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.
Texas Grants SpaceX Permit for Starship Launch Tower Wastewater After Long Delay
After nearly two years of operating without the necessary permit, SpaceX has received approval from Texas regulators to discharge wastewater from its Starship launch...
Abbott: Laura Will be Unsurvivable for Parts of Texas; Get Out Now
At a noontime media briefing Wednesday, Gov. Greg Abbott said people living in Hurricane Laura’s path have only about five more hours to evacuate...
Hurricane Hanna Leaves a Mark on South Texas
Across South Texas, boats were destroyed, power lines came down and streets were flooded as Hanna blew through with 85-mile-per-hour winds.
In Corpus Christi, three...
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...
Willie Nelson, Paul Simon Not Enough to Stop Kinder Morgan Hill Country Pipeline
Kinder Morgan is moving toward completion of a pipeline through the heart of the Texas Hill Country, despite multiple legal challenges, opposition from landowners...
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...
Privately Built Border Wall Will Fail, Engineering Report Says
It’s not a matter of if a privately built border fence along the shores of the Rio Grande will fail, it’s a matter of...
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...
Poison in the Air
by Lylla Younes, Ava Kofman, Al Shaw and Lisa Song, with additional reporting by Maya Miller, photography by Kathleen Flynn for ProPublicaProPublica is a...
