Editor’s Letter: Introducing Our May/June 2025 Issue
A note from the editor-in-chief
Environment
TCEQ: Contested Coal Mine Can Release Wastewater Into Drinking Supply
Locals called the environmental regulators' decision ‘unconscionable.’
Former TCEQ Chairman: Renewables Are ‘False Hope’
A Texas think tanker’s latest book espouses the virtues of fossil fuels and argues that countries should resist shifting to renewables.
Recap: Chaos and Castros at the 2016 Texas Democratic Convention
The Clinton versus Sanders fight largely lay dormant at the 2016 Texas Democratic Convention — until it really, really didn't.
App Lets Texans Find Out How Close They Live to Polluters
Searchable tool places 2.3 million Texans within a half mile of potentially hazardous oil and gas operations.
In the Name of Our Ancestors
Against the odds, indigenous activists take on an international coal mining firm.
Company Town
How big business turned a Gulf Coast beach town into an industrial zone.