An Old Well Gushed Waste, Not Oil, in a Small West Texas Town

Why this matters: environmental and climate reporting with long-term consequences.

GRANDFALLS, Texas—An old oil well sprang back to life under the parking lot of the First Baptist Church of Grandfalls in April. Over the next eight days, more than 1.5 million gallons of toxic wastewater flowed out of the earth, according to state records. The state regulator, the Railroad Commissio