Texas oil and gas industry could see a major slowdown in 2020
Pumpjacks at sunrise in the Permian Basin in West Texas. Jerod Foster for The Texas Tribune The oil and natural gas industry paid a record-setting $16.3 billion in taxes and…
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As drought persists, Texas ranchers take stock
The U.S. Department of Agriculture is abandoning the use of hot-iron branding and moving towards the use of ear tags for the identification of cattle. Callie Richmond for The Texas…
Revisit some of The Texas Tribune’s best stories of 2019
2019 took Texas Tribune reporters to the Capitol — but also to the Netherlands and Honduras. Austin Price for The Texas Tribune 1. Under the Dome (video series) State Capitol…
Sierra Club intervenes in open records lawsuit against Texas Attorney General
Michael Honeycutt, director of the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality’s toxicology division, also serves as chair of the Science Advisory Board at the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. Sierra Club has…
Texas regulators want stiffer penalties for company whose Port Neches plant exploded
A process tower flew through air after exploding last month at the TPC Group Petrochemical Plant in Port Neches. REUTERS/Erwin Seba Environmental and watchdog groups have long criticized the Texas…
In win for Harvey victims, federal judge finds government liable for reservoir flooding
Development encroaching on the north side of Addicks Reservoir in Houston on Sept. 7, 2016. Michael Stravato for The Texas Tribune Houston’s natural vulnerability to flooding — worsened by development…
Watchdog report finds air pollution monitoring fell short during Hurricane Harvey
A fire burns at the Arkema chemical plant in Crosby nearly a week after Hurricane Harvey made landfall in Texas. A federal watchdog report found that when the plant burst…
County calls for evacuation of Port Neches a week after plant explosion
A process tower flies through air after exploding at the TPC Group Petrochemical Plant in Port Neches. An earlier massive explosion sparked a blaze at the plant on Nov. 27,…
Report: Texas ranks second in budget cuts for environmental protection
Northeast of Kermit in Andrews County, pump jacks pull oil from Texas’ Permian Basin. Jerod Foster for The Texas Tribune In the past decade, a historic industrial buildout has taken…
Retired Texas shrimper wins record-breaking $50 million settlement from plastics manufacturing giant
Diane Wilson organizes bags of plastic pellet samples she’s collected over the past three years near the Formosa plant. Emree Weaver / The Texas Tribune A federal judge on Tuesday…
