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Corn's clean-energy promise is clashing with its climate footprint
Corn dominates U.S. farmland and fuels the ethanol industry. But the fertilizer it relies on drives emissions and fouls drinking water.
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Corn farmers rely on nitrogen fertilizer. It releases nitric oxide, N₂O, that's 300x more potent than CO₂. Nitrogen-fertilizer production also emits tonnes of CO₂. Corn uses over ⅔ of all nitrogen fertilizer nationally making it the #1 emitter of agricultural N₂O.
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An ExxonMobil-backed initiative, Carbon Measures, intends to pin the fallout—and the price tag— from the climate crisis on customers. Supported by Santander bank, Carbon Measures is a 23-member corp coalition. Adoption of their acctg scheme would nullify climate data.
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After Decades of Deflection, ExxonMobil Moves to Reshape Global Climate Accounting
For decades, ExxonMobil argued consumers, not oil giants, should take responsibility for fossil fuel pollution. It’s now backing Carbon Measures’ accounting scheme, which moves pollution “liabilities”...
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January 26, 2026 at 7:37 PM
An ExxonMobil-backed initiative, Carbon Measures, intends to pin the fallout—and the price tag— from the climate crisis on customers. Supported by Santander bank, Carbon Measures is a 23-member corp coalition. Adoption of their acctg scheme would nullify climate data.
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Rye Development secured a fed license to build a massive new pumped hydro energy storage facility in WA. A 1.2GW capacity is designed. The co must secure customers before building begins though. It could be the largest US grid megaproject since 1995.
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A rare step forward for a US pumped hydro project
Rye Development got a federal permit for a massive grid megaproject in the Pacific Northwest. Construction will start once it finds buyers for the…
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January 26, 2026 at 6:46 PM
Rye Development secured a fed license to build a massive new pumped hydro energy storage facility in WA. A 1.2GW capacity is designed. The co must secure customers before building begins though. It could be the largest US grid megaproject since 1995.
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A set of bills going through the WA statehouse propose to raise rates for data centers, requiring them to disclose total resources used and ensure they’re among the 1st users cut during energy shortages. Some argue this will drive co's out and cut tax revenue.
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WA lawmakers look to make data centers pay for energy cost hikes
A set of bills making their way through the statehouse propose a sweeping set of regulations to raise rates for data centers.
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January 26, 2026 at 2:59 PM
A set of bills going through the WA statehouse propose to raise rates for data centers, requiring them to disclose total resources used and ensure they’re among the 1st users cut during energy shortages. Some argue this will drive co's out and cut tax revenue.
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MI AG Nessel (D) filed a lawsuit asserting fossil-fuel co's conspired to impede green energy. An Exxon study (1979) found renewables needed to supply at least 50% of global energy by 2010 to stem climate chaos. Co's thwarted rivals and used hackers to bully watchdogs.
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Michigan hones in on energy costs, suing oil majors over climate ‘conspiracy’
It became the 11th state to file a lawsuit against the petroleum industry, despite efforts by the Trump administration to block the case.
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January 26, 2026 at 1:02 PM
MI AG Nessel (D) filed a lawsuit asserting fossil-fuel co's conspired to impede green energy. An Exxon study (1979) found renewables needed to supply at least 50% of global energy by 2010 to stem climate chaos. Co's thwarted rivals and used hackers to bully watchdogs.
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With sea-ice loss and high emissions, the polar vortex—a large, low-pressure system around Earth’s poles— is being disrupted. Weakening stretches it, enabling Arctic air to escape. Protracted extreme events will occur more often in temperate regions, including the South.
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‘This is not natural’: VCU expert links climate change to intensifying Virginia winter storms
A Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU) expert says climate change is intensifying winter storms ahead of this weekend’s snow and ice storm.
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January 25, 2026 at 11:31 PM
With sea-ice loss and high emissions, the polar vortex—a large, low-pressure system around Earth’s poles— is being disrupted. Weakening stretches it, enabling Arctic air to escape. Protracted extreme events will occur more often in temperate regions, including the South.
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AM Green Group will build a 1 gigawatt (GW) data center in Greater Noida, India to serve global artificial AI workloads. The data center will be powered by carbon‑free energy, sourcing from its renewable portfolio across wind, solar and pumped storage.
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$25 Billion, 1 GW, And Fully Green: AM Green To Build Massive AI Data Centre In Uttar Pradesh
The MoU was exchanged on January 20 on the sidelines of the World Economic Forum in Davos, in the presence of senior government officials and the leadership team of AM Green Group.
