This article originally appeared on Inside Climate News, a nonprofit, non-partisan news organization that covers climate, energy and the environment. Sign up for their newsletter here. This story is a collaboration between Inside Climate News and ProPublica. Hakim Dermish moved to the small South Texas town of Catarina in 2002 in search of a rural lifestyle on […]

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Texas says it’s strict on oilfield well emissions. The data shows otherwise.

Texas oil and gas companies drill with river water during extreme drought

Bill would stop Texas oil drillers from secretly burying toxic waste on private property

One of San Antonio-based Valero Energy’s refineries exceeded U.S. limit on cancer-causing pollutant

Oil tycoon Kelcy Warren sues Beto O’Rourke alleging defamation over power grid criticism

Beto O’Rourke says utility bills rising as Gov. Greg Abbott forces Texans to pay for February freeze

The former CEO of San Antonio oil company Tesoro is selling his mansion in the Dominion

Oil industry helped handpick members of Texas advisory group for electric grid reliability, emails show

As Texas raises death toll from February freeze, a study suggests lawmakers didn’t fix root cause

Despite natural gas failures during winter storm, Texas lawmakers target renewable energy in the aftermath

When the power went out, Texas oil and gas regulators rushed to defend the industry’s image

Federal watchdog investigating Sen. Ted Cruz for changes he sought to pandemic loan program

Texas Has Elected A Climate Change Denier to the Railroad Commission

Late attack ad by John Cornyn manipulates video to put words in opponent MJ Hegar’s mouth

Billionaire Michael Bloomberg funnels $2.6 million into Texas Railroad Commission campaign

Six Texas Refineries, Including One Owned by Valero Energy, Among Nation’s Worst Benzene Polluters