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...
This Texas Lakes Water Levels Hit 1960s Low!
Canyon Lake in Texas Hill Country is at a dramatic water level that has not been seen since the 1960s when it first opened....
Laura Expected to be Fast-Moving Hurricane With High Winds
With Laura expected to make landfall as a possible Category 3 Hurricane in southeast Texas sometime late Wednesday or early Thursday, Gov. Greg Abbott...
Texas Refineries Over-Polluting with Cancer-Causing Agents
Five Texas refineries exceeded federal limits on benzene pollution, a known carcinogen, as reported by an Environmental Integrity Project in 2021, with self-reported data...
Abbott: Texas Dodged a Bullet When Hurricane Laura Shifted East
Gov. Greg Abbott, Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick and U.S. Sens. John Cornyn and Ted Cruz traveled to southeast Texas Thursday to survey damage from...
Rural Texas Getting Back to Normal Faster Than Rest of Texas
As Texans shake off the statewide lockdown and begin the process of reclaiming the state’s economy, many businesses around the state are opening their...
TCEQ’s inaction will make Texas hotter
The Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ) is doing very little and working slowly at what little they do. Pollution output is on the...
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...
Cooling Stations, Air Conditioners Available to Help Texans in Need Beat Heat
Reliant, the Salvation Army and cities in Texas are working to provide heat relief for Texans this summer. Together, they have opened 13 cooling...
Two Houston Weather Guys Break Through Hype to Become Trusted Sources
Houston was in the crosshairs of not one but two hurricanes this past month, hurricanes that might have combined into a superstorm. Breathless reporting...