Update on the power plant El Paso Electric plans to build for Meta: public utilities administrative judges say EPE took its cues from Meta and did not consider other options. However, they're recommending the commission approve the application with conditions. insideclimatenews.org/news/2409202...

Texas Electric Utility Only Considered Gas to Power $10 Billion Meta Data Center - Inside Climate News

Administrative judges recommend approval of the gas power plant if the utility assures ratepayers won't pay the cost.

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U.S. Rep. Veronica Escobar held a press conference today after her 11th oversight visit to Camp East Montana where she confirmed details of the protests and disturbances over Labor Day weekend. Over 300 detainees were involved and they broke down the walls of six pods.

U.S. Rep. Veronica Escobar demands ICE findings on Camp East Montana riot

U.S. Rep. Veronica Escobar called on DHS and ICE to share the results of internal investigations into the unrest in Camp East Montana over Labor Day.

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I sat down with Jon Rosenthal to discuss to discuss his vision for the Railroad Commission of Texas and got his reaction to attacks from his Republican opponent Bo French. Interview out now in @insideclimatenews.org 👇 insideclimatenews.org/news/1109202...

Meet the Mechanical Engineer Running to Regulate the Texas Oil and Gas Industry - Inside Climate News

Jon Rosenthal is up against far-right Republican Bo French, known for his Islamaphobic comments.

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There were protests over the weekend in Camp East Montana in El Paso, which saw detainees break down the walls of pods. The protests were led by Venezuelans, who were demanding their deportations after months of being held in ICE detention. My story:

Immigrants held at Camp East Montana protest over Labor Day weekend

Immigrants held at the Camp East Montana in El Paso protested over Labor Day weekend. They called to be deported from the ERO facility.

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The president’s border wall plan could damage or destroy ‘the oldest-known books in North America’

Trump’s border wall construction threatens rock art as old as the pyramids: ‘The ancestors are still here’

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NEW: Work on a giant data center development in Southern New Mexico could grind to a halt following orders from the New Mexico Supreme Court that have paused permit proceedings for Project Jupiter. sfnm.co/3SbKF3H

New Mexico Supreme Court pauses Project Jupiter permitting processes

Two orders from the high court issued Sunday pause permitting processes for the project's proposed air quality permit and water use permit.

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It's at the point where I cannot open any social media without seeing Meta ads for its El Paso data center. Real PR blitz!

In a very El Paso plot twist, it turns out my neighbor makes high end, hand stitched cowboy boots. I had no idea.

The oil and gas regulator in Texas just changed its public participation policy without allowing the public to see the new policy or comment on it. insideclimatenews.org/news/2108202...

Texas Oil and Gas Regulators Will No Longer Have to Accept Public Comment at Open Meetings - Inside Climate News

The Railroad Commission of Texas adopted a new participation policy before sharing it with the public.

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My dispatch from the Permian last week, where produced water treatment tech is moving ahead, despite regulatory uncertainty. The question remains, what standards will the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality hold operators to? insideclimatenews.org/news/2008202...

Pressure Increases for Texas to Allow Treated Drilling Waste Into Rivers and Rangeland - Inside Climate News

As oil and gas companies run out of places to put their wastewater, Texas regulators draft permits for treatment and reuse outside the oilfields.

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the dentist‘s office in El Paso has to schedule me 5-6 months out. if i have to cancel, i‘m SOL. the dentist‘s office in Juárez offers me an appointment a week out. oh and they schedule over WhatsApp 💯

During the night of August 4 and into the early morning hours of August 5, Marathon Petroleum Corporation's El Paso Refinery emitted thousands of pounds of hazardous compounds. Residents reported headaches, nausea and some left their homes to escape the fumes.

One year ago today Camp East Montana officially opened as a detention camp for immigrants. The site is the largest detention center in the U.S. and it's first year has been marked by death, abuses, and a served as a symbol of corruption and mismanagement. Here is my story looking back:

Camp East Montana: A year of deaths, controversy and management woes

Camp East Montana is marking one year of operation on Fort Bliss in El Paso. The year has been marked by criticism and calls for its closure.

