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...
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...
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...
Will Hurricane Delta Hit or Miss Texas?
All eyes are on Hurricane Delta, which pelted the beautiful beaches of Mexico's Yucatan Peninsula with flooding and major wind damage.
Right now Delta is...
Climate Change Is Driving Texas Home Insurance Through The Roof
Texas has the third-highest home insurance rates in the nation, trailing only Florida and Louisiana. The reason is the same in all three states:...
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...
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...
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 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...
Majority of Flooded Texas Homeowners Lack Insurance Support
Two weeks after catastrophic floods swept through parts of Texas, hundreds of residents are struggling to clean...
