News Affecting Texans
Grid operator says Texans can return to regular electricity use The operator had urged electricity…
Gov. Greg Abbott makes interim Public Utility Commission appointment The nomination comes the same week…
Texas grid operator urges electricity conservation through Friday as temperatures rise and many power generators are…
Texas could give landowners more say in eminent domain negotiations under bill sent to Greg Abbott’s…
Two years after disastrous chemical fire, Texas close to creating new safety rules for industry …
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott signs law to bar city climate plans from banning natural gas as…
Alliance of Texas environmental, oil interests block bill that would have given nuclear waste company a…
Texas lawmakers propose electricity market bailout after winter storm Electrical workers repair a power line…
Texas House advances plan to subsidize power plant weatherization Electrical transformers at the Austin Energy/Sand…
Texas House gives early approval to bill that would punish Wall Street for fossil fuel disinvestments …
Wind power a smaller contributor to Texas electricity crisis than initially estimated, ERCOT analysis shows …
Texas lawmakers want to ban dangerous radioactive waste. The proposal would give a nuclear waste company…
California cities banned natural gas in new buildings. Texas wants to outlaw those bans. Construction…
Texas power crisis prompts Texas House panel to advance several bills, including one requiring plants to…
Paperwork failures worsened Texas blackouts, sparking mid-storm scramble to restore critical fuel supply A CVS…
In oil-rich Texas, GOP lawmakers push bill to punish Wall Street for fossil fuel disinvestments …
Oil and gas interests left to “self-regulate” in aftermath of winter storm as Texas politicians pile…
Fired ERCOT leader refuses more than 0,000 severance pay in storm aftermath Magness, who endured…
ERCOT overcharged power companies billion for electricity during winter freeze, firm says An aerial view…
Resigning ERCOT board members acknowledge “pain and suffering” from extreme power grid strain that caused outages…
Texas plants released nearly as much pollution during winter storm as during Hurricane Laura Refinery…
Gov. Greg Abbott wants power companies to “winterize.” Texas’ track record won’t make that easy. …
Texas was “seconds and minutes” away from catastrophic monthslong blackouts, officials say Electric power lines…
Texas leaders failed to heed warnings that left the state’s power grid vulnerable to winter extremes,…
Texas largely relies on natural gas for power. It wasn’t ready for the extreme cold. …
“Crisis upon crisis”: Industrial pollutants leave San Angelo residents without water as winter storm bears down …
Texas House Democrats launch climate, environment caucus with one goal: Talk about climate change in the…
West Texas is on track to get even more nuclear waste — thanks to the federal…
Oil and gas cleanups are on Biden’s agenda. Will Texas embrace it? Brackish water flows…
Former Houston police captain accused of violent attempt to prove election conspiracy was hired by GOP…
As Texas grows, communities face an unwelcome neighbor: concrete companies. Homeowners have few options. Easy…
Texas rolls out mobile pollution monitoring capabilities following failures during Hurricane Harvey The TCEQ’s Tuesday…