Posted on · The Flower Garden Banks National Marine Sanctuary is home to threatened and endangered species of manta rays, sea turtles and corals.
Posted on · Despite its growth, Houston ranks fourth in total solar energy capacity in the state, behind San Antonio, Austin and El Paso.
Posted on · Texas’ coastal marshes absorb large quantities of climate-warming carbon dioxide. The Texas Coastal Exchange lets individuals and companies offset their carbon emissions by paying landowners to preserve these marshes.
Posted on · Austin saw the largest decrease in ozone pollution during its stay-at-home order, while Houston was average and El Paso had the smallest reduction.
Posted on · Even as the price of Texas crude has plummeted, plans are moving forward for a major oil exporting terminal off the coast of Brazoria County. But residents and environmentalists are worried the project would impact public health and wildlife, including endangered sea turtles.
Posted on · Texas Monthly writer Evan Mintz says Houston still isn't prepared for another prolonged oil and gas industry bust.
Posted on · The same trading deadline that helped push prices below zero in April is now approaching for this month. But experts don't expect things to get quite as bad.
Posted on · As Texas oil continues to trade under $25 per barrel, one bankruptcy expert says more companies could find themselves in jeopardy of going under.
Posted on · In an expected outcome heading into Tuesday’s Railroad Commission meeting, commissioners voted 2-1 to dismiss the initial motion from exploration and production companies Pioneer Natural Resources and Parsley Energy.
Posted on · The Houston Zoo’s shutdown due to coronavirus is impacting both the animals and its bottom line.
Posted on · According to filings with the state, in the last five weeks, at least 6,000 energy workers in Texas have been told they’re either laid off or furloughed. More than 4,000 of them are in Houston.
Posted on · Regional forecaster Bill Gilmer said at the beginning of the year Houston would gain 49,000 jobs this year. Now, because of the oil price crash and COVID-19, the city could lose that many—or more.
Posted on · What was going to be a mass strike in front of Houston’s City Hall has turned into a three-day livestream event.
Posted on · West Texas Intermediate hit the single digits for the first time in many decades, then kept plummeting, with oil selling for less than $2 a barrel. At the start of 2020, a barrel cost around $60.
Posted on · The nations together agreed to cut 9.7 million barrels a day throughout May and June.