Erin Douglas, The Texas Tribune
Erin Douglas is the environment reporter for the Texas Tribune.
“People Have Already Died”: In Houston, Residents Demand Relief From Chronic Pollution During EPA...
HOUSTON — When Brenda Compton, 73, was a child living in a tight-knit Black neighborhood of northeast Houston, the smell of chemicals was constant,...
Top U.S. Environmental Regulator to Visit Houston Neighborhoods Where Black and Latino Residents Bear...
Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Michael Regan will visit Houston on Friday as part of a weeklong tour of neighborhoods across the South where pollution...
Climate Change Is Making Texas Hotter, Threatening Public Health, Water Supply and the State’s...
Climate change has made the Texas heat worse, with less relief as nighttime temperatures warm, a report from the state’s climatologist published Thursday found.
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Texas Regulators Want to Prepare the State’s Electricity Grid for Extreme Weather. But That’s...
When Public Utility Commissioner Lori Cobos pressed the state’s climatologist on how to account for extreme weather in strengthening Texas’ electricity grid, she didn’t...
Greater Disparities to Emerge in Texas As Unemployment Benefits, Protections Against Evictions and Utility...
Rush hour traffic has returned, and downtown bars are loud, crowded and rowdy again. But the easing of the COVID-19 pandemic also means economic...
How the Texas Legislature Could Change the State’s Power Grid This Session
State lawmakers are close to passing sweeping legislation to overhaul the state’s power grid following the disastrous and deadly winter storm in February that...
Texas Legislature Advances Bills to Shield Oil and Gas From Climate Initiatives
Two bills that were advanced by the Texas Legislature this week attempt to protect the state’s oil and gas industry from efforts to reduce...
Severe Weather This Summer Could Cause Another Texas Power Crisis
Electricity outages in Texas could occur again this summer — just a few months after the devastating winter storm that left millions of Texans...
ERCOT Overcharged Power Companies $16 Billion for Electricity During Winter Freeze, Firm Says
The Electric Reliability Council of Texas made a $16 billion error in pricing during the week of the winter storm that caused power outages...
Texas Was “Seconds and Minutes” Away from Catastrophic Monthslong Blackouts, Officials Say
Texas’ power grid was “seconds and minutes” away from a catastrophic failure that could have left Texans in the dark for months, officials with...
