Featured story from Michelle Pitcher: “The State of #Texas makes every inmate seem like the most evil, horrible [person]. We demonize them, and we don’t see the trauma of people like Pam Perillo.” #law #prison #HumanRights #ethics #DeathPenalty #politics #USpol

Featured story from Lise Olsen and Martha Pskowski: Oil and gas wells produce prodigious amounts of waste. One horizontal well generates upwards of 8,000 barrels—or 336,000 gallons—of waste during the drilling and completion process.

The Texas Observer

East Texans Fight Oil Waste Pits Run by an Operator Cited for Dozens of Violations

In bucolic areas near the Louisiana line, residents ask, "Why are Texas taxpayers liable for other states’ toxic waste?"

#OilAndGas #politics #USpol #news #environment #ClimateChange #pollution #EastTexas #water