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Texas regulators limit oil and gas disposal wells in bid to reduce earthquakes in West Texas
Read full article: Texas regulators limit oil and gas disposal wells in bid to reduce earthquakes in West TexasInjecting saltwater back into the ground “is likely contributing to recent seismic activity,” the Railroad Commission of Texas has said.
Worried about safety, a small West Texas town challenges planned cross-border pipeline
Read full article: Worried about safety, a small West Texas town challenges planned cross-border pipelineCritics are calling on federal regulators to increase their scrutiny and oversight of the proposed pipeline, which would send gas from Texas to the Mexican coast for export to other countries.
Oil and gas companies spill millions of gallons of wastewater in Texas
Read full article: Oil and gas companies spill millions of gallons of wastewater in TexasAn exclusive Inside Climate News analysis found that companies have spilled nearly 150 million gallons of toxic, highly saline wastewater in Texas over the last decade.
Texas oil and gas agency investigating 5.4 magnitude earthquake in West Texas, the largest in three decades
Read full article: Texas oil and gas agency investigating 5.4 magnitude earthquake in West Texas, the largest in three decadesThe quake was the third largest in Texas history, according to the U.S. Geological Survey. An increase in seismic activity in Texas has been linked to injecting fracking wastewater underground.
Coronavirus is ablaze in West Texas as tourists flock to Big Bend and Marfa. Hospitals are running out of overflow options.
Read full article: Coronavirus is ablaze in West Texas as tourists flock to Big Bend and Marfa. Hospitals are running out of overflow options.Credit: Sarah Vasquez for The Texas TribuneNeed to stay updated on coronavirus news in Texas? So before Thanksgiving, he drove more than 500 miles west from his home in McKinney to visit Marfa and Big Bend National Park. They’re rural, sparsely populated, outdoorsy and now — overrun with visitors and saturated with COVID-19 cases. In fact, all of West Texas, including Jeff Davis, Hudspeth and El Paso counties, is ablaze with increasing COVID-19 cases and low on hospital beds. “It’s a scary feeling to have a critically ill patient with nowhere to go,” said Gilda Morales, a Culberson County commissioner and doctor at Culberson Hospital.