Texas Railroad Commission Mulls Reducing Oilfield Flaring
As Texas’ regulatory commission for the oil and gas industry conducted a rare meeting in April to consider reducing oil production due to the...
Republican Bills Targeting Local Transit Projects Die
A set of bills that would have stymied local government road and transit plans are likely dead...
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...
Abbott Compares Deadly Flood Response to Football, Critics Call It Insensitive
As Texas continues to grapple with the aftermath of devastating Hill Country floods, Governor Greg Abbott made...
Deadly Fire in Georgetown Pet Resort Leaves 75 Pets Dead
On Saturday, a deadly fire spread through Ponderosa Pet Resort in Central Texas, taking the lives of 75 animals and affecting 59 families who...
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...
Texas Grid Faces Challenges Amid Rising Demand And Weather Variability
Texans may experience power shortages and potential brownouts this summer due to a combination of factors. If there’s record demand, extreme heat, and low...
Battle For Boca Chica: Activists Challenge SpaceX’s Impact On Sacred Land and Ecosystem
In Boca Chica, numerous organizations and activists are raising concerns that Elon Musk's SpaceX is endangering the land's fragile ecosystem and restricting access to...
Fighting Climate Change Is an Act of Faith for These Texans
Spurred by rising tides and temperatures, Texas’ religious leaders are leveraging the power of faith and community to reshape the way Texans engage with...
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...
