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Below the Waterlines: Houston After Hurricane Harvey
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Energy & Environment

Pipeline Protesters Could Face 20 Years In Prison Under Trump Administration Proposal

Travis Bubenik

Posted on June 4, 2019 · The plan would stiffen penalties for disrupting oil and gas pipelines.

Tags dakota access pipeline energy industry oil and gas Pipeline Protests pipeline safety Pipelines Texas Legislature Trans-Pecos Pipeline

Energy & Environment

New Pipelines To Relieve “Bottleneck” In 2019, But What About After?

Travis Bubenik

Posted on December 31, 2018 · One research firm expects some planned pipelines will be consolidated or delayed.

Tags energy industry oil and gas Oil exports oil prices Pipelines

Energy & Environment

A Multi-Billion Dollar Plan Aims To Protect Houston’s Heavy Industry From Hurricanes

Travis Bubenik

Posted on December 14, 2018 · The government's preferred plan for better protecting the coast will take billions of dollars, political will and community buy-in, ingredients that aren't always easy to come by.

Tags Coastal Barrier energy environment flooding galveston houston ship channel Hurricanes industry

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Monthly U.S. Oil Production Hits Record High

Travis Bubenik

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

Tags energy Energy Information Administration industry oil and gas Oil production

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Researchers Say Texas Regulations Ignore Most Harmful Pollutants from Coal

Travis Bubenik

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

Tags air quality coal energy environment industry Power Plants rice university

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

Travis Bubenik

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.

Tags energy environment fracking groundwater industry methane oil and gas

Energy & Environment

EPA Moves to Roll Back Obama-Era Methane Rules

Travis Bubenik

Posted on September 11, 2018 · The agency wants to ease rules on monitoring and fixing oilfield methane leaks

Tags energy environment epa industry methane oil and gas

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Arkema Asks Judge to Pause Lawsuit over Fires during Harvey

Travis Bubenik

Posted on September 6, 2018 · The company says the lawsuit is "nearly identical" to a criminal case brought by Harris County.

Tags Arkema chemical industry environment Harvey flooding Hurricane Harvey industry

News

Texas Unemployment In February Holds Steady At 4 Percent

Associated Press

Posted on March 23, 2018 · Industries adding jobs last month included professional and business services, with 13,200 more positions

Tags economy industry jobs jobs reprt texas

Energy & Environment

Houston’s Economy Will See ‘Moderate’ Growth Without An Oil Rebound

Travis Bubenik

Posted on November 9, 2017 · “It looks like a pretty dismal outcome, but it’s hardly the end of the world," the IRF's director said

Tags economics houston economy industry jobs oil and gas

Energy & Environment

Report Explores “Radical” Low-Carbon Energy Scenario

Travis Bubenik

Posted on August 10, 2017 · The envisioned "radical" future still includes plenty of oil and gas.

Tags energy industry oil and gas Renewable Energy solar wind energy

Energy & Environment

Environmental Group Sues EPA Over Houston-Area Pollution Permits

Travis Bubenik

Posted on July 20, 2017 · It's an effort to force the agency to respond to objections about various air permits.

Tags air pollution air quality environment epa industry Refineries tceq

Energy & Environment

Bill Delaying New Ozone Standards Moves Forward In Congress

Travis Bubenik

Posted on July 19, 2017 · One local environmental group calls the bill an "excuse on the part of industry" to not address air quality problems more aggressively.

Tags air pollution air quality environment epa industry ozone regulations

News

Houston’s Healthcare Industry Weighs In on Senate GOP Healthcare Bill

Abner Fletcher

Posted on June 29, 2017 · Representatives from different areas of the healthcare industry in Houston provide their take on the GOP healthcare plan.

Tags gop health care houston houston matters industry senate

Energy & Environment

After Review Of Shale Drilling Science, Researchers Want To Learn More

Travis Bubenik

Posted on June 26, 2017 · Industry expansion into new parts of Far West Texas could be an opportunity for baseline land impact studies.

Tags drilling energy environment industry oil and gas TAMEST

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New state law allows Houston neighborhoods to redact racist deed restriction

Adam Zuvanich

Posted on July 27, 2022 · Texas lawmakers from Houston say the bill was written to allow discriminatory provisions to be removed from real property records only on a property-by-property basis, but they applaud Harris County Clerk Teneshia Hudspeth for applying the law more broadly and said it could set a statewide example.

Tags jarvis johnson John Whitmire Oak Forest real estate Teneshia Hudspeth Texas Legislature

Houston Matters

Fact checking claims about the energy grid, and using sports to generate positive PR (July 21, 2022)

Michael Hagerty

Posted on July 21, 2022 · On Thursday's show: Politicians are pointing fingers at different entities about concerns regarding energy supply. But how true are those claims? Then we discuss the concept of sportswashing. And we reflect on how air conditioning shaped our city's growth and development.

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Sister of Uvalde shooting victim testifies before Texas lawmakers

JAMES BARRAGÁN, The Texas Tribune

Posted on June 23, 2022 · Jazmin Cazares, 17, was one of several family members of shooting victims and experts testifying before Texas lawmakers on Thursday. Her sister, Jackie Cazares, 9, was one of the victims of the school shooting in Uvalde.

Tags background checks red flag laws Texas Legislature uvalde

Guns

New Texas gun restrictions are unlikely in the wake of Uvalde. Here’s why

Andrew Schneider

Posted on June 9, 2022 · More than a dozen Republican lawmakers declined to comment on the possibility of new gun laws, and those who did offered little support.

Tags guns mass shooting school shooting second amendment Texas Legislature Uvalde shooting

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