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The New Mexico Environment Department is proposing beefed up rules for monitoring methane leaks in order to help reduce both air pollution and natural gas waste.

New Mexico Environment Department proposes mandatory investigations, fixes for major methane leaks • Source New Mexico

The New Mexico Environment Department is proposing new rules to more quickly find, investigate and repair natural gas leaks across the state.

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🚨 Fresh investigation off @grist.org's Indigenous Affairs desk: The climate movement gave this Texas tribe millions and a global platform. No one checked its story. grist.org/indigenous/t...

The climate movement gave this Texas tribe millions and a global platform. No one checked its story.

How the Carrizo/Comecrudo Tribe turned family lore into money, media, and a place at the United Nations.

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The climate movement gave this Texas tribe millions and a global platform. No one checked its story.

The climate movement gave this Texas tribe millions and a global platform. No one checked its story.

The Carrizo/Comecrudo Tribe turned family lore into money, media, and a place at the United Nations.

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New from @psskow.bsky.social and @insideclimatenews.org: Imperial is one of many rural communities in Texas where radioactive materials dissolve into the groundwater. These small communities often struggle to pay for costly treatment technology or alternative water sources.

Permian Basin Community Seeks Fix for Radium in Its Drinking Water

Utilities serving thousands of Texans exceed legal limits for radium.

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Troubling long-term dynamic here: as the rains increasingly fail, Texas cities will rely on fossil groundwater. But the groundwater — given that much of Texas spent its prehistoric seas, and sumps for rivers eroding ancient, geologically active mountains — has a *lot* of bad stuff in it.

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Did you hear about Amazon's latest data center in Pecos County, Texas? Well just a few miles away in the town of Imperial, residents don't have safe drinking water. I reported on Imperial's radium problem for @insideclimatenews.org insideclimatenews.org/news/1108202...

Did you hear about Amazon's latest data center in Pecos County, Texas? Well just a few miles away in the town of Imperial, residents don't have safe drinking water. I reported on Imperial's radium problem for @insideclimatenews.org insideclimatenews.org/news/1108202...

Permian Basin Community Seeks Fix for Radium in Its Drinking Water - Inside Climate News

Utilities serving thousands of Texans exceed legal limits for radium.

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Residents reported gas smells from the Marathon petroleum refinery in southeast El Paso on Tuesday night. According to reports filed with state regulators, the refinery released 8897 pounds of propylene, 19 pounds of 1,3-BUTADIENE, and 862 pounds of sulfur dioxide.

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I cleared the mental detritus of the week with a long bike ride at high altitude yesterday. I only survive El Paso summers because I have the Sacramento Mtns to escape to.

nobody asked but my perfect Saturday in El Paso starts with an early morning bike ride and then attending cactus club and learning about seed dispersal before coming home to catch up on the Tour de France Femmes

Reminder that one of the most effective ways to support women's sports is to watch women's sports. The TDFF is on now! Watch the femmes!

I was the only journalist at the first open house for the largest gas power plant in the country, in Pike County, Ohio. Here's what I saw: insideclimatenews.org/news/3107202...

The Coming Out Party for the Country’s Largest Gas Power Plant (Serving the Largest Data Center) Was Surprisingly Quiet - Inside Climate News

A developer hosted the first open house for a gigantic Ohio project, with no signs of organized resistance.

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My biggest mission in life is to spread the word that El Paso is in Mountain Time. Tell a friend!

Abilene city employee Frank Cortez died on the job July 21. The city provided no details, but reports say his death was "a medical issue & not the job he was performing" Heat related? It was 101 degrees that day but TX public workers aren't covered by OSHA. We may never know. tinyurl.com/mwtcvm52

Heat Related Death? Who Knows? - Confined Space

Did Abilene Public Works employee Frank Cortez die from excessive heat? We may never know, because Texas public employees aren't covered by OSHA.

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I’m very excited to see The Odyssey but I am perhaps more excited to sit in a cold, dark theater for three hours.