FERC Report Blames February’s Blackout On The Devastating Effects Of Extremely Cold Temperatures
Nine months ago Texas suffered a bitter winter storm that caused one of the biggest forced power outages in the nation's history and 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...
Is Texas Ready for Hurricane Season Amid COVID-19?
Experts are monitoring the season’s first tropical storm, Cristobal, this week. In the midst of a public health crisis, the idea of a hurricane...
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...
New Report: Texas Beaches Polluted With Human Poop from Sewer Runoff
A report released by Environment Texas finds that water pollution at Texas beaches is putting people’s health at risk. In 2019, bacteria levels at...
Unusual Snake-like Creature Found on Texas Beaches
Next time you visit Galveston be on the lookout for these snake-like creatures on the beach. The Texas Parks and Wildlife Department recently reported...
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...
Texas’ Failure to Ban Plastic Bags is Stressing the Environment
It doesn’t take 20/20 “environmental” vision to see that the Texas landscape is choking on plastic. Just look left-to-right while driving, and you’re bound...
Texas Pipeline Crew Rescues Giant Alligator
An enormous alligator got stuck in a concrete drainage earlier this month, luckily a crew of pipeline workers found it and rescue him before...
The Birds in Southlake Give a New Meaning to “Angry Birds”
After multiple run-ins with a pair of angry birds, a neighborhood in Southlake is on high alert.
The birds, recently identified as Mississippi kites, seem...
