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...
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...
Why Genetically Modified Mosquitoes Won’t Come to Texas Anytime Soon
Unfortunately, the coronavirus isn’t the only peril floating around in the environment.
Four years ago, the Zika virus became an issue. More than 300 people...
No Reason to Panic About the ‘Murder Hornet’ in Texas
It’s only May, and so far in 2020, the world has seen a global pandemic, an economic downturn, wildfires in Australia and the death...
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...
Weather Forecasters Predict That Parts Of Texas Will See Another Cold Spell Comparable To...
AccuWeather experts are already forecasting a cold snap for some Texas areas this year. The private forecaster services predict a harsh winter, similar to...
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...
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...
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...
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...
