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Energy & Environment
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Analyst: Trump’s Oil Tweet Is “Noise In The Signal”
Posted on · The president has repeatedly complained about what he sees as too-high oil prices.
News
Houston Oil Company To Invest In Zero Emissions Power Plant Technology
Posted on · Oil companies already use captured carbon to produce more oil from old fields, a process called "enhanced oil recovery."
News
In A Setback For Trump, Judge Blocks Keystone Pipeline Construction
Posted on · Judge Brian Morris wrote the State Department's analysis of the pipeline's potential environmental impact fell short of a "hard look" on several items, including greenhouse gas emissions.
News
Monthly U.S. Oil Production Hits Record High
Posted on · Texas hit its own monthly record at 4.6 million barrels per day.
Houston Matters
Saving Attwater’s Prairie Chicken: An Endangered Bird with A Loud ‘Boom’
Posted on · There are just over two dozen of the birds left in the wild, but a breeding program at the Houston Zoo hopes to change that.
News
Researchers Say Texas Regulations Ignore Most Harmful Pollutants from Coal
Posted on · A new study says sulfur dioxide is the most dangerous pollutant coming from Texas coal plants.
News
Agencies Release Tentative Plan for Storm Barrier on The Texas Gulf Coast
Posted on · The plan would include a series of levees and other physical barriers across Galveston Island and Bolivar Peninsula.
Red, White & Blue
WATCH: Pulitzer Prize-Winning Author Lawrence Wright Talks Texas Politics
Posted on · Catch the latest episode of "Red, White and Blue."
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Researchers Find Connections between Houston-Area Home Buyouts And “White Flight”
Posted on · A new study looks at the more than 3,000 home buyouts that happened in Harris County before Hurricane Harvey.
Energy & Environment
New Report Estimates Public Health Impact of Houston Traffic in 2040
Posted on · Research predicts 122 pollution-related deaths in 2040 if nothing is done to mitigate transportation-related emissions.
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Texas Parks Department Concerned about Border Wall Plan
Posted on · The state has previously warned that a wall through Bentsen-Rio Grande Valley State Park could force it to close.
In-Depth
Drillers Burn Off Record Amounts of Gas as Focus Remains on Oil
Posted on · In West Texas, natural gas flares dot the horizon, a sign of how oil drilling is growing faster than pipelines and other infrastructure.
News
Federal Government Launches Pipeline Cybersecurity Effort
Posted on · The initiative will be led by Homeland Security and the Energy Department.
Transportation
Gas Prices Rising in Texas, Hard to Say Where They’re Headed Next
Posted on · Drivers in Houston and around the state are paying a few cents more than last week