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Energy & Environment

Endangered sea turtle nest found at Galveston Island State Park for the first time in a decade

Lucio Vasquez

Posted on May 23, 2022 · The nest contained more than one hundred eggs laid by a Kemp’s Ridley Sea Turtle -- one of the most endangered sea turtle species in the world.

Tags adre Island National Seashore eggs Galveston Island State Park Gulf Center for Sea Turtle Research Kemp’s Ridley sea turtle nest

Politics

GOP runoff for Railroad commissioner asks voters, ‘What is the job of a Texas oil regulator?’

Mose Buchele, KUT

Posted on May 20, 2022 · The Republican primary contest between challenger Sarah Stogner and incumbent Wayne Christian has been characterized by twists and turns, accusations of corruption and some light nudity.

Tags oil and gas railroad commission sarah stogner Wayne Christian

Texas

Seven ways climate change is already hitting Texans

María Méndez, Texas Tribune / Erin Douglas, The Texas Tribune

Posted on May 18, 2022 · Extreme weather events, water scarcity, risks of illness: Climate change is here, and it’s already affecting Texans.

Tags climate climate change drought flooding heat Hurricanes texas

Hurricane Harvey

New Texas plan for federal Hurricane Harvey aid yields same old result: Funds diverted away from Gulf Coast

Zach Despart, Texas Tribune

Posted on May 16, 2022 · Despite an admonition from federal authorities, Land Commissioner George P. Bush’s plan still steers aid disproportionately to whiter, inland counties at less risk of natural disasters.

Tags flooding General Land Office George P. Bush harris county Land Commissioner

Energy & Environment

Five Texas refineries polluted above federal limit on cancer-causing benzene last year, report found

Erin Douglas, The Texas Tribune

Posted on May 12, 2022 · Benzene is a known human carcinogen, according to the EPA. The Texas refineries were among a dozen industrial plants in the U.S. that emitted the highest levels of the chemical in 2021.

Tags benzene energy houston pollution Refineries texas

Business

Crawfish prices rose in Texas amid the pandemic and last year’s winter storm

Haya Panjwani

Posted on May 6, 2022 · Crawfish prices continue to rise in Texas as crops have suffered from multiple natural disasters, according to researchers at Texas A&M’s Agrilife Extension.

Tags crawfish houston seafood texas Texas A&M

Energy & Environment

ERCOT urges power plants to stay online with high demand for electricity expected this weekend

Joseph Leahy, The Texas Newsroom

Posted on May 5, 2022 · Texas’ electric grid operator is requesting power plants postpone scheduled maintenance to ensure they’re online to meet surging demand during an exceptionally warm weekend.

Tags electricity ercot high demand power grid warm weather

Energy & Environment

Fifth Ward residents call on Union Pacific to do more to clean up the toxic contamination in their neighborhood

Katie Watkins

Posted on May 4, 2022 · State health officials have found higher than normal cancer rates in the area for both adults and children.

Tags creosote fifth ward tceq union pacific

Energy & Environment

A disease is killing forest and shade trees in the Houston area

Lucio Vasquez

Posted on May 2, 2022 · The pathogen is known as laurel wilt, and mainly affects red bay, sassafras, avocados, swamp bay and other related trees.

Tags laurel wilt redbay ambrosia beetle

Energy & Environment

Texas stumbles in its effort to punish green financial firms

MOSE BUCHELE/ KUT / MARIO ALEJANDRO ARIZA, NPR

Posted on April 29, 2022 · A new Texas law that penalizes financial institutions trying to go green is full of loopholes, and is straight up ignored. But other states are following Texas's punitive approach all the same.

Tags fossil fuel green financial firms

Transportation

Houston drivers brace for two-year closure of 59/69 ramp to West Loop 610

Gail Delaughter

Posted on April 29, 2022 · TxDOT will demolish the current ramp in the Galleria area to make way for a new one. Drivers will need to plan a new route.

Tags 610 West Loop construction detours Houston traffic i 69 traffic txdot

Energy & Environment

Houston birders are helping researchers uncover the secret night life of migratory birds

Katie Watkins

Posted on April 28, 2022 · Local birders are recording the flight calls of the millions of birds that migrate through the Houston-area skies during spring migration.

Tags birds migration Rice

Energy & Environment

Cleanup of the San Jacinto Waste Pits must continue as planned, EPA says

Katie Watkins

Posted on April 18, 2022 · The waste pits were built in east Harris County on the San Jacinto River in the 1960s to store hazardous waste from a nearby paper mill.

Tags Environmental Protection Agency epa San Jacinto waste pits superfund site

Energy & Environment

Cleanup of the toxic San Jacinto waste pits faces another potential delay, frustrating residents

Katie Watkins

Posted on April 15, 2022 · The waste pits were built in the 1960s to store hazardous waste from a nearby paper mill and contain dioxins, a group of chemicals known to cause cancer. Community advocates have been fighting for their cleanup for years.

Tags dioxins epa San Jacinto waste pits superfund site

Energy & Environment

EPA seeks more smog controls in Houston, Dallas after they fail to meet standards

Erin Douglas, The Texas Tribune

Posted on April 14, 2022 · The Houston and Dallas regions may soon be designated as “severe” violators of federal smog rules, which would prompt more aggressive regulations.

Tags Environmental Protection Agency epa smog tceq Texas Commission on Environmental Quality

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