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Experts say Texas rules allow oil companies to defer plugging wells for far too long. Jackie Chesnutt, who lives outside of San Angelo, is tired of the pollution from wells she says should have been plugged years ago. insideclimatenews.org/news/19042026/…

Still haven’t been able to serve Goodnight Midstream. Taking dodging service to a whole new level. #EFT

The wells on Jackie Chesnutt's ranch barely produce any oil. She's tired of spills on her property. She just wants the wells plugged. But the company says no can do. Texas has tens of thousands of wells like this with no end in sight. @insideclimate insideclimatenews.org/news/19042026/…

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The shirt Dr Mace wore to our interview on Texas water today

Corpus Christi water crisis spurs stampede on South Texas aquifers Cities, towns and industrial complexes aim to quickly pump tens of millions of gallons per day in a bid to avert disaster texasstandard.org/stories/corpus…

@quicklime696969 @RodeoProfessor dude I wish I was what I've not seen are cougar or black bear, much less wolf. they don't survive long on this side of the border bc prevalent trapping, nominal regs and tradition - stockmen kill predators newschannel10.com/2023/10/18/thi…

@wmflies @RodeoProfessor You are lying.

If you think this picture goes hard, it’s because fur trappers explored and established the American West, everything from the passes over our mountains to locations of our cities. NGOs like the Center for Biological Diversity are successfully dismantling everything this image stands for, campaigning across the west to end all trapping. That’s 200 years of Western history and culture. Their most recent victory is in Colorado against the wishes of the Colorado Parks and Wildlife biologists and flying in the face of thousands of public comments. Trapping is based on science and its tightly regulated to be humane. It’s a critically important wildfire management tool that prevents overpopulation, which leads to wildlife starvation, disease (eg rabies outbreaks), and habitat degradation (eg beaver floods). Remember wildlife managers look at populations not individuals. Wildlife harvested by trappers are what we call a “surplus,” meaning they’d have died naturally in the winter anyways. Ground nesting birds, fawns, juvenile elk and moose all benefit from trapping seasons. Take 5 minutes and see what extremist animal rights NGOs are promoting anti trapping campaigns in your state, and go further if you want to see where they get their money from. It’s all high net worth individuals from coastal cities, tech billionaires from SF, and opaque private foundations that you need to dig through tax records to find. Even if you’re not someone who cares about hunting and trapping, it’s worth nothing how high net worth city people use well monied NGOs to make policies on every facet of American life regardless of what locals want.

Texas Railroad Commissioner Wayne Christian is peddling a new crypto token tied to the value of a barrel of West Texas Intermediate crude oil, raising concerns about potential conflicts of interest given his position with the state agency that oversees Texas' oil and gas industry. bit.ly/4cMWNzj

NOW: In Clarence Thomas’s @UTAustin speech, he praised UT for its plans to “restore civics as a central” part of education. He thanked @UTCivics for inviting him. He said Harlan Crow, GOP billionaire who funded previously undisclosed trips for the Supreme Court justice, is here

@gothburz I’ve been in crypto since 2018. I really used to think it was going to revolutionize finance. I truly believe Trump has completely ruined the entire ecosystem. It’s just a manipulated circus at this point. It very sad honestly.

This is actually insane

Texas will lose $3.2 billion in tax breaks to data centers. Big Tech takes the gold, we get the bill. Instead of giving handouts to megacorps who take our land & water, we should invest in restoring local family farms.

Stanford just tested whether LexisNexis and Thomson Reuters’ AI legal research tools are really “hallucination-free,” as they claim. Spoiler: not even close. Here’s what the study found.

The Episcopal church has these ecoregional pilots. The best of which (🤠) is the Grasslands Network, roughly the US High Plains, spearheaded by Bishop Cathleen Bascom Here we are in Burlington CO talking about the 2d annual gathering - May 1 & 2 in Amarillo

Another most excellent Landscape Rehydration Field Day w/ @ogallalacommons in Borger TX Great talk hydrogeologist @PanhandleGCD, Nicole with the City of Borger on natural assets & infrastructure, and @wmflies & @D2Mohawk on our latest work along Rock Creek at Johnson Park😁

Out today: “The decision … is not going to result in any more oil production; it’s not going to result in lower gas prices. It will result in real harm and the potential extinction of one or more species in the Gulf.” texasobserver.org/trump-god-squa…

The American buffalo—those ornery, hairy prairie beasts that reign as the official mammal of the United States—have joined wind turbines, electric cars, and climate researchers in the crosshairs of the Trump administration. motherjones.com/politics/2026/…

"Cates said Texas law currently does not prevent candidates from using their campaign donations to bet on themselves using prediction markets like Polymarket."

“The Partnership for a Drug Free America has been supported by manufacturers of cigarettes, beer, coffee and tranquilizers.” --Jacob Sullum