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...
Biden’s Climate Plan Brings Billions to Texas
Mining and manufacturing have boomed under President Joe Biden’s signature Inflation Reduction Act (IRA), leading to billions of dollars’ worth of investments. Republican states,...
New Don’t Mess with Texas Campaign Focuses on Discarded PPE
The pandemic has come with litter. Face masks in gutters, gloves left in grass at the side of the road, and discarded personal protection...
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...
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...
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...
From 80 Degrees to Freezing: Texas Faces Sudden Winter Shock Next Week
After a record-breaking stretch of unseasonably warm December weather, Texas is set for a dramatic temperature shift...
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.
Rare and Endangered Whooping Cranes Return to the Texas Coast
The tallest bird in America, the rare and endangered whooping crane, is returning to the Texas coast, as they do every year from November...
Harris County Hit Hard as Tornado Strikes Without Warning
On Monday a tornado swept through Harris County causing widespread destruction, damaging more than 100 homes and...
