Energy & Environment

September 29, 2022

Texas is now the nation’s biggest emitter of toxic substances into streams, rivers and lakes

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September 27, 2022

Public health educator pushes for climate to be part of health care conversations

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September 26, 2022

Hurricane Ian will miss Texas-owned oil wells in the gulf

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September 26, 2022

Report: Texas has the most major power outages of any state in the U.S.

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September 21, 2022

Cut off: East Texans fished and hunted here for generations – until a new owner built a fence

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September 21, 2022

Hurricane Fiona devastates Puerto Rico’s power grid

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September 19, 2022

Why Elon Musk wants to refine lithium in Texas

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A large sandy and grassy area is seen before water.
September 16, 2022

Typewriter Rodeo: Low Water

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September 12, 2022

Federal funding could help unlock Texas’ geothermal potential

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September 12, 2022

Is ‘rewilding’ the future of conservation?

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September 12, 2022

The White House says Russia is ‘weaponizing’ energy

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September 7, 2022

San Antonio tree tragedy gives wings to an angelic solution

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September 6, 2022

Residents and advocates are hopeful for change as the DOJ begins investigating illegal dumping in Houston

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September 6, 2022

Texas study finds ‘massive amount’ of toxic wastewater with few options for reuse

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September 6, 2022

EPA reverses course, rejects permit for massive oil exporting project offshore from Corpus Christi

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September 2, 2022

Could Texas become a model for crypto mining regulation?

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September 2, 2022

Climate change may make flooding worse. How can San Antonio’s past help the city prepare?

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A runner dipping his shoes in the San Marcos River to cool off after running in the summer heat.
September 2, 2022

Typewriter Rodeo: It’s Finally Under 100 Degrees

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August 31, 2022

Texas gas companies face fines up to $1 million for failing to prepare for extreme weather

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August 29, 2022

Hurricane Harvey reinforced the value of a pristine Katy Prairie. Development continues anyway.

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August 29, 2022

Texas energy outlook: Summer demand has passed, but hurricane season could be ramping up

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August 26, 2022

Reduce or re-use? Reclaiming water in the Rio Grande Valley

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August 25, 2022

After the flood: Balch Springs families dry out, recover belongings and try to find a place to live

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August 23, 2022

Some parts of Texas see flooding amid massive rainfall in 24-hour span

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August 22, 2022

Texas enters new weather pattern for the rest of August

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August 22, 2022

As droughts continues across the state, Texas ranchers try to keep up with rising prices

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Sun reflects off the windshields of cars in a parking lot
August 18, 2022

Parts of Texas in ‘extreme heat belt’ will experience temperatures of 125 degrees by 2053

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August 17, 2022

Flood control goes green: How Houston is using nature to combat flooding

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August 16, 2022

Pablo Vegas, a utility executive in Ohio, named ERCOT’s new CEO

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August 12, 2022

Statewide drought one of the worst Texas has seen, something ‘we only experience every few decades’

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August 11, 2022

Five years after Harvey, a solution to the flood threat from the Addicks and Barker Reservoirs remains a long way off

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August 11, 2022

‘He has total veto power’: Greg Abbott takes control over who will lead Texas’ troubled power grid, sources say

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August 11, 2022

TCEQ under investigation over concrete batch plant permitting process

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August 11, 2022

Why are Texans’ electricity bills so high right now?

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August 8, 2022

The European energy crisis is worsening. Here’s what it means for Texas.

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August 5, 2022

Texas has an official death count from the 2021 blackout. The true toll may never be known.

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August 4, 2022

Fossil fuel operations in the Permian Basin are releasing large amounts of methane

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August 2, 2022

San Antonio’s ‘heat islands’ are disproportionately affecting low-income neighborhoods

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August 1, 2022

ExxonMobil deal boosts Brownsville liquified natural gas project

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August 1, 2022

As water becomes a black market south of the border, experts say scarcity could impact Texas border communities soon

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August 1, 2022

‘The easy water is gone’: Drought and climate change strain Texas aquifers

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July 29, 2022

How is exposure to wildfire smoke affecting the health of livestock?

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July 28, 2022

Chemical exposure for Houston residents increased directly after Hurricane Harvey, study shows

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July 28, 2022

As billions pour into Texas highways, activists want to know the real environmental impact

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July 26, 2022

Community activists hopeful for change after DOJ launches investigation into illegal dumping

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July 26, 2022

Texas heat forces some outdoor workers to modify schedules and adjust work patterns

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July 25, 2022

As summer temps soar, so do energy use and electricity costs

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July 21, 2022

Firefighters battle at least ten active wildfires in North Texas as more break out across the state

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tomato plants covered to protect them from the heat
July 21, 2022

How to keep your garden going during a drought

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July 19, 2022

Researchers find oak tree thought to be extinct at Big Bend National Park

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July 15, 2022

Texas wind power lags as high-pressure system looms over the state

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July 14, 2022

West Dallas residents weary of an unwelcome neighbor, want asphalt shingle factory to ‘vete ya’

