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Martha Pskowski

@psskow.bsky.social
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Reporter for Inside Climate News in El Paso, Texas. Reporting on water, oil, gas, borders.

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Martha Pskowski @psskow.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Update on the power plant El Paso Electric plans to build for Meta: public utilities administrative judges say EPE took its cues from Meta and did not consider other options. However, they're recommending the commission approve the application with conditions. insideclimatenews.org/news/2409202...
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Texas Electric Utility Only Considered Gas to Power $10 Billion Meta Data Center - Inside Climate News
Administrative judges recommend approval of the gas power plant if the utility assures ratepayers won't pay the cost.
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Martha Pskowski @psskow.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Inside Climate News is hiring an editor to lead coverage in the Western U.S. Come work at one of the best newsrooms in the land 🤠 insideclimatenews.org/about/jobs/
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Job Openings - Inside Climate News
Job opportunities in our award-winning newsroom
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Jeff Abbott @palabrasdeabajo.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
U.S. Rep. Veronica Escobar held a press conference today after her 11th oversight visit to Camp East Montana where she confirmed details of the protests and disturbances over Labor Day weekend. Over 300 detainees were involved and they broke down the walls of six pods.
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U.S. Rep. Veronica Escobar demands ICE findings on Camp East Montana riot
U.S. Rep. Veronica Escobar called on DHS and ICE to share the results of internal investigations into the unrest in Camp East Montana over Labor Day.
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Martha Pskowski @psskow.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
I sat down with Jon Rosenthal to discuss to discuss his vision for the Railroad Commission of Texas and got his reaction to attacks from his Republican opponent Bo French. Interview out now in @insideclimatenews.org 👇 insideclimatenews.org/news/1109202...
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Meet the Mechanical Engineer Running to Regulate the Texas Oil and Gas Industry - Inside Climate News
Jon Rosenthal is up against far-right Republican Bo French, known for his Islamaphobic comments.
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Jeff Abbott @palabrasdeabajo.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
There were protests over the weekend in Camp East Montana in El Paso, which saw detainees break down the walls of pods. The protests were led by Venezuelans, who were demanding their deportations after months of being held in ICE detention. My story:
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Immigrants held at Camp East Montana protest over Labor Day weekend
Immigrants held at the Camp East Montana in El Paso protested over Labor Day weekend. They called to be deported from the ERO facility.
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Guardian US @us.theguardian.com · 24/08/2026
The president’s border wall plan could damage or destroy ‘the oldest-known books in North America’
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Trump’s border wall construction threatens rock art as old as the pyramids: ‘The ancestors are still here’
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The Santa Fe New Mexican @thenewmexican.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
NEW: Work on a giant data center development in Southern New Mexico could grind to a halt following orders from the New Mexico Supreme Court that have paused permit proceedings for Project Jupiter. sfnm.co/3SbKF3H
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New Mexico Supreme Court pauses Project Jupiter permitting processes
Two orders from the high court issued Sunday pause permitting processes for the project's proposed air quality permit and water use permit.
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Martha Pskowski @psskow.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
It's at the point where I cannot open any social media without seeing Meta ads for its El Paso data center. Real PR blitz!
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Martha Pskowski @psskow.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
In a very El Paso plot twist, it turns out my neighbor makes high end, hand stitched cowboy boots. I had no idea.
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Martha Pskowski @psskow.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
The oil and gas regulator in Texas just changed its public participation policy without allowing the public to see the new policy or comment on it. insideclimatenews.org/news/2108202...
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Texas Oil and Gas Regulators Will No Longer Have to Accept Public Comment at Open Meetings - Inside Climate News
The Railroad Commission of Texas adopted a new participation policy before sharing it with the public.
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Martha Pskowski @psskow.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
My dispatch from the Permian last week, where produced water treatment tech is moving ahead, despite regulatory uncertainty. The question remains, what standards will the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality hold operators to? insideclimatenews.org/news/2008202...
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Pressure Increases for Texas to Allow Treated Drilling Waste Into Rivers and Rangeland - Inside Climate News
As oil and gas companies run out of places to put their wastewater, Texas regulators draft permits for treatment and reuse outside the oilfields.
