Pre-Hurricane Chemical Plant Releases a Wake-Up Call for Reforms
With Hurricane Laura threatening the Gulf Coast region, the oil refineries and petrochemical plants that stretch across the Houston area and Southeast Texas took...
Flood Deaths Renew Emergency Reform Debate
As the death toll from the devastating Hill Country floods continues to rise, State Rep. Wes Virdell...
Study: Texas "substantially weaker" than neighbors on cleanup guidelines for polluted sites
The study found Texas "may allow residential homes to be built in areas that neighboring states wouldn’t even consider safe for factories or oil refineries.”
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...
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...
2024 Presidential Election Impact on Texas: Disaster Relief
This is a multipart series on the different ways the 2024 Presidential Election is likely to affect Texas.
In recent history, Texas has been ground...
Trump to Dismantle FEMA at the End of This Year
President Donald Trump said that he will begin to eliminate the Federal Emergency Management Agency at the...
U.S. And Mexico Amend Water Treaty To Aid South Texas Farmers Amid Drought
The U.S. and Mexico have agreed to amend a water treaty, a move that would alleviate water shortage in South Texas.
The amended water treaty...
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...
Hurricane Season Starts Monday. Are You Prepared?
It may have slipped your memory given the turmoil of the last couple of months, but it’s been less than a year since Texas...
