Point of Order: Crude awakening
(Audio unavailable. Click here to listen on texastribune.org.) In the latest episode of our podcast about the 86th Legislature, Evan Smith talks to state Rep. Chris Paddie, who chairs the…
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Hurricane Harvey destroyed every apartment in Rockport, Texas. Some residents are still waiting for help from lawmakers.
Hurricane Harvey, which caused more than $125 billion in damage, is the most expensive storm in Texas history. It wreaked havoc on nearly every Gulf Coast community when it came…
West unveils memorial six years after fertilizer plant explosion killed 15
A vehicle near the remains of a fertilizer plant burning after an explosion in West, Texas, near Waco, in 2013. Mike Stone / Bay Area News The Texas town of…
A creek flowing to the Colorado River turned black. Now the state has sued the alleged polluter.
Skull Creek flows black as it crosses over a country road downstream from Inland Environmental and Remediation near Altair. Michael Stravato for The Texas Tribune *Correction appended ALTAIR — For…
Trump issues executive orders seeking to speed up oil and gas pipeline projects
President Donald Trump signs an executive order on energy and infrastructure during a campaign event at the International Union of Operating Engineers International Training and Education Center in Crosby on…
Why has Texas suddenly decided to immediately sue industrial polluters?
Smoke rises from a fire burning at the Intercontinental Terminals Company in Deer Park, east of Houston on March 18, 2019. Jaimie Meldrum/Handout via REUTERS Late last month as crews…
Texas environmental chief: There's still a fire risk at Deer Park facility
A thick layer of smoke from a fire burning at the Intercontinental Terminals Company in Deer Park hangs in the air above the downtown skyline of Houston, Texas, U.S., March…
"This is not Mexico": Texas official criticizes county judge for speaking Spanish
Harris County Judge Lina Hidalgo spoke Monday in English and Spanish about the fire that broke out at a storage facility in the Houston area. Annie Mulligan for The Texas…
Texas House passes funding to cover budget shortfalls
Armed with his abacus, Texas House Appropriations Chairman John Zerwas, R-Richmond, talks with Rep. Drew Springer, R-Muenster, as they prepare to discuss the House’s 2020-21 budget plan. Emree Weaver /…
Environmentalists take petrochemical giant Formosa to court over plastics pollution
Diane Wilson takes a break from organizing bins containing thousands of plastic pellets that she and other activists have collected from Lavaca Bay and Cox Creek over the past three…
