At Least They All Live In The State: New ERCOT Appointee Was Fined...
Ever since Winter Storm Uri crippled much of Texas thanks to an inadequately prepared electrical grid, the average Texan now knows way more about...
Ways to Beat the Texas Heat
In normal times, we might have gone to air-conditioned theatres, crowded tourist attractions or other fun places to cool off, but because of the...
Abbott Directs PUC to Improve Electric Reliability through Fossil Fuels
Last Tuesday, Governor Greg Abbott sent a letter to the Public Utility Commission urging them to take action towards the improvement of electric reliability...
TCEQ Expands Air Monitoring Following Hurricanes With $1M in New Tools
The Texas Commission on Environmental Quality has new tools for detecting airborne pollution following hurricanes and other disasters.
Two existing TCEQ mobile air monitoring vans...
Abandoned Oil Wells May Cost Texas Taxpayers $117B
About 783,000 unplugged oil wells across Texas have been abandoned by their owners, according to a new report by Carbon Tracker, a nonprofit think...
Unregulated Development at Core of Texas Flood Tragedy, Experts Warn
As Texas lawmakers hold hearings on flood preparedness in the wake of the deadly July 4th weekend...
Hurricane Laura May Bring Power Outages to Parts of Texas, Louisiana
Hurricane Ike caused widespread power outages that lasted for weeks. With Hurricane Laura and its 140-plus mile per hour winds barreling toward the Texas...
No Reason to Panic About the ‘Murder Hornet’ in Texas
It’s only May, and so far in 2020, the world has seen a global pandemic, an economic downturn, wildfires in Australia and the death...
Weather Forecasters Predict That Parts Of Texas Will See Another Cold Spell Comparable To...
AccuWeather experts are already forecasting a cold snap for some Texas areas this year. The private forecaster services predict a harsh winter, similar to...
More than half of Texas beaches had unsafe levels of bacteria in 2017
A report released in late August by Environment Texas and Frontier Group found that 75 of the 120 beaches in Texas they tested “were unsafe for swimming on at least one day during 2017” due to bacterial contamination.
