Articles by Amal Ahmed
Amal Ahmed is a journalist covering climate change and environmental justice. She's written for the Texas Observer, Texas Monthly, Southerly, Floodlight, Popular Science and others.
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![A collage showing a red square with orange-to-red gradient and a square of a person standing in an urban neighborhood on a hot day]()
![A collage showing a red square with orange-to-red gradient and a square of a person standing in an urban neighborhood on a hot day]()
How climate change is worsening extreme heat
The latest science on the link between climate change and natural disasters — and how they may be playing out where you live.
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![On a patch of brown sand, yellow pipes stretch into the distance with a red flag blowing in the wind in the foreground.]()
![On a patch of brown sand, yellow pipes stretch into the distance with a red flag blowing in the wind in the foreground.]()
Report: Texas fracking is exacerbating the PFAS crisis
A "staggering volume" of PFAS are being injected into fracked wells.
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![Gas drill near Arlington, Texas.]()
![Gas drill near Arlington, Texas.]()
As fracking increases in Texas, city leaders avoid scrutiny
With demand for natural gas surging during the Russia-Ukraine war, Texans say their homes are on the frontlines of new drilling.
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![A photo of rancher Schuler Wight at one of the 100 abandoned wells on his property.]()
![A photo of rancher Schuler Wight at one of the 100 abandoned wells on his property.]()
Abandoned Texas oil wells are blowing out. The state won’t fix them.
Without state or federal funds, farmers, ranchers, and local governments are struggling to fix the environmental damage left from decades of drilling.
