Video: The Future of Environmental Policy
On 9/28, we talked about the future of environmental policy in Texas with the TCEQ’s Toby Baker ; John Hall of the Environmental Defense Fund; state Rep. Geanie Morrison, R-Victoria;…
On 9/28, we talked about the future of environmental policy in Texas with the TCEQ’s Toby Baker ; John Hall of the Environmental Defense Fund; state Rep. Geanie Morrison, R-Victoria;…
During an event The Texas Tribune hosted Tuesday as part of our “Road From Rita” series, audience members at Lamar University shared stories about the difficulties of evacuating ahead of…
What happens when an elected official says “we” is that we think they’re talking about us — the people who elected them. Sometimes, that’s right. In fact, it’s right most…
Last month, Texas Railroad Commission Chairman David Porter seemed keenly interested in an arcane dispute before the Federal Communications Commission. “It was recently brought to our attention that a few oil and…
An Texas-based oilfield service giant has agreed to pay nearly $18.3 million in back overtime wages to more than 1,000 U.S. employees, following a federal investigation. The U.S. Department of Labor…
The city of Denton is now free of the state’s legal crosshairs. The Texas General Land Office has dropped its lawsuit against the North Texas city’s obliterated ban on hydraulic…
Many Texans trying to flee Hurricane Rita ran out of gas. The next time a hurricane forces Gulf Coast residents to flee, state officials say such a nightmarish scenario is less…
*Editor’s note: This story has been updated throughout. With the eyes of Nordheim cast upon them, state regulators have granted new life — if just a breath — to the…
* Editor’s note: This story has been updated throughout. Now that Denton has repealed its ban on hydraulic fracturing and its ban on gas drilling has expired, lawyers for the oil and gas industry…
The Texas Railroad Commission appears poised to clear a second oilfield company of responsibility for a series of earthquakes that rattled two North Texas towns — despite research suggesting otherwise.…