Lawsuit Alleging Environmental Racism in Louisiana Parish Allowed to Proceed April 11, 2025 By Jack Brook A civil rights lawsuit alleging a south Louisiana parish engaged in racist land-use policies by placing polluting industries in majority-Black...
West Texas Prepares for Oil Downturn Amid Trump Tariffs April 10, 2025 By Carlos Nogueras Ramos, The Texas Tribune When President Donald Trump boasted about falling oil prices on social media early Monday, the Texas oil and gas industry...
Texas Is Ground Zero for the US Battery Boom April 10, 2025 By Kyle Stock “Drill, baby, drill” may be Texas’s unofficial motto, but “store, baby, store” is becoming more accurate. The Lone Star State...
Texas Oil Executives Are Frustrated at Trump for Crushing Crude Prices April 9, 2025 By Kevin Crowley, David Wethe and Emma Sanchez The angry mutterings at the Permian Basin Petroleum Association’s “Spring Swing” golf tournament this week weren’t all about missed putts...
Texas Bill Would Add New Regulations for Renewable Energy Sector April 9, 2025 By Carlos Nogueras Ramos, The Texas Tribune Texas’ renewable energy industry is booming. Accounting for nearly 90% of new electrical generation, wind, solar and battery storage industries...
Lufkin, Texas Meat Processing Plant Receives DWC Safety Recognition April 8, 2025 The Texas Division of Workers’ Compensation announced the recipient of the 2024 Lone Star Safety Award is Double R Brand...
RFK Jr. Visits Texas Measles Epicenter After Death of Second Child Who Was Infected April 8, 2025 By Devi Shastri U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Robert K. Kennedy Jr. visited the epicenter of Texas’ still-growing measles outbreak on Sunday,...
Texas Attempt to Kickstart New Gas-Fired Power Is Stumbling April 8, 2025 By Naureen S. Malik A Texas experiment to fund new natural gas-burning power plants with $5 billion in public loans is faltering as several...
Cattle Raisers Insurance to Offer 10% Discount on Travelers Property Coverage April 7, 2025 Cattle Raisers Insurance, in partnership with Higginbotham, announced a new offering that provides qualified Texas & Southwestern Cattle Raisers Association...
Chevron Ordered to Pay $744M for Damaging Louisiana Wetlands April 7, 2025 By Jack Brook Oil company Chevron must pay $744.6 million to restore damage it caused to southeast Louisiana’s coastal wetlands, a jury ruled...