State of Texas: Swimming in Germs
by Jen Reel / Posted on | 1 CommentHow safe are Texas beaches for swimming? A recent study has us worried.
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Report: Frackers Illegally Injected Diesel Into Wells
by Priscila Mosqueda / Posted on | 5 CommentsAccording to a new report based on industry data, oil and gas companies have injected thousands of gallons of diesel underground without permits.
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State of Texas: How Much Water Does Texas Really Need?
by Fauzeya Rahman / Posted on | 3 CommentsA report suggests that state water planners have drastically overestimated how much water Texas will need by 2060.
Read full post Denton City Council Leaves Fracking Ban Decision to Voters
by Priscila Mosqueda / Posted on | 2 CommentsThe Denton City Council will consider a proposed ban on fracking tonight, after a group of citizens gathered enough signatures to force a vote.
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Buffalo Bayou Brouhaha
by David Theis / Posted on | 5 CommentsIn the Harris County Flood Control District’s “demonstration project,” 5,800 feet of Buffalo Bayou winding through the Hogg Bird Sanctuary and Houston’s River Oaks neighborhood will have its vegetation, including its riparian forest, scraped bare.
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Obama EPA Proposes Major Cuts to Carbon Pollution
by Forrest Wilder / Posted on | No CommentsAlthough the EPA’s Clean Power Plan to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from power plants goes to great lengths to describe the flexibility and generous timeline granted to the states, Texas industry and political leaders are unlikely to play nice. When it comes to the Obama EPA and Texas, nothing is easy.
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Seeing Stars in Dripping Springs
by Forrest Wilder / Posted on | 1 CommentThe stars are still big and bright in Dripping Springs thanks to an aggressive effort to combat light pollution. Will the rest of Texas follows this Hill Country town’s lead?
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House Committee Pledges to do Very Little About ‘Frackquakes’
by Christopher Hooks / Posted on | 3 CommentsIf the first meeting of a House subcommittee on frackquakes is any indication, the Lege plans to ask nicely that the oil and gas industries do better.
Read full post What Climate Change Means for Texas in 11 Charts
by Forrest Wilder / Posted on | 30 CommentsThe National Climate Assessment finds that Texas is getting hotter and drier, putting more stress on water resources, farmers and ecosystems. Meanwhile, the state’s environmental agency worries about the “environmental impact of the war on coal.”
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Citgo’s Corpus Christi Environmental Crimes: Too Big to Punish
by Priscila Mosqueda / Posted on | 19 CommentsAfter seven years of waiting, Corpus Christi pollution victims finally learned what restitution they’ll be receiving from Citgo Petroleum Corp.: nothing.
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