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Martha Pskowski @psskow.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
the dentist‘s office in El Paso has to schedule me 5-6 months out. if i have to cancel, i‘m SOL. the dentist‘s office in Juárez offers me an appointment a week out. oh and they schedule over WhatsApp 💯
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Martha Pskowski @psskow.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
During the night of August 4 and into the early morning hours of August 5, Marathon Petroleum Corporation's El Paso Refinery emitted thousands of pounds of hazardous compounds. Residents reported headaches, nausea and some left their homes to escape the fumes.
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Jeff Abbott @palabrasdeabajo.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
One year ago today Camp East Montana officially opened as a detention camp for immigrants. The site is the largest detention center in the U.S. and it's first year has been marked by death, abuses, and a served as a symbol of corruption and mismanagement. Here is my story looking back:
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Camp East Montana: A year of deaths, controversy and management woes
Camp East Montana is marking one year of operation on Fort Bliss in El Paso. The year has been marked by criticism and calls for its closure.
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Source New Mexico @sourcenm.com · 17/08/2026
The New Mexico Environment Department is proposing beefed up rules for monitoring methane leaks in order to help reduce both air pollution and natural gas waste.
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New Mexico Environment Department proposes mandatory investigations, fixes for major methane leaks • Source New Mexico
The New Mexico Environment Department is proposing new rules to more quickly find, investigate and repair natural gas leaks across the state.
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Tristan Ahtone @tahtone.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
🚨 Fresh investigation off @grist.org's Indigenous Affairs desk: The climate movement gave this Texas tribe millions and a global platform. No one checked its story. grist.org/indigenous/t...
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The climate movement gave this Texas tribe millions and a global platform. No one checked its story.
How the Carrizo/Comecrudo Tribe turned family lore into money, media, and a place at the United Nations.
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Grist @grist.org · 13/08/2026
The climate movement gave this Texas tribe millions and a global platform. No one checked its story.
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The climate movement gave this Texas tribe millions and a global platform. No one checked its story.
The Carrizo/Comecrudo Tribe turned family lore into money, media, and a place at the United Nations.
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Texas Observer @texasobserver.org · 12/08/2026
New from @psskow.bsky.social and @insideclimatenews.org: Imperial is one of many rural communities in Texas where radioactive materials dissolve into the groundwater. These small communities often struggle to pay for costly treatment technology or alternative water sources.
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Permian Basin Community Seeks Fix for Radium in Its Drinking Water
Utilities serving thousands of Texans exceed legal limits for radium.
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Saul Elbein @saulelbein.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
Troubling long-term dynamic here: as the rains increasingly fail, Texas cities will rely on fossil groundwater. But the groundwater — given that much of Texas spent its prehistoric seas, and sumps for rivers eroding ancient, geologically active mountains — has a *lot* of bad stuff in it.
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Martha Pskowski @psskow.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
Did you hear about Amazon's latest data center in Pecos County, Texas? Well just a few miles away in the town of Imperial, residents don't have safe drinking water. I reported on Imperial's radium problem for @insideclimatenews.org insideclimatenews.org/news/1108202...
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Permian Basin Community Seeks Fix for Radium in Its Drinking Water - Inside Climate News
Utilities serving thousands of Texans exceed legal limits for radium.
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Martha Pskowski @psskow.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
Vamos Kasiaaaaaaa!!!!!!
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Martha Pskowski @psskow.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
Residents reported gas smells from the Marathon petroleum refinery in southeast El Paso on Tuesday night. According to reports filed with state regulators, the refinery released 8897 pounds of propylene, 19 pounds of 1,3-BUTADIENE, and 862 pounds of sulfur dioxide.
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Domestique @domestiquecycling.com · 03/08/2026
🇳🇴 Haugset takes 🇫🇷 Tour Femmes yellow with astonishing solo victory on stage 3! RACE REPORT 📰 domestiquecycling.com/en/news/haug... 📸 Cor Vos
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Martha Pskowski @psskow.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
I cleared the mental detritus of the week with a long bike ride at high altitude yesterday. I only survive El Paso summers because I have the Sacramento Mtns to escape to.
