Texas Utility Regulators Propose Changes to Electricity Market March 1, 2023 By Emily Foxhall and Alex Ford The winter storm that hit Texas in February 2021 strained the state’s electricity grid so much that power had to...
Tx. Metal-Plating Company Fined $292K After Workers Exposed to Dangerous Acids March 1, 2023 A federal workplace safety investigation of an El Paso jewelry metal-plating finisher found the company again exposing workers to serious...
Study Says Back-to-Back Hurricanes Likely to Come More Often February 28, 2023 By Seth Borenstein What used to be a rare one-two punch of consecutive hurricanes hitting about the same place in the United States...
Storm Across Texas and Oklahoma Likely Qualified as a Derecho February 28, 2023 A long line of quick-moving thunderstorms that produced a swath of damaging wind gusts across northern Texas and Oklahoma late...
Texas High Plains Blanketed by Dust Storms February 27, 2023 By Jayme Lozano LUBBOCK — The Texas High Plains is a vast swath of oil-rich soil and farm and ranch land as far...
La. Judge Mulling Further Sanctions Against Hurricane Damage Law Firm February 27, 2023 By Jim Sams A federal judge in New Orleans has called owners of McClenny Moseley & Associates back into his courtroom again, this...
Toxic Wastewater From Ohio Train Derailment Headed to Houston Suburb February 24, 2023 DEER PARK, Texas (AP) – Toxic wastewater used to extinguish a fire following a train derailment in Ohio is headed...
NTSB Investigates Arkansas Plane Crash That Killed 5 Employees of Environmental Firm February 24, 2023 LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) _ Federal investigators headed to Arkansas Thursday to determine the cause of a small plane crash...
Texas Dollar Tree Store Fined $254K for Shortchanging Employee Safety February 24, 2023 Soon after federal workplace safety inspectors arrived at a Dollar Tree store in Mount Pleasant, Texas, they found the national...
Univ. of Texas System Pauses New DEI Policies February 23, 2023 By Kate McGee, The Texas Tribune The University of Texas System’s board of regents said Wednesday it has put a pause on all new policies that...