A&M Study: Texas’ Future Depends on Climate Preparedness March 6, 2020 By Kiah Collier, The Texas Tribune Texans should expect warmer weather, more wildfires and urban flooding, and increased impact from hurricanes through 2036 thanks to climate...
Texas Sues TPC Group, Owner of Port Neches Chemical Plant That Exploded February 25, 2020 By Kiah Collier, The Texas Tribune Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton has sued TPC Group over environmental violations associated with the Nov. 27 explosion at the...
Suit Against Army Corps for Post-Harvey Flooding Dismissed by Federal Judge February 20, 2020 By Kiah Collier, The Texas Tribune A federal judge has ruled that the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers isn’t liable for flood damage to thousands of...
Report: 6 Texas Refineries Releasing Cancer-Causing Pollutant Above Federal Threshold February 10, 2020 By Kiah Collier, The Texas Tribune An environmental nonprofit has released an analysis of first-of-its-kind air monitoring data that shows benzene levels at 10 U.S. petroleum...
Texas Regulators Want Stiffer Penalty for Owner of Port Neches Plant That Exploded December 20, 2019 By Kiah Collier, The Texas Tribune Environmental and watchdog groups have long criticized the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality for taking it too easy on polluters...
Plastics Manufacturer Settles Retired Texas Shrimper’s Lawsuit for $50M December 9, 2019 By Kiah Collier, The Texas Tribune A federal judge has approved a historic settlement agreement between Taiwan-based plastics manufacturer Formosa and an environmental activist represented by...
Texas Plant Rocked by Explosions Was Declared High Priority Violator by EPA December 3, 2019 By Kiah Collier, The Texas Tribune The Port Neches, Texas, chemical plant where two explosions and a fire prompted widespread mandatory evacuations on Nov. 27 has...
EPA Eases Safety Requirements Enacted after Texas Fertilizer Plant Explosion November 22, 2019 By Kiah Collier, The Texas Tribune Days before President Barack Obama left office in 2017, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency finalized a rule aimed at preventing...
Rice U. Says Its Hurricane Plan for Houston Better Than $20B Coastal Barrier July 30, 2019 By Kiah Collier, The Texas Tribune For about a decade, two of Texas’ top universities have pushed dueling plans to protect the Houston-Galveston region from hurricanes....
Texas Senate Panel Weighs Input on Stronger Storage Tank Regulations May 2, 2019 By Kiah Collier, The Texas Tribune Weeks after a massive fire at a Houston-area petrochemical storage facility garnered national attention, a panel of state lawmakers heard...