People in big Texas cities are driving less, and riding bikes and public transportation more, according to a new study of American commuters.
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The Texas Legislature proclaimed Kenedy, Texas the Horned Lizard Capital of Texas. These days horny toads are scarce. What happened?
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While Nielsen-Gammon is by all accounts a solid researcher and a prolific speaker, he rarely discusses climate change’s broader risks.
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The mood was grim among folks from Bay City, Eagle Lake and other coastal communities today as the Lower Colorado River Authority board voted 8-7 for an emergency proposal that will likely cut off water to rice farmers for the third year in a row.
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As Houston moves to expand its port, a coalition releases a report that shows high rates of cancer and respiratory illness among Ship Channel residents.
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Texas voters continued their streak, since 1985, of approving big-ticket water funding at the polls. Prop 6, despite 11th hour opposition from some tea party groups and environmentalists, passed handily.
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Six years after Citgo became the first major oil company to be criminally convicted by a jury for violating the Clean Air Act, the company may finally be sentenced in Corpus Christi.
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Now in its third year, South by Southwest Eco is part Aspen Ideas Festival, part grassroots movement-building and part corporate branding opportunity—all under the banner of environmentalism. You can feel the competing impulses.
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At a conference in Austin, panelists agreed that Central Texas must start planning for the effects of climate change before it’s too late.
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