Texas Blames ESG Goals in Probe of Xcel Over 2024 Wildfires August 18, 2025 By Josh Saul The Texas attorney general is investigating utility Xcel Energy Inc. and its contractor for two wildfires that devastated the state...
Texas Lawmakers Pass Legislation to Improve Wildfire Preparedness June 3, 2025 By Jayme Lozano-Carver, The Texas Tribune Texas lawmakers approved a series of bills this year that aim to better prepare Texas for wildfires and to mitigate...
Texas Bills Seek to Improve State’s Response to Wildfires March 19, 2025 By Jayme Lozano-Carver, The Texas Tribune A Texas lawmaker is laying the groundwork to create a statewide system that connects all first responders and government agencies...
Critical Fire Conditions to Grip Texas’ Oil-Rich Permian Basin March 3, 2025 By Brian K. Sullivan Critical to extreme fire conditions are expected to affect more than 2.7 million people across the Southwest, lower Great Plains...
Texas Lawmakers Introduce Legislation to Address Wildfire Risks and Ignition Sources February 28, 2025 By Jayme Lozano-Carver, The Texas Tribune A year after devastating wildfires engulfed the Panhandle, killing three people and burning millions of acres, Texas lawmakers have filed...
Texas Panhandle Town Grapples with Recovery One Year After Devastating Wildfire February 27, 2025 By Jayme Lozano-Carver, The Texas Tribune Past the terracotta canyons and sloping hills in the Texas Panhandle is a colorful, small town center. A vibrant mural...
The Era of Super-Wild Weather Is Already Here June 19, 2024 By Eric Roston, Eamon Farhat and Brian K. Sullivan Wildfires in Canada that burned continuously for over a year. Floods that brought Dubai to a standstill. Deadly heat blanketing...
Texas Panhandle Prepares for State’s Next Big Wildfire May 28, 2024 By Jayme Lozano-Carver, The Texas Tribune LUBBOCK — Spring rains have revived much of the green grass covering stretches of plains in the Texas Panhandle —...
Decayed, Broken Utility Pole Caused Largest Wildfire in Texas History: Report May 13, 2024 By Jayme Lozano-Carver, The Texas Tribune LUBBOCK — A decayed utility pole that broke, causing power wires to fall on dry grass in the Texas Panhandle,...
US Wildfires Are Getting Bigger and More Complex, Prompting Changes in Firefighting April 11, 2024 By Ty Oneil It’s shaping up to be a long wildfire season, with Texas already seeing its largest blaze in recorded history and...