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January 25, 2026 at 9:21 PM
AM Green Group will build a 1 gigawatt (GW) data center in Greater Noida, India to serve global artificial AI workloads. The data center will be powered by carbon‑free energy, sourcing from its renewable portfolio across wind, solar and pumped storage.
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Transportation appears to be CA's last climate obstacle. $2.2bn will be spent between 2019 and 2027 on projects that promote driving and pollution. CA requires regions to develop climate-action strategies, but there aren't consequences for failing to meet targets.
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California’s Climate Progress – Snarled in Traffic? - California YIMBY
Since it first passed landmark climate legislation in 2006, California has been focusing on squeezing climate pollution out of every sector of its economy – and much of this has been successful. But C...
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January 25, 2026 at 5:22 PM
Transportation appears to be CA's last climate obstacle. $2.2bn will be spent between 2019 and 2027 on projects that promote driving and pollution. CA requires regions to develop climate-action strategies, but there aren't consequences for failing to meet targets.
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Tens of thousands of families in TN, TX, MS, LA and KY are in the bitter cold without power. At least 547000 are facing power outages with 24 states declaring emergencies. Snow will bear down on the Northeast through this afternoon, with another burst the morning of 1/26.
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LIVE UPDATES: Power Outages Surge Past Half A Million | Weather.com
Impacts from this storm are expanding. Here's what we know right now.
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January 25, 2026 at 2:31 PM
Tens of thousands of families in TN, TX, MS, LA and KY are in the bitter cold without power. At least 547000 are facing power outages with 24 states declaring emergencies. Snow will bear down on the Northeast through this afternoon, with another burst the morning of 1/26.
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Six cities and 13 nonprofits still can't recoup millions in funding after the 4th Circuit Court overturned the ruling forbidding the Administration from terminating or freezing climate grants. Plaintiffs will fight, asserting the measure's unconstitutionality.
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Trump’s Grant Terminations Upheld by Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals - Inside Climate News
Six cities and 13 nonprofit groups still cannot recoup millions of dollars after the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals this week overturned a lower court’s ruling that forbade the Trump administration f...
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January 25, 2026 at 1:10 PM
Six cities and 13 nonprofits still can't recoup millions in funding after the 4th Circuit Court overturned the ruling forbidding the Administration from terminating or freezing climate grants. Plaintiffs will fight, asserting the measure's unconstitutionality.
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With growing climate impacts, ME is getting millions to protect its waterfronts. Rep Jared Golden (D-ME) helped secure over $7.5mn for waterfronts—primarily throughout the Penobscot Bay Region—and other community projects, namely infrastructure, public works and education.
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Maine secures $7.5 million to enhance waterfronts amid climate change concerns
With the threat of climate change growing, Maine is getting millions of dollars for it’s working waterfronts.
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January 24, 2026 at 11:46 PM
With growing climate impacts, ME is getting millions to protect its waterfronts. Rep Jared Golden (D-ME) helped secure over $7.5mn for waterfronts—primarily throughout the Penobscot Bay Region—and other community projects, namely infrastructure, public works and education.
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Companies spent a total of $41.9bn on cleantech manufacturing facilities in '25, down from $50.3bn in '24. Firms unveiled $24.1bn in new cleantech mfg projects but shuttered $22.7bn worth in '25. Meanwhile, the IRA spurred over $100mn in green investments.
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Chart: Trump cratered the clean-energy manufacturing boom
In 2025, companies spent less on U.S. factories for solar panels, EVs, and more. A bonus chart shows why this trend may continue in the year to come.
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January 24, 2026 at 9:25 PM
Companies spent a total of $41.9bn on cleantech manufacturing facilities in '25, down from $50.3bn in '24. Firms unveiled $24.1bn in new cleantech mfg projects but shuttered $22.7bn worth in '25. Meanwhile, the IRA spurred over $100mn in green investments.
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Despite rapid renewables' growth, emissions are set to go up. Emissions will rise until 2030 only to spike again later in the century from fossil-fueled development and projected population growth. Warming can reach 2.9C by 2100 without decisive policy changes.
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Post-COP 30 Modeling Shows World Is Far Off Track for Climate Goals - Inside Climate News
After yet another international climate summit ended last fall without binding commitments to phase out fossil fuels, a leading global climate model is offering a stark forecast for the decades ahead....
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January 24, 2026 at 7:00 PM
Despite rapid renewables' growth, emissions are set to go up. Emissions will rise until 2030 only to spike again later in the century from fossil-fueled development and projected population growth. Warming can reach 2.9C by 2100 without decisive policy changes.
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NM is facing declining groundwater, the source of about 80% of the state's drinking water. Groundwater supply may only meet 25-30% of demand by 2050 from hotter temps and continued pumping. NM lawmakers are advised to integrate groundwater in strategic planning.