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Martha Pskowski @psskow.bsky.social · 01/08/2026
nobody asked but my perfect Saturday in El Paso starts with an early morning bike ride and then attending cactus club and learning about seed dispersal before coming home to catch up on the Tour de France Femmes
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Peter Flax @pflax1.bsky.social · 01/08/2026
Reminder that one of the most effective ways to support women's sports is to watch women's sports. The TDFF is on now! Watch the femmes!
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Dan Gearino @dangearino.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
I was the only journalist at the first open house for the largest gas power plant in the country, in Pike County, Ohio. Here's what I saw: insideclimatenews.org/news/3107202...
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The Coming Out Party for the Country’s Largest Gas Power Plant (Serving the Largest Data Center) Was Surprisingly Quiet - Inside Climate News
A developer hosted the first open house for a gigantic Ohio project, with no signs of organized resistance.
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Martha Pskowski @psskow.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
My biggest mission in life is to spread the word that El Paso is in Mountain Time. Tell a friend!
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Jordan Barab @jbarab.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
Abilene city employee Frank Cortez died on the job July 21. The city provided no details, but reports say his death was "a medical issue & not the job he was performing" Heat related? It was 101 degrees that day but TX public workers aren't covered by OSHA. We may never know. tinyurl.com/mwtcvm52
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Heat Related Death? Who Knows? - Confined Space
Did Abilene Public Works employee Frank Cortez die from excessive heat? We may never know, because Texas public employees aren't covered by OSHA.
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Martha Pskowski @psskow.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
I’m very excited to see The Odyssey but I am perhaps more excited to sit in a cold, dark theater for three hours.
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Martha Pskowski @psskow.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
Five years ago I spent the summer frantically applying to jobs. Did a lot of crying and wondering whether I would ever “make it“ in the industry. The EP Times said “yes” and I packed up my life and moved here. Zero regrets… worked out for the best that all these other places rejected me.
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Martha Pskowski @psskow.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
Last time I flew out of El Paso there were five Border Patrol agents lined up alongside TSA. Their numbers at the airport have steadily been going up.
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Martha Pskowski @psskow.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
Sepp Kuss!! Fly Eagle Fly!!!
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Martha Pskowski @psskow.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
We love that sweet sweet solar energy on a hot desert day
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Martha Pskowski @psskow.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
so many drivers rolling thru stop signs this morning… i gave them all dirty looks as I biked by
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Jamie Smith Hopkins @jsmithhopkins.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
Why has a Texas community gotten closer to running out of water than pretty much any other U.S. city? On @insideclimatenews.org's latest podcast episode, reporters @dylanbaddour.bsky.social & Arcelia Martin delve into the reasons & one attempt at a solution. insideclimatenews.org/news/1907202...
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A Texas-Sized Water Crisis - Inside Climate News
Welcome to Inside Climate, a new podcast from the staff of Inside Climate News.  In our second episode, co-host Jake Bolster interviews two of our Texas reporters, Dylan Baddour and Arcelia Martin, on...
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Bill Haneberg @haneberg.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
A must-read for New Mexicans, especially Norm Gaume's insights. I met Norm while working on Albuquerque aquifer studies at the New Mexico Bureau of Geology during the '90s. His message rings true but isn't popular with chamber of commerce types. If we ignore him it will be at our own peril.
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Martha Pskowski @psskow.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
As a Supreme Court settlement forces New Mexico to reduce water use on the Rio Grande, local stakeholders are seeking a collaborative solution. My latest in @insideclimatenews.org insideclimatenews.org/news/1907202...
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The Clock Is Ticking for New Mexico to Cut Rio Grande Water Use - Inside Climate News
For now, the state is counting on voluntary cuts among vegetable and pecan farmers. But that might not be enough.
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Ann Louise Deslandes @anndlandes.bsky.social · 12/07/2026
My story for @aljazeera.com on the Cubans deported to Mexico after living decades in the US. Many people deported from the US under Trump have been sent to the southern states of Chiapas and Tabasco, with these men dumped in Palenque (Chiapas)🧵👇 www.aljazeera.com/features/lon...
