Erin Douglas, The Texas Tribune
Erin Douglas is the environment reporter for the Texas Tribune.
Deaths from Firearms Reach New Highs in Texas, Decades after Lawmakers Began Weakening Gun...
Deaths from firearms in Texas — the vast majority of them suicides or homicides — have continued rising in Texas, reaching levels not seen...
Texas Grid Still Vulnerable To Extreme Winter Weather, ERCOT Estimate Shows
Texans could experience calls to reduce electricity usage — or even power outages — this winter if the grid experiences very high demand for...
Texas Will Plug 800 Abandoned Oil And Gas Wells, Funded By $25 Million Federal...
Texas will begin plugging about 800 abandoned oil and gas wells this fall, the state’s oil and gas agency said, after receiving an initial...
Homeless Texans Left With Few Places To Cool Off During Record Heat
DALLAS — By 5:51 a.m. on a recent Thursday morning in downtown Dallas, it was 76 degrees and getting warmer outside, and Michelle Smith,...
Smog Levels In Texas Surge During Heat Wave, Bringing Worst Summer Air Quality In...
Texas has seen more days with unhealthy levels of smog pollution this year than it has in a decade, state data shows, as vehicle...
U.S. Supreme Court Ruling Limits EPA’s Authority In Regulating Greenhouse Gases
The U.S. Supreme Court ruled Thursday that the Environmental Protection Agency does not have broad authority to require states to decarbonize their electricity sectors,...
Rural Texas Was Meant To Get 10% Of State Bonds For Water Projects. It’s...
Rural areas of Texas receive only a fraction of a percent of bonds for state water plan projects, far less than what lawmakers intended...
Wildfire Risk Remains High For Much Of Texas In The Days Ahead, Fire Officials...
Much of Texas is at an elevated risk of wildfires this weekend and early next week because of higher-than-usual temperatures and a worsening drought,...
Earthquakes in Texas Doubled in 2021. Scientists Cite Years of Oil Companies Injecting Sludgy...
MIDLAND — One local said it sounded like a pickup truck had rammed into the side of their house. Another said it sounded like...
Texas grid vulnerable to blackouts during severe winter weather, even with new preparations, ERCOT...
Electricity outages in Texas could occur this winter if the state experiences a cold snap that forces many power plants offline at the same...
