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Posted on November 7, 2018 · "If there's an EMS related call, they may not get to you as fast," Mayor Sylvester Turner says.

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Monthly U.S. Oil Production Hits Record High

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Posted on November 1, 2018 · Texas hit its own monthly record at 4.6 million barrels per day.

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Researchers Say Texas Regulations Ignore Most Harmful Pollutants from Coal

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Posted on October 30, 2018 · A new study says sulfur dioxide is the most dangerous pollutant coming from Texas coal plants.

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Agencies Release Tentative Plan for Storm Barrier on The Texas Gulf Coast

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Posted on October 26, 2018 · The plan would include a series of levees and other physical barriers across Galveston Island and Bolivar Peninsula.

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Researchers Find Connections between Houston-Area Home Buyouts And “White Flight”

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Posted on October 23, 2018 · A new study looks at the more than 3,000 home buyouts that happened in Harris County before Hurricane Harvey.

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Texas Parks Department Concerned about Border Wall Plan

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Posted on October 11, 2018 · The state has previously warned that a wall through Bentsen-Rio Grande Valley State Park could force it to close.

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Waller County Elections Office Denies Rejecting Voter Registrations from Prairie View A&M Students

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Posted on October 9, 2018 · “We have absolutely not rejected one voter registration from the campus,” a local election official says.

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Drillers Burn Off Record Amounts of Gas as Focus Remains on Oil

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Posted on October 9, 2018 · In West Texas, natural gas flares dot the horizon, a sign of how oil drilling is growing faster than pipelines and other infrastructure.

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Federal Government Launches Pipeline Cybersecurity Effort

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Posted on October 8, 2018 · The initiative will be led by Homeland Security and the Energy Department.

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EPA Proposal Could Weaken Mercury Rule Power Companies Wanted Kept in Place

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Posted on October 2, 2018 · The EPA argues the Obama Administration inflated the benefits of the rule.

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Swiss Company’s Oil Export Plans Could Threaten Corpus Christi’s Port Expansion

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Posted on September 28, 2018 · Corpus Christi wants to further dominate the oil export market, but a Swiss company's plans could pose obstacles.

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Environmental Groups Raise Concerns about Gulf Coast Petrochemical Boom

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Posted on September 26, 2018 · They say plants need to do more to gear up for more-intense storms

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Researchers: “No Link” between Fracking And Methane in North Texas Groundwater

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Posted on September 25, 2018 · Water wells with high levels of methane can be at risk of exploding, but researchers who looked at the issue in the Dallas-Fort Worth area say fracking isn't to blame.

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China Targets U.S. Liquefied Natural Gas in New Retaliatory Tariffs

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Posted on September 18, 2018 · The energy industry and Houston business leaders have warned of the risks of growing trade tensions.

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Local Officials Say Plan for VW Settlement Money “Shortchanges” Houston Area

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Posted on September 17, 2018 · Houston wants a bigger cut of millions that will be distributed across the state to help cities clean up air quality.

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