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...
More Than 5 Million Texans Live in Flood-Prone Areas According to State Flood Plan May 29, 2024 By Alejandra Martinez, The Texas Tribune More than 5 million Texans, or one in six people in the state, live or work in an area susceptible...
Several Texas Water Systems Exceed Federal Limits on ‘Forever Chemicals’ April 16, 2024 By Alejandra Martinez, The Texas Tribune In Texas, 49 public water utility systems have reported surpassing the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s first-ever limits for five “forever...
Firefighters Race to Subdue Texas Wildfire Before Dangerous Weekend Conditions March 1, 2024 By Kate McGee, The Texas Tribune, Carlos Nogueras Ramos, The Texas Tribune, Pooja Salhotra, The Texas Tribune and Alejandra Martinez, The Texas Tribune FRITCH — A blanket of snow and rain that descended over the Texas Panhandle on Thursday helped firefighters to quell...
Ten Texas Counties Have Soot Levels Above EPA Standards February 12, 2024 By Alejandra Martinez, The Texas Tribune The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency on Wednesday finalized a long-anticipated rule aimed at reducing the level of air pollution known...