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July 13, 2022

ERCOT again asks Texans to conserve power as energy supply tightens

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July 13, 2022

Here’s what it would take for ERCOT to start rolling blackouts

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July 13, 2022

Texas river flows approach record lows, but Hill Country outfitters still afloat

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July 12, 2022

Ozone pollution standards may pit Texas against EPA

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July 11, 2022

ERCOT asks Texans to conserve as triple-digit temperatures continue this week

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July 11, 2022

Volkswagen argues that Greg Abbott’s choice of judges in lawsuit could tilt emissions case in Texas’ favor

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July 6, 2022

Amid rising natural gas prices, Texans see spike in summer energy costs

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July 6, 2022

Cryptominers turn to flared natural gas for the power they need

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July 5, 2022

Opposition prompts San Antonio to adjust historic restoration plans affecting spiritually and environmentally significant trees

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July 3, 2022

Summer travel outlook: Don’t expect gas prices to lower significantly

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July 1, 2022

After a Supreme Court ruling, curbing its regulatory authority, here’s how the EPA can still combat climate change

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June 22, 2022

Heat wave ramps up pest control calls in Texas

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June 21, 2022

Wildfires bring both destruction and benefits to Texas

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June 17, 2022

As Texas increases renewable energy production, grid capacity and transmission haven’t caught up

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June 17, 2022

FAA orders SpaceX to make 75 changes before launching its largest rocket from the RGV

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June 16, 2022

Odessa remains under boil notice following repairs to broken water main

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June 14, 2022

Here’s what you need to know about the heat wave gripping Texas

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June 7, 2022

Extreme heat in June offers a test and a warning for the Texas grid

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A hand pushes a gas pump nozzle into a vehicle
June 6, 2022

No relief in sight for high gas prices, expert says

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June 6, 2022

Can space dust help cool Earth? A San Antonio astronomer is looking into it

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May 23, 2022

What does ‘environmental justice’ look like in Texas? So far, not much.

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May 20, 2022

Texas faces elevated risk of energy shortfalls this summer. An expert says ERCOT should take that risk more seriously.

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An aerial view of wildfire and smoke
May 20, 2022

Texas wildfires continue to burn as dry and windy conditions persist

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May 18, 2022

The Sorcerer’s Cave is the deepest – and possibly longest – cave in Texas

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May 16, 2022

Here’s why Texans were asked to conserve electricity this weekend

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Sun reflects off the windshields of cars in a parking lot
May 10, 2022

Texas’ weather this spring is feeling ‘eerily similar’ to 2011, a big drought year

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May 6, 2022

Texas power plants urged to stay online as temperatures, electricity demand soar this weekend

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a large metal oil rig in the middle of the Gulf of Mexico
May 6, 2022

Oil companies plan to store emissions under the Gulf of Mexico, but they want public money to move forward

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May 5, 2022

‘We’re still here’: West Texas town dealing water to El Paso contemplates its future

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May 2, 2022

With Germany’s buy-in, Europe will consider a Russian oil embargo

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April 29, 2022

New Texas oil boom on the horizon as US seeks to replace Russian fuel supplies

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April 29, 2022

In Far West Texas, conservationists revive a decades-old push for a Big Bend ‘wilderness’ designation

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April 27, 2022

Oil and gas companies are paying fines that indirectly benefit their industry

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April 27, 2022

Bad air. Climate change. Dallas County officials look to electric vehicles for help.

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April 25, 2022

What ‘Ike Dike’ planners could learn from New Orleans’ flood control barrier

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April 19, 2022

Railroad Commission investigating ‘ultra-emitter’ pipeline leak

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April 18, 2022

US energy prices keep rising as demand from Europe grows

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a single oil well in an otherwise desolate landscape
April 15, 2022

Aquifer discovered in arid southwest Texas

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long rows of crop rows with canals in between without any plants planted, just dirt and sky in the background
April 13, 2022

Drought in West Texas and Panhandle makes growing feed grain a challenge

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April 12, 2022

After years of pushback, Houston neighborhoods’ fight against batch concrete plants begins to gain attention

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April 11, 2022

Rural Texas was meant to get 10% of state bonds for water projects. It’s getting less than 1%.

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April 8, 2022

This vegetable could be a key ingredient for removing microplastics from water systems

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April 7, 2022

Get the most from your electric car’s battery

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south texas cattle
April 6, 2022

Wildfires hit Texas farmers and ranchers hard

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April 5, 2022

Contract dispute at Beaumont refinery ends, but questions about union’s future remain

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A hand puts a gas pump nozzle into a car's tank.
April 1, 2022

What tapping the nation’s petroleum reserve could mean for prices at the pump

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March 30, 2022

President’s budget proposal would fund completion of Corpus Christi port expansion

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March 28, 2022

Wildfires ravage Central and West Texas as dry, windy conditions continue

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