Energy & Environment
Texas sues Shell over Houston-area chemical fire in May
Posted on · The lawsuit seeks $1 million in damages, claiming the three-day blaze at Shell’s Deer Park facility caused air and water pollution that violated state law.
Energy & Environment
A rare Texas wildflower gets protection under the Endangered Species Act
Posted on · The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has declared the bracted twistflower, native to the Edwards Plateau, a threatened species, a month after putting another Texas plant on the endangered list.
Texas
Texans affected by pollution from concrete batch plants push state agency to tighten regulations
Posted on · As the state’s environmental agency weighs new pollution limits on the plants, several lawmakers have filed bills that would put new restrictions on the facilities, which spew pollutants into mostly low-income neighborhoods.
Elections
Republican Railroad Commissioner Wayne Christian wins reelection
Posted on · Christian chairs the three-member agency that oversees Texas’ oil and gas industry.