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Martha Pskowski

Martha Pskowski

Reporter, El Paso, Texas

Martha Pskowski covers climate change and the environment in Texas from her base in El Paso. She was previously an environmental reporter at the El Paso Times. She began her career as a freelance journalist in Mexico, reporting for outlets including The Guardian and Yale E360. Martha has a B.A. in Environmental Studies from Hampshire College and a master’s degree in Journalism and Latin American Studies from New York University. She is a former Fulbright research fellow in Mexico.

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Storage tanks for wastewater and crude oil in Midland, Texas. Credit: Joe Raedle/Getty Images

Oil or Water? Midland Says Disposal Wells Could Threaten Water Supply

By Martha Pskowski

Oil and gas lawyer Sarah Stogner visits Lake Boehmer in Pecos County where abandoned wells have brought produced water to the surface for decades. The Railroad Commission considers these water wells and therefore not under their jurisdiction. Credit: Martha Pskowski/Inside Climate News

Oil and Gas Companies Spill Millions of Gallons of Wastewater in Texas

By Martha Pskowski, and Peter Aldhous

Excess natural gas is burned off in a process known as "flaring" an oil well where it is not economically feasible to capture the gas. Credit: (Photo by Robert Daemmrich Photography Inc/Corbis via Getty Images.

Texas Continues to Issue Thousands of Flaring Permits

By Martha Pskowski

Limestone canyons line the lower Pecos River near its confluence with the Rio Grande. The Pecos flows from New Mexico into the Permian Basin in Texas before eventually flowing into the Amistad Reservoir at the Rio Grande. The river has been discussed as a potential target for produced water discharges. Credit: Robert Daemmrich Photography Inc/Corbis via Getty Images.

Standards Still Murky for Disposing Oilfield Wastewater in Texas Rivers

By Martha Pskowski

The view from Guadalupe Peak, the highest point in Texas, is often obscured by haze from both local and regional air pollution sources. Credit: Martha Pskowski/Inside Climate News.

EPA Overrules Texas Plan to Reduce Haze From Air Pollution at National Parks

By Martha Pskowski

Dymond Black sits with a towel over his head in the shade on June 19, 2023 in Austin, Texas. Credit: Brandon Bell/Getty Images

Emergency Room Visits and 911 Calls for Heat Illness Spike During Texas Heat Wave

By Martha Pskowski, Gina Jiménez

Olga Thomas and other residents of Hueco Tanks rely on a private company to haul water to their neighborhood. Now she can count on her hydro panels for drinking water. Credit: Omar Ornelas/El Paso Times

This Texas Community Has Waited Decades for Running Water. Could Hydro-Panels Help?

By Martha Pskowski

In a 2018 file photo, workers in Midland, Texas, extracting oil from oil wells in the Permian Basin. Credit: Benjamin Lowy/Getty Images.

Operator Error Caused 400,000-Gallon Crude Oil Spill Outside Midland, Texas

By Martha Pskowski

A new fracking rig operates behind a house Feb. 10, 2016 in an Oklahoma City, Oklahoma neighborhood. Credit: J Pat Carter/Getty Images

North Texas Suburb Approves New Fracking Zone Near Homes and Schools

By Dylan Baddour, Martha Pskowski

A pump jack works in Texas' Permian Basin as the EPA proposes a new rule to reduce methane leaks in oil and gas operations. Credit: Joe Raedle/Getty Images.

Methane Mitigation in Texas Could Create Thousands of Jobs in the Oil and Gas Sector

By Martha Pskowski

Sunrise El Paso members gather on July 25, 2022 outside El Paso City Hall after delivering 39,000 signatures to the city clerk in support of adding the climate charter to the ballot. Credit: Martha Pskowski

Climate Resolution Voted Down in El Paso After Fossil Fuel Interests and Other Opponents Pour More Than $1 Million into Opposition

By Martha Pskowski

Sunrise El Paso members attend a city council meeting on August 2, 2022. The council discussed the verification process for the signatures the organization collected in favor of adding the climate charter to the ballot. Credit: Martha Pskowski

Ambitious Climate Proposition Faces Fossil Fuel Backlash in El Paso

By Martha Pskowski

A stock pond south of Dallas dries up due to drought conditions. Across Texas, drought is taxing reservoirs and rivers and groundwater aquifers are being pumped faster than they can recharge. Currently, more than half the state is in drought. Credit: Paul Buck/AFP via Getty Images.

Texas Eyes Marine Desalination, Oilfield Water Reuse to Sustain Rapid Growth

By Martha Pskowski

Ed Puckett helps operate Toyah's water treatment plant on a volunteer basis. During a tour of the plant in early February, he maintained that the water is safe to drink. Credit: Mitch Borden/Marfa Public Radio

How State Regulators Allowed a Fading West Texas Town to Go Over Four Years Without Safe Drinking Water

By Martha Pskowski

A malfunctioning flare at a tank battery in the New Mexico Permian Basin, photographed on Feb. 6, 2023. Incomplete combustion in a flare, as pictured, generates more emissions. Credit: WildEarth Guardians.

As Enforcement Falls Short, Many Worry That Companies Are Flouting New Mexico’s Landmark Gas Flaring Rules

By Martha Pskowski

Texas Oilfield Waste Company Contributed $53,750 to Regulators Overseeing a Controversial Permit Application

By Martha Pskowski

The Baytown Exxon gas refinery produces oil in Baytown, Texas. Credit: Benjamin Lowy/Reportage by Getty Images

Outdated EPA Standards Allow Oil Refineries to Pollute Waterways

By Dylan Baddour, Martha Pskowski

A flare stack is pictured next to pump jacks and other oil and gas infrastructure on April 24, 2020 near Odessa, Texas. Credit: Paul Ratje/AFP via Getty Images

Texas Environmentalists Look to EPA for Action on Methane, Saying State Agencies Have ‘Failed Us’

By Martha Pskowski

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