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 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.
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![A rusty mailbox with the faded word]()
![A rusty mailbox with the faded word]()
Torn Apart
In Houston, a generations-deep community is being dismantled by mandatory buyouts.
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![Oil refinery in texas lit up at night. The words]()
![Oil refinery in texas lit up at night. The words]()
Exxon locked workers out of their jobs. Can workers lock Exxon out of a carbon capture deal?
A union is warning Texas officials not to give Exxon money for carbon capture until it fixes its labor problems.
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![Village with Solar Panel Houses]()
![Village with Solar Panel Houses]()
Solar-power benefits aren’t reaching communities of color
A new study in Nature Sustainability finds racial and ethnic disparities in rooftop solar adoption, even controlling for income and homeownership.
