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Harmful gas billowing from Texas and New Mexico comes mostly from smaller leaks, researchers say

Dec. 19, 2024 09:30 AM EST

The blob on the satellite image is a rainbow of colors. An analyst digitally sharpens it and there, highlighted in red, is the source: a concrete oil pad spewing methane. In the 75,000-square-mile (194-square-kilometer) Permian Basin straddling Texas and New Mexico, the most...

“Should we be worried?”: Another well blowout in West Texas has a town smelling of rotten eggs

Oct. 11, 2024 15:43 PM EDT

TOYAH, Texas (AP) — After a restless night of sleep, Elida Machuca texted her neighbor, searching for answers. The air around her house in this West Texas town stunk of rotten eggs. “Last night, about 1 a.m., it was so bad we couldn’t sleep,” she said. “We...