Texas Bill That Limits Spread of ‘Forever Chemicals’ Misses Key Deadline May 14, 2025 By Alejandra Martinez, The Texas Tribune A bill aimed at limiting the spread of toxic chemicals on Texas farmland has hit a political wall — missing...
Delay in Federal Permits Hinders Texas Oil Companies’ Carbon Capture Projects February 11, 2025 By Carlos Nogueras Ramos, The Texas Tribune and Alejandra Martinez, The Texas Tribune Texas oil companies and regulators have waited years for federal permits that would allow those companies to suck carbon dioxide...
Texas Bill Aims to Combat Forever Chemicals in Fertilizers December 23, 2024 By Alejandra Martinez, The Texas Tribune Johnson County’s newest state representative, Helen Kerwin, R-Cleburne, filed her first bill Friday targeting an environmental problem that has struck...
Texas Senate to Pursue Ban on THC Products in 2025 December 6, 2024 By Jasper Scherer, The Texas Tribune and Alejandra Martinez, The Texas Tribune Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick announced Wednesday that lawmakers in the state Senate would move to ban all forms of consumable...
Texas Farmers Say Forever Chemicals in Fertilizer Poisoned Their Land December 2, 2024 By Alejandra Martinez, The Texas Tribune JOHNSON COUNTY — Tony Coleman recognizes the signs all too well. A cow drools strings of saliva. Then it starts...
Texas Public Utility Commission Reports on CenterPoint Energy’s Beryl Response November 26, 2024 By Alejandra Martinez, The Texas Tribune and Emily Foxhall, The Texas Tribune When Hurricane Beryl swept through southeast Texas on July 8, its damaging 80-mile-per-hour winds took down thousands of trees and...
West Texas Town Endures Another Well Blowout, Putting Residents at Risk October 11, 2024 By Carlos Nogueras Ramos, The Texas Tribune and Alejandra Martinez, The Texas Tribune TOYAH — After a restless night of sleep, Elida Machuca texted her neighbor, searching for answers. The air around her...
Why Texas Mass Power Outages Continue to Happen July 19, 2024 By Alejandra Martinez, The Texas Tribune and Emily Foxhall, The Texas Tribune It’s become a familiar cycle: A powerful storm sweeps through a swath of Texas and takes the electric system down...
Supreme Court Pauses Federal Smog Control Plan That Texas Opposed June 27, 2024 By Alejandra Martinez, The Texas Tribune The U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday paused a U.S. Environmental Protection Agency plan to reduce the amount of smog that...
Rise in Texas Crop Insurance Payouts Driven by Drought June 6, 2024 By Dylan Baddour and Alejandra Martinez, The Texas Tribune The financial costs of drought in Texas have risen rapidly over recent decades, according to a new analysis of federal...