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Meet the Cubans stuck in Mexico under Donald Trump’s deportation campaign
Cuba has often refused to accept deportations from the US. Where does that leave Cuban deportees under Trump?
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Martha Pskowski @psskow.bsky.social · 19/07/2026
New Mexico will buy groundwater rights along the Rio Grande to comply with a Supreme Court settlement. But what happens if these voluntary purchases aren't enough in the drought-stricken region? My latest for @insideclimatenews.org w/ photos by Paul Ratje insideclimatenews.org/news/1907202...
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The Clock Is Ticking for New Mexico to Cut Rio Grande Water Use - Inside Climate News
For now, the state is counting on voluntary cuts among vegetable and pecan farmers. But that might not be enough.
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Martha Pskowski @psskow.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
Federal contractors were staging buoys in Eagle Pass. These buoys are meant to deter migrants from crossing the Rio Grande. During flood conditions this week, the buoys were washed into the river and forced the city to close its bridges. www.texastribune.org/2026/07/17/t...
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Drifting anti-immigrant buoys briefly close 2 Rio Grande bridges
Rio Grande levels began rising Thursday and are expected to crest at moderate flood stage Friday night.
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Martha Pskowski @psskow.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
my talk at Vermont Law and Graduate School about environmental liabilities in the Texas oilfields is now available on YouTube! www.youtube.com/watch?v=qoaR...
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VLGS Hot Topics: Martha Pskowski, VLGS Environmental Law Media Fellow
YouTube video by Vermont Law and Graduate School
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Houston Chronicle @houstonchronicle.com · 08/07/2026
The son of Lorenzo Salgado Araujo, who was shot and killed by an ICE agent in Houston Tuesday morning, issued a statement on social media Tuesday night, saying "my father did not deserve this."bit.ly/4aK0hS2
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Jeff Abbott @palabrasdeabajo.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
Fewer people are being granted a U.S. citizenship and those who manage are finding it a far harder and confusing process. I spoke with one of the few people in El Paso to become a citizen in 2026 about his "long, weird, and winding" process.
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'Long, weird and winding' path to US citizenship for El Paso veteran
An U.S. veteran describes his citizenship process ahead of the 250th anniversary of U.S. independence. Yet, fear may be keeping others from applying.
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NBC News @nbcnews.com · 07/07/2026
An Afghan national who fought alongside U.S. forces has died from an allergic reaction while in ICE custody, one day after he was detained for deportation proceedings, his death certificate shows. www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...
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Afghan national who fought with U.S. forces died of allergic reaction in ICE custody
Mohammad Nazeer Paktiawal, 41, suffered “an adverse drug reaction” to an unidentified substance, which triggered anaphylaxis and exacerbated his asthma, the death report shows.
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Martha Pskowski @psskow.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
sin palabras
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Martha Pskowski @psskow.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
Toritoooooo 🇲🇽
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The Highlands Current @highlandscurrent.bsky.social · 05/07/2026
The Highlands Current spoke to the crew of the Clearwater as well as the Coast Guard to find out why the sloop, a famous symbol of environmental advocacy, was removed from today's tall ships parade. buff.ly/nFULQAu
One of the Clearwater's two banners read "Save the Clean Water Act" (Photos provided)
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Brian PJ Cronin @brianpjcronin.bsky.social · 05/07/2026
And here's the story by me and my colleague Jeff Simms. We spoke to folks on the Clearwater as well as the Coast Guard to find out why the sloop, a famous symbol of environmental advocacy, was removed from today's tall ships parade. Their stories do not match up.
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Coast Guard Removes Clearwater from Independence Day Parade
Environmental group says advocacy led to dismissal
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San Antonio Express-News @expressnews.com · 03/07/2026
Hebert Kaleth Ibarra Castro, 20, recorded the anthem for an Independence Day observance at an ICE detention center in South Texas where he's being held.
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Detained San Antonio mariachi records national anthem for ICE
Hebert Kaleth Ibarra Castro, 20, recorded the anthem for an Independence Day observance at an ICE detention center in South Texas where he's being held.
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