We work to educate members of the media on the reality of the methane and volatile organic compound emissions crisis in Texas. This often includes taking journalists on tours of oil and gas infrastructure from the Gulf Coast to the Permian. The following videos, articles and podcasts feature our work.
2024 Articles
How Texas Diminished a Once-Rigorous Air Pollution Monitoring Team (Inside Climate News/Texas Tribune, October 2024)
Study finds levels of a dangerous gas “off the scales” in Central Texas oilfield (Texas Tribune, September 2024)
An Oil Field, an Explosion, and a Man’s Fight for His Life (Rolling Stone, September 2024)
Oil and ink mix as Chevron reports the ‘news’ in Texas, New Mexico (LA Illuminator, August 2024)
Spying from space: How satellites can help identify and rein in a potent climate pollutant (Grist, August 2024)
A Father-Daughter Dynasty Looms Large in Texas Oil and Politics (Bloomberg, August 2024)
Journalists call for government intervention to stop Permian Basin pollution (OK Energy Today, July 2024)
New Satellites Alone Won’t Stop the Methane Climate Crisis (Scientific American, July 2024)
Those methane “leaks” are no accident (Climate and Capital, July 2024)
Special Report: The Cost of Aging Oilfields (CBS7, June 2024)
Only on CBS7: Equal Pollution Protection Campaign launches in Permian Basin (CBS7, May 2024)
Uncertainty ahead of May 7 EPA emission rules (CBS7, May 2024)
When Natural Gas Prices Cool, Flares Burn in the Permian Basin, (Inside Climate News, March 2024)
New Paper Confirms Much Higher Methane Emissions From U.S. Oil Production (Daily Kos, March 2024)
Touring Ground Zero of the Methane Emergency (Powering the Planet, March 2024)
Quando os preços do gás natural esfriam, chamas queimam na Bacia do Permiano (Naturlink, March 2024)
Toxic Emissions: A Critical Assessment (February 2024)
Gas Detecting Camera Seemingly Captures Catastrophic Chevron Methane Leak (eBaum's World, January 2024)
2024 Videos
Sharon took a Swiss TV crew out in the Permian and was featured in their look at US oil and gas production.
France has banned hydraulic fracturing in its territories but imports fracked gas from the US. French company TotalEnergies is a world leader in this trade. Konbini visits and reports from Arlington, a city in Texas, to learn the impacts of Total's fracking operations there and interviews local activists including Sharon Wilson. They also visit Freeport, Texas, to learn about the impact of Total's LNG operations there for export to France. The original in French is on Konbini's Youtube channel.
PBS Peril & Promise
Phantom Threat: Fracking
April 2024
Fronterizos Fight For Climate Justice
March 2024
2024 Podcasts
The Methane Hunter Exposes The Dark Side of Oil & Gas| Fully Charged Show Podcast with Sharon Wilson (August 2024)
The Methane Hunters - Ep157: Dr. Sebastien Biraud & Sharon Wilson (March 2024)
2023 Articles
Methane in Texas: Hidden Danger (Spectrum News, December 2023)
Environmental org conducts field work, offers tours to show invisible emissions (CBS7, November 2023)
What you need to know about the Texas oil industry’s flaring predicament and the environment (Reckon, October 2023)
Texas Continues to Issue Thousands of Flaring Permits (Inside Climate News, October 2023)
'I live to die': Lawsuit shows continued dangers of working in Texas's energy industry (Facing South, August 2023)
Texas Pipeline Operators Released or Flared Tons of Gas to Avert Explosions During Heatwave (Inside Climate News, July 2023)
Amid Heatwave, Texas Firms Vented Vast Quantities of Toxins (Mother Jones, July 2023)
2023 Podcasts
The Reality of Fracking: a chat with Sharon Wilson (Human Insights, December 2023)
Breaking the Cycle: S1E6 The Abandoned Well Epidemic (Breaking the Cycle - Episode 6, 2023)
Investment Funds v. A Democratic Future (Building Local Power, November 2023)