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Report says New Mexico faces ‘looming groundwater crisis’ from climate change, overuse • Source New Mexico
The New Mexico Groundwater Alliance urges state lawmakers to do even more to protect and preserve the state's shrinking groundwater supply
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January 24, 2026 at 5:04 PM
NM is facing declining groundwater, the source of about 80% of the state's drinking water. Groundwater supply may only meet 25-30% of demand by 2050 from hotter temps and continued pumping. NM lawmakers are advised to integrate groundwater in strategic planning.
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Top business leaders at the World Economic Forum delivered an expletive-laden message on the green backlash. Allianz CEO Oliver Bäte called short-term thinking on climate "bull—." Many executives are working toward real zero—stopping the burning of fossil fuel—by 2040.
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Top business leaders issue an expletive-laced message on the green backlash
Top business leaders at the World Economic Forum delivered an expletive-laden message on the green backlash.
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January 24, 2026 at 3:10 PM
Top business leaders at the World Economic Forum delivered an expletive-laden message on the green backlash. Allianz CEO Oliver Bäte called short-term thinking on climate "bull—." Many executives are working toward real zero—stopping the burning of fossil fuel—by 2040.
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Over 60% of Americans will be gripped by a sweeping winter storm through 1/26 and chilled by a polar vortex; but, budget cuts threaten future forecasts. DOGE eliminated hundreds of jobs at NWS alone. TX's grid failed after winter storms in '21, killing at least 246.
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How cuts to federal climate funds could threaten polar vortex research
Tens of millions of people are in the path of a major winter storm. Federal cuts threaten efforts to understand the causes of such weather.
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January 24, 2026 at 1:28 PM
Over 60% of Americans will be gripped by a sweeping winter storm through 1/26 and chilled by a polar vortex; but, budget cuts threaten future forecasts. DOGE eliminated hundreds of jobs at NWS alone. TX's grid failed after winter storms in '21, killing at least 246.
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Fifty of the world’s largest cities have high levels of water stress, with 38 of these sitting in regions of “extremely high water stress.” Water supplies are dangerously low, partly due to climate chaos. Beijing, Delhi, LA and Rio de Janeiro are among them.
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Half the world’s 100 largest cities are in high water stress areas, analysis finds
Exclusive: Beijing, Delhi, Los Angeles and Rio de Janeiro among worst affected, with demand close to exceeding supply
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January 23, 2026 at 7:26 PM
Fifty of the world’s largest cities have high levels of water stress, with 38 of these sitting in regions of “extremely high water stress.” Water supplies are dangerously low, partly due to climate chaos. Beijing, Delhi, LA and Rio de Janeiro are among them.
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Gov. Mikie Sherill (D-NJ) signed orders on 1/20 diverting clean-energy funding to offset increases on utility bills and establishing longer-term plans to expand NJ’s energy supply with renewables. However, the orders allowed ongoing reliance on natural gas, if needed.
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New Jersey governor leans on climate funds for ‘affordability’ push
Gov. Mikie Sherrill wants to tap funds from clean energy programs to offset utility bill increases, while the state pursues more solar projects and virtual
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January 23, 2026 at 4:55 PM
Gov. Mikie Sherill (D-NJ) signed orders on 1/20 diverting clean-energy funding to offset increases on utility bills and establishing longer-term plans to expand NJ’s energy supply with renewables. However, the orders allowed ongoing reliance on natural gas, if needed.
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As the Administration retreated from renewables, China entered the North American EV market. Market share rose from 1% to 8% in Mexico since '23, much of it driven by Chinese EVs. Canada will allow the sale of 49000 Chinese EVs this year, with annual increases.
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As the U.S. and Canada Clash, China Stands Ready to Step in and Sell the Cars of the Future - Inside Climate News
The Canada-China trade deal should make U.S. automakers worry, but it’s not surprising.
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January 23, 2026 at 3:19 PM
As the Administration retreated from renewables, China entered the North American EV market. Market share rose from 1% to 8% in Mexico since '23, much of it driven by Chinese EVs. Canada will allow the sale of 49000 Chinese EVs this year, with annual increases.
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The massive storm—and frigid cold—that'll hit about ⅔ of the US through 1/26 is from climate chaos. The polar vortex now dips further south due to sea-ice loss in parts of the Arctic. Lack of sea ice in the Barents and Kara Seas of the Arctic Ocean is boosting snowfall.
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How this brutal winter storm is possible with climate change – and possibly even more likely | CNN
The frigid temperatures, massive snow and deadly ice storm occurring east of the Rockies might seem to conflict with life on a rapidly warming planet. But all of these things still happen, even with c...
