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Texas Pipeline Spills 600,000 Gallons of Oil One Week Before DAPL Is Approved

Texas Pipeline Spills 600,000 Gallons of Oil One Week Before DAPL Is Approved

By Steve Horn On Jan. 30, 600,000 gallons (14,285 barrels) of oil spewed out of Enbridge’s Seaway Pipeline in Blue Ridge, Texas, the second spill since the pipeline opened for business in mid-2016. Seaway is half owned by Enbridge and serves as the final leg of a pipeline system DeSmogBlog has called the “Keystone XLClone,” […]

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    ‘Houston, We Have a Problem’: 4 Ways Climate Change Impacts Texas

    ‘Houston, We Have a Problem’: 4 Ways Climate Change Impacts Texas

    You know the saying. “Everything’s bigger in Texas.” Unfortunately, it applies to climate change in Texas as well. Ben Yock and Dustin Nichols survey the damage done to Nichols’ neighborhood from a dry patch of asphalt in the middle of Bogie Dr. in San Marcos after heavy rains caused more flooding in the areas around […]

    Asthma Cases Increase as Cities Continue to Ignore Federal Ozone Standards

    Asthma Cases Increase as Cities Continue to Ignore Federal Ozone Standards

    “The majority of people living in Dallas, TX, have never breathed legally clean air, according to the Environmental Protection Agency.” That shocking truth is from Cherelle Blazer, a Dallas resident and environmental scientist. She’s referring to the ground-level ozone (or smog) levels in Dallas. Ground-level ozone robs hundreds of thousands of Americans with asthma and […]

    Texas Requests ‘Emergency Use’ of Restricted Herbicide to Kill Superweeds

    Texas Requests ‘Emergency Use’ of Restricted Herbicide to Kill Superweeds

    The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is requesting comments on a petition filed by the Texas Department of Agriculture to permit emergency use of the hazardous herbicide propazine to kill herbicide resistant weeds infesting Texas cotton. Calling the resistant weeds an emergency, Texas requested to use hundreds of thousands of pounds of the toxic chemical […]

    Mars Makes Largest Renewable Energy Commitment of Any U.S. Food Manufacturer

    Mars Makes Largest Renewable Energy Commitment of Any U.S. Food Manufacturer

    Wind energy is coming to Mars. No, it’s not that Mars, but the announcement is still substantial. Mars Inc., the makers of Snickers, Skittles and other popular candies, said Wednesday that it is building a 200-megawatt (MW) wind farm in Lamesa, TX. The 118-turbine farm is the biggest long-term commitment to renewable energy made by any food manufacturing […]

    The Toxic Legacy of Waste Injection Wells

    The Toxic Legacy of Waste Injection Wells

    DeSmog Canada By Elizabeth Hand Early scientific analysis predicted that the risks associated with hazardous waste injection wells would be negligible. Unfortunately, experience has indicated that disposing of hazardous waste deep underground has been linked to water contamination, destroyed ecosystems, toxic leaks and earthquakes. Now we are learning that there is a difference between scientific […]