How Texas Diminished A Once-Rigorous Air Pollution Monitoring Team. Inside Climate News, October 2024. Former employees say the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality weakened the unit in the years following the onset of the fracking boom. With Dylan Baddour.
At What Point Does Driving An Electric Vehicle Get You A Carbon Emissions Payoff? PNAS Front Matter, July 2024. If you are considering buying a new car, SUV, or pickup, you may be bewildered by claims and counterclaims about the green credentials of battery electric vehicles.
A Retracted Stem Cell Study Reveals Science’s Shortcomings. Scientific American, July 2024. The withdrawal after 22 years of a controversial stem cell paper highlights how perverse incentives can distort scientific progress.
Where Will Climate Change Hit Hardest? These Interactive Maps Offer A Telltale Glimpse. PNAS Front Matter, February 2024. The extent to which the planet warms further has big consequences for local extremes of heat, drought, and precipitation.
Dying In The Fields As Temperatures Soar. Inside Climate News, December 2023. Scores of California farmworkers are dying in the heat in regions with chronically bad air, even in a state with one of the toughest heat standards in the nation. With Liza Gross.
Is China Emitting A Climate Super Pollutant In Violation Of An International Environmental Agreement? Inside Climate News, November 2023. Concentrations of HFC-23, one of the world’s most potent greenhouse gases, remained elevated in East Asia after China agreed to curb emissions. With Phil McKenna.
Oil And Gas Companies Spill Millions Of Gallons Of Wastewater In Texas. Inside Climate News, October 2023. Companies have spilled nearly 150 million gallons of toxic, highly saline wastewater in Texas over the last decade. With Martha Pskowski. Data and analysis.
A Texas Dairy Ranks Among The State’s Biggest Methane Emitters. But Don’t Ask The EPA Or The State About It. Inside Climate News, August 2023. Tracking cattle emissions, site by site, is doable. But government databases specifically exempt agricultural operations from their greenhouse gas accounting. With Phil McKenna and Georgina Gustin. Data and analysis.
California’s Top Methane Emitter Is A Vast Cattle Feedlot. For Now, Federal And State Greenhouse Gas Regulators Are Giving It A Pass. Inside Climate News, August 2023. A “kid gloves” approach to agricultural emissions, including burping cows, raises questions about an environmentally minded state’s commitment to combating climate change. With Phil McKenna and Georgina Gustin.
Drought-Wracked California Allows Oil Companies To Use High-Quality Water. But Regulators’ Error-Strewn Records Make Accurate Accounting Nearly Impossible. Inside Climate News, September 2022. California’s oil industry uses hundreds of millions of gallons of freshwater a year in a state with none to spare. With Liza Gross.