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January 23, 2026 at 1:09 PM
The massive storm—and frigid cold—that'll hit about ⅔ of the US through 1/26 is from climate chaos. The polar vortex now dips further south due to sea-ice loss in parts of the Arctic. Lack of sea ice in the Barents and Kara Seas of the Arctic Ocean is boosting snowfall.
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Industry groups may be pushing the White House's intended repeal of the '09 endangerment finding allowing the fed govt to regulate pollution. Ford might be among them. At a Ford factory Trump said CEO Farley asked, "Can we get rid of this environmental...garbage?"
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Senators urge Ford to disclose suspected lobbying over Trump’s climate rollbacks
Sheldon Whitehouse adds auto giant to investigation after US president claimed CEO requests changes to regulations
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January 22, 2026 at 11:08 PM
Industry groups may be pushing the White House's intended repeal of the '09 endangerment finding allowing the fed govt to regulate pollution. Ford might be among them. At a Ford factory Trump said CEO Farley asked, "Can we get rid of this environmental...garbage?"
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Ørsted, Equinor, and Dominion Energy have resumed work on their massive, multibillion-dollar wind farms off the East coast. The developers were dealt suspension orders in 12/25 citing nat'l security concerns. They're back on track to delivering power to about 1mn.
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America’s offshore wind farms get back to work after court victories
Ørsted, Equinor, and Dominion Energy have resumed construction on their massive offshore wind projects, nearly a month after Trump forced them to hit…
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January 22, 2026 at 8:51 PM
Ørsted, Equinor, and Dominion Energy have resumed work on their massive, multibillion-dollar wind farms off the East coast. The developers were dealt suspension orders in 12/25 citing nat'l security concerns. They're back on track to delivering power to about 1mn.
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The Administration’s racing to curtail the Clean Water Act, which would diminish fed oversight of streams and wetlands that filter pollutants and absorb rainwater in floods. Municipalities would hold the tab; so, consumers would end up shouldering even more costs.
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Water rule rollback stokes affordability concerns
The Trump administration says the regulation will ease permitting expenses. Utilities say costs could shift to them and their customers.
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January 22, 2026 at 5:00 PM
The Administration’s racing to curtail the Clean Water Act, which would diminish fed oversight of streams and wetlands that filter pollutants and absorb rainwater in floods. Municipalities would hold the tab; so, consumers would end up shouldering even more costs.
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Wind and solar surpassed fossil fuels for EU power generation in '25, marking a “major tipping point” for clean energy. Wind turbines and photovoltaic panels generated 30% of the EU’s electricity while plants burning coal, oil and gas generated 29%. #greenpush
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Wind and solar overtook fossil fuels for EU power generation in 2025, report finds
Researchers say event described as ‘major tipping point’ for clean energy in era of destabilised politics
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January 22, 2026 at 3:02 PM
Wind and solar surpassed fossil fuels for EU power generation in '25, marking a “major tipping point” for clean energy. Wind turbines and photovoltaic panels generated 30% of the EU’s electricity while plants burning coal, oil and gas generated 29%. #greenpush
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National Grid launched a marketplace in MA that allows the utility to shop for the best customer-owned solar and batteries, EV chargers and other resources. Now equipment can be deployed during peak demand and costly upgrades are minimized, reducing energy bills.
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Massachusetts tries a market for distributed energy to tame grid costs
National Grid’s new marketplace seeks batteries, EV chargers, and other distributed energy resources to help relieve stressed grid circuits. Here’s how it…
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January 22, 2026 at 1:27 PM
National Grid launched a marketplace in MA that allows the utility to shop for the best customer-owned solar and batteries, EV chargers and other resources. Now equipment can be deployed during peak demand and costly upgrades are minimized, reducing energy bills.
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www.canarymedia.com/articles/vir...
In '03, extra salt was found in the aquifier of T-Bar Ranch, a part of west TX that had served as the backup water source for Midland. Heritage Standard Corp's negligence caused contamination. In '10 the co filed for bankruptcy. TX is still paying for cleanup.
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A Small Oil Company Polluted Midland’s Water Reserve. The Cleanup Has Dragged on for Years. - Inside Climate News
Cleaning up oilfield pollution in arid West Texas is costly and complicated. The bankruptcy process allows companies to move on while the public pays the price.
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January 21, 2026 at 10:59 PM
In '03, extra salt was found in the aquifier of T-Bar Ranch, a part of west TX that had served as the backup water source for Midland. Heritage Standard Corp's negligence caused contamination. In '10 the co filed for bankruptcy. TX is still paying for cleanup.
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