Only You Can Prevent Forest Fires Now in Texas
Editor’s Note: This is a follow up to a previous story about fire danger in Texas.
Thousands of fires have charred and scarred the state...
Elon Musk’s Latest Insane Idea: Building His Own Town In Texas
Elon Musk has been in strange business in the past years, now he has another crazy plan: to build his own town in Texas,...
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...
Texas A&M Forest Services on the Hunt for Tree-Killing Beetle
The evasive Emerald Ash Borer destroys ash trees. This tiny insect is a fascinating green color, eye-catching and shimmery. You wouldn’t imagine that this...
Butterflies on the Move in Central Texas
Have you noticed the many butterflies fluttering around right now? You aren’t alone. This time of year the American snout butterflies are looking for...
“Zombie Deer Disease” Affecting Texas Deer Population
An emergency order has been issued after a number of deer have been tested positive for Chronic Wasting Disease.
Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD), also known...
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...
Texas’ Failure to Ban Plastic Bags is Stressing the Environment
It doesn’t take 20/20 “environmental” vision to see that the Texas landscape is choking on plastic. Just look left-to-right while driving, and you’re bound...
Anger Runs Through Hill Country As Kinder Morgan Pipeline Nears Completion
As the completion of a pipeline project nears, setting up Texas natural gas on a 430-mile southeast trajectory, the anger of landowners along the...
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...









