelly says he's an environmentalist after his year in space. Mashable Hell and high water. Texas Tribune and ProPublica
More Climate News March 16, 2016
Mexico City bans 1.1M cars in 1st smog alert in 11 years. Associated Press Mayor Landrieu urges state to recognize climate change threat. New Orleans Times-Picayune Louisiana's vanishing island: the climate 'refugees' resettling for $52m. Guardian
More Climate News March 16, 2016
Garland pick could be good news for Clean Power Plan. EnergyWire US blocks oil, gas drilling in atlantic coastal waters. Climate Central The economy is growing, but carbon emissions aren't. That's a really big deal. Washington Post EPA expands methane rules to all oil and gas wells. Houston Chronicle Obama and Canada's Justin Trudeau promote ties and climate plan. New York Times Supreme Court backs EPA this time, refuses to block controls on toxic mercury. Washington Post US energy industry emits more methane than thought: EPA chief. Reuters Bill Gates: 'We need an energy miracle' to prevent catastrophic climate change. Washington Post
More Climate News March 16, 2016
Surging Cruz Is Big Oil's new crush as donors cool to Bush. Bloomberg Coal power plants contributing to Dallas area pollution targeted again by EPA. Dallas Morning News The environmental impact of the US-Mexico border wall. Newsweek Feds approve new nuclear reactors near Houston. Houston Chronicle Fort Hood looks to renewable energy as part of larger military. Austin American-Statesman Solar energy grows 30 percent in Texas, keeping pace with country. Houston Chronicle Poor, minorities carry the burden of frack waste in South Texas. Environmental Health News
More Climate News February 2, 2016
Why Obama wants to spend millions relocating entire US communities. Washington Post Gulf Of Mexico open for fish-farming business. NPR The Southwest may have entered a 'drier climate state’. Climate Central
More Climate News February 2, 2016
Global warming in overdrive: We just had the hottest January ever recorded. Mashable Court stay may slow, not stop, state carbon-cutting talks. ClimateWire Two-thirds of the world faces severe water shortages. New York Times What these Christians are giving up for Lent: Fossil fuels. Washington Post Unusually warm Arctic winter stuns scientists with record low ice extent for January. Mashable Climate shifts dramatically upended the lives of prehistoric humans, scientists say. Washington Post Obama seeks $10-per-barrel oil tax to fund clean transport. Associated Press
More Climate News February 2, 2016
Exxon says oil and gas will still dominate energy in 2040. Associated Press If Exxon's punished for climate change, it'll be for lying to investors. Wired Tons of coal waste in Texas but EPA’s new regulation lacks weight. KUHF AP Fact Check: Ted Cruz at odds with climate change science. Associated Press Texas loses bid to block Obama's Clean Power Plan. Texas Tribune Solar power starts ascent in Texas. Dallas Morning News
More Climate News January 20, 2016
Atlantic, Caribbean storms more destructive as temperatures rise: study. Reuters New Mexico's largest city marks all-time low for water use. Associated Press Walmart CEO in Davos: Ignore climate skeptics. Climate Home Solar industry urges extension of New Mexico tax credit. Associated Press
More Climate News January 20, 2016
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