A gas flare burns bright on a production site northeast of Andrews. Jerod Foster for The Texas Tribune The Environmental Protection Agency this week waived enforcement on many of its…
Flooding along the Blanco River in Wimberley in May 2015. Steve Overby Texans should expect warmer weather, more wildfires and urban flooding, and increased impact from hurricanes through 2036 thanks…
A water main break Thursday in Houston has frozen traffic and closed several polling places on the second-to-last day of early voting. Screenshot via KHOU 11 Editor’s note: This story…
“It looks more like a political manifesto to me,” a Texas A&M professor said about a report from the Railroad Commission of Texas. Source: Energy
Damaged towers and tanks are shown after an explosion at TPC Group’s Port Neches plant in late 2019. Michael Stravato for The Texas Tribune Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton has…
A neighborhood along Eldridge Parkway in Houston was flooded by water released from the Addicks Reservoir in August 2017. Michael Stravato for The Texas Tribune A federal judge has ruled…
An oil refinery along the Houston Ship Channel. Louis Vest for The Texas Tribune Eight years ago, two environmental nonprofits sued the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. The agency was a…
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,…
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…
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…
